Başkale

Başkale (Kurdish: Elbak, Armenian: Ադամակերտ, romanized: Adamakert) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,727 km, and its population is 44,168 (2022). The municipality Başkale was established in 1937. In the local elections of March 2019 Erkan Acar from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.