Hakkari
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Hakkâri ܐܲܟܵܪܹ̈ܐ Akkārē |
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| Municipality | |
 Hakkâri
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| Coordinates: 37°34′35″N 43°44′12″E / 37.57639°N 43.73667°ECoordinates: 37°34′35″N 43°44′12″E / 37.57639°N 43.73667°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dilek Hatipoğlu (BDP) |
| Area | |
| • District | 2,237.19 km2 (863.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,720 m (5,640 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 58,584 |
| • District | 81,549 |
| • District density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
Hakkâri (Syriac: ܗܲܟܵܐܪܝ̣ Hakkārī, Kurdish: Colemêrg), is a city and the capital of the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. It is located a few kilometres away from the Turkish - Iraqi border.The name Hakkâri is derived from the Syriac word ܐܲܟܵܪܹ̈ܐ (Akkārē) meaning farmers or cultivators. Akkārē itself is derived from Akkadian ikkaru The population of the city at the 2010 census was 57,844.
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. In its long history, the region has come under the rule of the Kardukh, Gutian, Kassite, Hurrian, Mitanni, Urartian, Nayiri, Median and Persian civilizations.
Thirteen stelae, never before seen in Anatolia or the Near East, were found in 1998 in their original location at the centre of Hakkari, a city in the southeastern corner of Turkey. 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.
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