Halfeli

Halfeli () is a belde (town) in the central district (Iğdır) of Iğdır Province, Turkey. It is situated at . The distance to Iğdır is . The population of Halfeli is 7540 as of 2011. In the local elections of March 2019, Hasan Safa from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor. However, in March 2020 Safa was dismissed from his post due to a terror related investigation related to terrorism. Since in September 2016 new regulations entered in force and mayors suspended by terror related charges were not to be replaced by someone elected by the municipal council, Lütfullah Göktaş, the Kaymakam from Karakoyunlu was appointed as a trustee instead. 
The settlement was founded by the Halfeli tribe during the Ottoman Empire era. But after Russians captured the province during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) the tribe escaped to Iran. After the province was returned to Turkey following the First World War, the tribe returned. In 1994 the settlement was declared a seat of township. The town economy depends on agriculture. The climate is milder than most other Eastern Anatolian towns and a variety of crops are harvested including cotton. Another revenue of the town is livestock trading. 