Hakkari
Van-style baseball becomes favorite recreational activity during ongoing winter season
With access to hundreds of villages blocked due to thick snow in eastern Turkey, residents of those villages have resort to pass their times by playing a Van-style baseball game known as "topa garane" during harsh winter conditions.
New snake species discovered in southeastern Turkey
Faculty members at Hakkari University in Turkey announced on Jan. 19 the discovery of a new snake species as part of research conducted in the city's rural region.
Death toll from avalanche in Hakkari province rises to 2
The body of another soldier trapped by the avalanche in southeastern Turkey was recovered on Dec. 28, raising the death toll from the incident to two.
The avalanche hit the site on Sunday while soldiers were working to clear snow off a road near a military base in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari province.
Four killed as minibus collides with truck in Hakkari
At least four people were killed and five others wounded as a passenger minibus collided with an 18-wheeler truck in
southeastern Turkey on Dec. 28.
The incident took place in the Yuksekova town of Hakkari province, where visibility dropped due to foggy weather conditions.
The minibus was traveling to the eastern Van.
Local girl and her goat’s heartwarming friendship
A heartwarming friendship between a local girl and her goat that she found abandoned on a mountain hill in Turkey's province of Hakkari is melting the hearts of people. (AA Photo)
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Large quantity of heroin, opium seized
A large number of illegal drugs were seized in anti-narcotic operations in Turkey on Nov. 30, officials said.
Over 50 kg (over 110 lbs.) heroin and 150 liters of acetic anhydride, a chemical compound used in heroin production, were seized in southeast Hakkari province.
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Turkish forces 'neutralize' 9 PKK terrorists in N Iraq
Turkish security forces "neutralized" at least nine PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry announced on Aug. 15.
Three of the terrorists were neutralized in air-backed operations in Haftanin, and another six terrorists in the Zap and Avasin regions, the ministry said on Twitter.
New anti-terror operation launched in southern Turkey
A new anti-terrorism operation has been initiated in the south of Turkey, the country's interior minister announced on Aug. 12.
At least 1,448 security personnel will be part of Operation Yıldırım-5 in the southern province of Hatay's Amanos Mountains, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said at an inauguration ceremony.
Opposition HDP launches march under tight security
Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on June 15 started the "March for Democracy against Coup" in the northwestern province of Edirne and the southeastern province of Hakkari.
The march, which aimed to end in the capital Ankara on June 20, has faced restrictions including bans on entry and exit to some provinces due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Nationalist MHP accuses opposition HDP of ‘playing with fire’ with march
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, an ally of the government, has accused the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of "playing with fire" after a "democracy march" it began to hold.