Hakkari

A Turkish soldier and a village guard were killed and four others wounded in clashes with the PKK in the eastern province of Bitlis, the Governor's Office said early on June 2.

With the pandemic disrupting mobility significantly, a declining trend has been seen in the number of road accidents and fatalities caused in Turkey, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Young people made up 15.4 percent of Turkey's total population throughout 2020, the country's statistical authority announced May 17, showing a slight decrease of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous year.

Out of the total population of 83.61 million last year, 12.89 million people were aged between 15 and 24, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said.

Turkey's health minister announced early on March 16 infection rates of the novel coronavirus across Turkey's 81 provinces on March 6-12 as part of a new weekly initiative.

"Normalization can be possible by following the measures," Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, sharing the statistics.

Turkey's Mergabütan Plateau has been transformed into a ski resort that has become a favorite of both local and foreign tourists, Turkey's industry and technology minister said on March 14.

"This is not the Alps, it is the Hakkari Mergabütan Ski Center!" Mustafa Varank wrote on Twitter.

"We identify and support investments that best suit the potential of cities," he added.

A local man living in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari's Yüksekova district has built a small snow model replicating Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of modern Turkey, for his daughter who was not able to visit the iconic site.

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.

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.

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.

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.