HAKKARI MUNICIPALITY
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BC The first information about the name of the Hakkari region, which has been a settlement since 7000, can be found in X.yy Arab history and geography sources. The famous Arab historian Ibn Havsal; Hakkari in the region meaning Her-kariyan (strong, warrior, able) is the name of the tribes living in that geography. The region has been referred to as Hakkari since Suleiman the Magnificent took part in the Ottoman lands in 1536. The Kurdish name is Colemerg. The Hakkari region reveals that there are short-term settlements starting from the middle paleolithic period dating to 100.000-40.000 BC. The documents revealing that the settlement in the region continued in the Neolithic period are
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