Gürkavak

Gürkavak is a village in the of in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Oramar and Doski tribe and had a population of 781 in 2023. The hamlet of İkizler is attached to it.
  • Village with about 490 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,640 metres (5,380 feet)
  • Description: village in Yüksekova, Hakkâri, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Guerkavak Nav Doskiyan”
    “Gürkavak, Yüksekova”
    “Şahkulurt”
    “Sakülürt”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Köşkönü and Bostancık.
Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. is situated 2½ km west of Gürkavak.
Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. is situated 3 km northeast of Gürkavak.
Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. is situated 3 km west of Gürkavak.
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Latitude
37.42529° or 37° 25′ 31″ north
Longitude
44.18643° or 44° 11′ 11″ east
Open location code
8H96C5GP+4H
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yoruba—“Gürkavak” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gürkavak”
  • Catalan: “Gürkavak”
  • Cebuano: “Gürkavak”
  • Chechen: “Гуьркавак”
  • Czech: “Gürkavak”
  • Danish: “Gürkavak”
  • Dutch: “Gürkavak”
  • Finnish: “Gürkavak”
  • French: “Gürkavak”
  • Galician: “Gürkavak”
  • German: “Gürkavak”
  • Indonesian: “Gürkavak”
  • Italian: “Gürkavak”
  • Kurdish: “Şaglord”
  • Kurdish: “Şahgilord”
  • Kurdish: “شاگلۆرد”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gürkavak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gürkavak”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gürkavak”
  • Polish: “Gürkavak”
  • Portuguese: “Gürkavak”
  • Romanian: “Gürkavak”
  • Scots: “Gürkavak”
  • Slovak: “Gürkavak”
  • Slovenian: “Gürkavak”
  • Spanish: “Gürkavak”
  • Swedish: “Gürkavak”
  • Tagalog: “Gürkavak”
  • Tatar: “Гүркавак”
  • Turkish: “Gürkavak Nav Doskiyan”
  • Turkish: “Gürkavak, Yüksekova”
  • Turkish: “Gürkavak”
  • Uzbek: “Gürkavak”
  • Vietnamese: “Gürkavak, Yüksekova”
  • Vietnamese: “Gürkavak”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gürkavak”
  • Yoruba: “Gürkavak”

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