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”’Hakkâri Province”’ ({{IPA-tr|hacːaːɾi|pron}}, {{lang-tr|Hakkâri ili}}, {{lang-ku|Parêzgeha Colemêrg}}{{cite news |title=Li Colemêrgê boriyên gaza xwezayî hatin danîn |url=https://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/2307201916 |access-date=27 April 2020 |agency=Rûdaw |date=23 July 2019 |language=ku}}), is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] in the southeast of [[Turkey]].{{Cite web |title=Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri |url=https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı |language=tr}} The administrative centre is the city of [[Hakkâri (city)|Hakkâri]]. The province had a population of 278,218 in 2021.{{Cite web |title=31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI |url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=TÜİK |language=tr |format=XLS}} The current Governor is İdris Akbıyık.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hakkari.gov.tr/|title=T.C. Hakkari Valiliği|website=www.hakkari.gov.tr|access-date=2020-03-26}} The province encompasses 8 [[Belde|municipalities]], 140 villages and 313 hamlets.
”’Hakkâri Province”’ ({{IPA-tr|hacːaːɾi|pron}}, {{lang-tr|Hakkâri ili}} {{lang-ku|Parêzgeha Colemêrg}}{{cite news |title=Li Colemêrgê boriyên gaza xwezayî hatin danîn |url=https://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/2307201916 |access-date=27 April 2020 |agency=Rûdaw |date=23 July 2019 |language=ku}}), is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] in the southeast of [[Turkey]].{{Cite web |title=Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri |url=https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı |language=tr}} The administrative centre is the city of [[Hakkâri (city)|Hakkâri]]. The province had a population of 278,218 in 2021.{{Cite web |title=31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI |url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=TÜİK |language=tr |format=XLS}} The current Governor is İdris Akbıyık.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hakkari.gov.tr/|title=T.C. Hakkari Valiliği|website=www.hakkari.gov.tr|access-date=2020-03-26}} The province encompasses 8 [[Belde|municipalities]], 140 villages and 313 hamlets.
The province is a stronghold for [[Kurdish nationalism]] and a hotspot in the [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]].{{Cite news|last=Birch|first=Nicholas|date=21 May 2010|title=PKK’s Nihilism Fostering Divisions among Turkey’s Kurds|work=Eurasia|url=https://eurasianet.org/pkks-nihilism-fostering-divisions-among-turkeys-kurds}}{{Cite book|last=Kissane|first=Bill|title=After Civil War: Division, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Europe|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|year=2014|isbn=9780812290301|pages=170}}
The province is a stronghold for [[Kurdish nationalism]] and a hotspot in the [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]].{{Cite news|last=Birch|first=Nicholas|date=21 May 2010|title=PKK’s Nihilism Fostering Divisions among Turkey’s Kurds|work=Eurasia|url=https://eurasianet.org/pkks-nihilism-fostering-divisions-among-turkeys-kurds}}{{Cite book|last=Kissane|first=Bill|title=After Civil War: Division, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Europe|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|year=2014|isbn=9780812290301|pages=170}}
Province of Turkey
Province in Turkey
Hakkâri Province (pronounced [hacːaːɾi], Turkish: Hakkâri ili; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Colemêrg[2]), is a province in the southeast of Turkey.[3] The administrative centre is the city of Hakkâri. The province had a population of 278,218 in 2021.[1] The current Governor is İdris Akbıyık.[4] The province encompasses 8 municipalities, 140 villages and 313 hamlets.[3]
The province is a stronghold for Kurdish nationalism and a hotspot in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[5][6]
Districts[edit]
Hakkâri province is divided into five districts (capital district in bold):
Demographics[edit]
Hakkari Province is located in Turkish Kurdistan[7] and has an overwhelmingly Kurdish population.[8] The province is tribal and most of the Kurds adhere to the Shafiʽi school with the Naqshbandi order having a strong presence around Şemdinli.[9] The Kurdish tribes in the province include the Doski, Ertuşi, Gerdi, Herki, Jirki and Pinyaniş.[10] The area had a significant Christian Assyrian population from various tribes before the Assyrian genocide in 1915. The Assyrian tribes in the region were Jilu, Dez, Baz, Tkhuma, Tal and Tyari.[11] Relations between Assyrians and Kurds have been described as ‘tense…