Günyazı, Turkey

Günyazı is a town of 1,543 people in Hakkâri, Turkey.

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Population1,543 GeoNames

RegionHakkâri

Elevation1,340 m 4,396 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportHakkari Yüksekova Airport (YKO) 43 km

About Günyazı

Günyazı (Kurdish: Qelaşk) is a village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Zerzan tribe and had a population of 1,451 in 2023.

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

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Getting there and nearby towns

Hakkari Yüksekova Airport (YKO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 43 km away.

Şemdinli 3 km northwest, about 3 min by car
Altınsu 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
Gerdīk 25 km east, about 25 min by car
Rāzhān 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
Berāsb 25 km east, about 25 min by car
Sīlvānā 27 km northeast, about 27 min by car
Dīzaj 30 km east, about 30 min by car
Orūmīyeh 51 km northeast, about 51 min by car
Naqadeh 79 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Hakkâri 82 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car

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Photo credits

ISS060-E-29049 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
ISS060-E-29050 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
Şemdinli'ye gelirken... - panoramio, hamza atılgan, CC BY-SA 3.0

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