It is located about 40 kilometres from the Iraq–Turkey border, but the distance to the nearest Iraqi border crossing (Ibrahim Khalil Border Crossing) by road is about 270 km.
Etymology
Ibn Khallikan wrote in the 13th century that the word Hakkari meant 'belonging to Hakkar', a Kurdish tribe.[6]
The name Hakkari is derived from the Akkadian word Ikkari or Aramaic Akkare, meaning farmers.[7]
Neighborhoods
The city is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağlar, Berçelan, Biçer, Bulak, Dağgöl, Gazi, Halife Derviş, Karşıyaka, Keklikpınar, Kıran, Medrese, Merzan, Pehlivan, Sümbül and Yeni.[4]
History
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Prior to the Assyrian genocide of 1915, Hakkari was the home of Assyrians for centuries. After the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman government, the Assyrian population was almost entirely erased, due to the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Assyrian Christians during the genocide. The only Assyrians who managed to escape did not return, as the region, and country at large, has remained hostile towards any indigenous people attempting to return to their homelands. The few remaining and the handful of those attempting to return to their indigenous land where Assyrians were still based just a few generations ago, continue to face intense persecution and even murder.[8][9]
Hubushkia was an Iron Age kingdom located between the Urartian and Assyrian sphere of influence. The exact location of Hubushkia is unknown, but scholars suggests that the kingdom of Hubushkia was centred on the headwaters of the Great Zap River, in what is now Hakkâri Province in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey.[10][11]
Hakkari kurgan stelae
A Hakkari kurgan stele: An unarmed woman
Thirteen Kurgan stelae, never before seen in Anatolia or the Near East, were found in 1998 in their original location at the centre of Hakkari. The stelae were carved on upright flagstone-like slabs measuring between 0.7 m to 3.10 m in height. The stones contain only one cut surface, upon which human figures are chiseled. The theme of each stele reveals the foreview of an upper human body. The legs are not represented. Eleven of the stelae depict naked warriors with daggers, spears, and axes—masculine symbols of war. They always hold a drinking vessel made of skin in both hands. Two stelae contain female figures without arms. The stelae may have been carved by different craftsmen using different techniques. Stylistic differences shift from bas relief to a more systematic linearity. The earliest stelae are in the style of bas relief while the latest ones are in a linear style. They were made during a period from the fifteenth century BC to the eleventh century BC in Hakkari. Stelae with this type of relief are not common in the ancient Near East however there are many close parallels between these and those produced by a variety of peoples from the Eurasian steppes between the third millennium BC and the eleventh century AD.[12] They are now on display in the Van Museum.
Population history of the municipality from 1997 to 2023:[15][1]
Population
Year
Pop.
±%
1997
57,077
—
2007
57,954
+1.5%
2012
58,584
+1.1%
2017
56,800
−3.0%
2022
60,098
+5.8%
2023
58,470
−2.7%
Climate
Hakkâri has a warm-summer, Mediterranean-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa, Trewartha climate classification: Dca). Hakkari city is at an elevation of around 1720 meters (5640 feet) and is surrounded by higher elevations nearby. The winters are cold and snowy with an average of −4 °C (23 °F). Summers are warm and dry with an average of 25 °C (76 °F).
Highest recorded temperature:38.8 °C (101.8 °F) on 27 July 1966 Lowest recorded temperature:−23.4 °C (−10.1 °F) on 3 January 2009[16]
Climate data for Hakkâri (1991–2020, extremes 1961–2022)
^ibn Shaddad, Baha ad-Din (2014). The Life of Saladin. Minnesota: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 420. ISBN978-1-4021-9246-3. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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