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Hakkari

Hakkari

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Hakkâri is a city in the far southeast of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...

. The name Hakkâri comes from the Aramaic Akkare (ܐܟܪ̈ܐ). Today the city has a population of 58,145 (2000 census) consisting mostly of Turks, Assyrians, and Kurds. Also, it is the capital of Hakkâri Province
Hakkari Province
Hakkâri is a province in the southeast corner of Turkey, located at the juncture of Iraq and Iran. The capital is Hakkâri. The province covers an area of 7,121 km² and has a population of 272,566...

.http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/hakkari/

Hakkâri is the site of Julamerk (also Julamerik, Çölemerik).
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Hakkâri is a city in the far southeast of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...

. The name Hakkâri comes from the Aramaic Akkare (ܐܟܪ̈ܐ). Today the city has a population of 58,145 (2000 census) consisting mostly of Turks, Assyrians, and Kurds. Also, it is the capital of Hakkâri Province
Hakkari Province
Hakkâri is a province in the southeast corner of Turkey, located at the juncture of Iraq and Iran. The capital is Hakkâri. The province covers an area of 7,121 km² and has a population of 272,566...

.http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/hakkari/

Hakkâri is the site of Julamerk (also Julamerik, Çölemerik). The name was changed from Colemerg to Hakkâri when the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299 to November 1, 1922 The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِیَّهِ عُثْمَانِیَّه Dawlet-il ʿAliyyat-il ʿOs̠māniyye, Modern Turkish:...

 rulers distributed parts of the area to Kurdish elites who were part of the Hakkâri tribe and appointed several of them to rule the region.

Climate


Hakkari is freezing in the winter and hot in the summer. Temperatures can drop to -20°C (-4°F) in the winter and reach as high as 35°C (95°F) in the summer.

Twin towns


Hakkari has 10 towns
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