Hakkâri Province

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had iftar dinner with soldiers in Yüksekova district of southeastern Hakkari province on April 13.

The president, accompanied by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and the Turkish Armed Forces command, visited the 3rd Infantry Division Command in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari.

A ski center in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari has become a hot attraction for thousands of people across the country.

Thanks to the investment support from the Eastern Anatolia Development Agency (DAKA), the Hakkari Ski Center has become one of the major ski resorts in the region.

Merga Bütan Ski Center in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari will soon have its first a hotel with a capacity of 100 beds. The decision was fueled by the authorities' desire to make the center a popular choice for tourists.

Seventeen village guards were injured on April 5 when a military vehicle rolled over in the Şemdinli district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing a security source. 

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of Hakkari, the military said Dec. 25.

One soldier and a worker were killed on Sept.

Ongoing reconstruction of buildings in Turkey's terror-stricken southeastern region is planned to be finished within the next six months, Environment and Urbanization Minister Mehmet Özhaseki said on Sept. 6. 

A total of 12 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in separate operations in Turkey's southeast and northern Iraq late on July 29, while one soldier was killed in clashes as part of security forces' operations in the eastern province of Hakkari on July 30, the military has stated.

A trustee was appointed to the Yüksekova Municipality in the southeastern Hakkari province on Dec. 19, after the elected Deputy Mayor Adile Kozay was arrested on Dec. 8 on charges of being a "member of a terrorist organization." 

The mayors of three districts of Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari have been detained on Dec. 3, while searches were being conducted in the municipality buildings, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.