Hakkari (historical region)
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Hakkari, was a historical mountainous region lying to the south of Lake Van, encompassing parts of the modern provinces of Hakkâri, Şırnak, Van in Turkey and Dohuk in Iraq. During the late Ottoman Emp
Hakkari Assyrians, c. 1900
A 6th-century Assyrian church, in the Assyrian village of Geramon
Residence of the Patriarch in Qudshanis, Ottoman Empire (1692–1918)
The mountainous Shemsdin district
Barwari
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Barwari is a region in the Hakkari mountains in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The region is inhabited by Assyrians and Kurds, and was formerly also home to a number of Jews prior to their emi
Hakkari (historical region)
…to Kurdish alliances and their conversion to the Chaldean Catholic Church avoided deportation. Assyrians still live in the southern Hakkari region of Barwari Bala, now straddling the Turkey-Iraq border, and in the Sapna and Nahla Valleys of Iraqs Nohadra region. As of 1920, Hakkari was producing lead. The lead…
CO Ecountry 1913