Hakkari

Youth aged between 15 and 24 make up 15.6 percent of the 82 million people living in Turkey, the youngest country in Europe, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on May 15. 
There are 12.95 million people aged 15-24 in the country, TÜİK said.    
The ratio of young men to young women is 51.3 percent to 48.7 percent.    

A ski center in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari has become a hot attraction for thousands of people across the country.

Thanks to the investment support from the Eastern Anatolia Development Agency (DAKA), the Hakkari Ski Center has become one of the major ski resorts in the region.

Turkey's elderly population has risen by 21.9 percent over the past five years, according to statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on March 18.

TÜİK stated that the population of people over the age of 65 in Turkey had risen to 7.55 million in 2019, up from 6.65 million in 2014.

With over 1,000 personnel, Turkey has launched a new anti-terror operation in three eastern provinces, the Interior Ministry announced on March 13.
In a statement, the ministry said Operation Trap-8 Mt. Ararat-Çemce-Madur aims to neutralize all terrorists hiding out in the regions of Mt. Ağrı (Ararat), Cemce, and Madur located in the eastern provinces of Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır. 

Turkish security forces neutralized seven PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Feb. 26. 

The terrorists were trying to infiltrate into the area of "Operation Euphrates Shield," Turkey's anti-terror offensive in northern Syria, from the city of Manbij, the ministry said in a tweet.

Turkey launched Operation Kapan-3 to eliminate terrorists in the country's southeast, the Interior Ministry announced on Jan. 13.

The gendarmerie command launched the counter-terrorism operation in the rural area of Hakkari province, the ministry said in a statement.

A total of 825 security personnel, including gendarmerie and police forces, are taking part in the operation.

Turkey launched Operation Kapan-2 to eliminate terrorists in the country's south, the Interior Ministry announced on Jan. 12.

The gendarmerie command launched the counter-terrorism operation in the rural area of Hatay province, the ministry said in a statement.

A total of 623 security personnel, including gendarmerie and police forces, are taking part in the operation.

Turkey's anti-terror Operation Kıran in the country's southeast, which neutralized a total of 144 PKK terrorists, has completed "successfully", the Interior Ministry said on Jan. 11.

The Interior Ministry of Turkey has appointed new mayors in the southeastern Hakkari and Mardin provinces following the arrest of their predecessors over terror-related charges.

Merga Bütan Ski Center in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari will soon have its first a hotel with a capacity of 100 beds. The decision was fueled by the authorities' desire to make the center a popular choice for tourists.