Çalışkan belediyesi binası · KediÇobanı, CC BY-SA 4.0

Çalışkan, Turkey

Çalışkan is a town of 3,810 people in Şırnak, Turkey.

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Population3,810 GeoNames

RegionŞırnak

Elevation681 m 2,234 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) 52 km

About Çalışkan

Çalışkan (Kurdish: Gitê) is a belde in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of non-tribal affiliation and had a population of 5,180 in 2023.

From the Wikipedia article Çalışkan, Silopi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 52 km away.

Bisbin 8 km northwest, about 8 min by car
Çardaklı 9 km southwest, about 9 min by car
Başverimli 14 km southwest, about 14 min by car
Silopi 17 km west, about 17 min by car
Şenoba 20 km north, about 20 min by car
Dağlıca 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
Yeniköy 19 km west, about 19 min by car
Ortaköy 20 km southwest, about 20 min by car
Balveren 22 km north, about 22 min by car
Cizre 41 km west, about 41 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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