THE ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF HAKKARI PROVINCE
HAKKARİ İLİ’NİN İDARİ COĞRAFYA ANALİZİ

Author : Faruk KAYA
Number of pages : 79-99

Abstract

The analysis of the administrative units comprising the civilian administrative departments of Hakkari province, which has an important geopolitical and geostrategic position and intensely witnesses a number of historical, administrative, political, social, cultural and economic events, will enable us to comprehend the administrative geography of the province much better. Focusing particularly on investigating Hakkari in terms of administrative geography, this study primarily emphasizes the positions of the civilian administrative areas of Hakkari province within the administrative separation systematic of the country and the region, as well as their structuring and establishments. Being approached within a historical process by analyzing the justifications of status changes that are performed on civilian administrative areas and other regulations, the study also examines the current administrative separation structures, urban administrative areas and village administrative areas of Hakkari Province, in terms of administrative geography in detail. According to the civilian administrative separation systematic of Turkey, the largest administrative areas of our country involve provinces. Having a surface area of 7. 095 km², the Hakkari province covers approximately 0,90% of the Turkish territories and is ranked as the 47. in Turkey by its surface area. Administratively comprising three districts (Yüksekova, Şemdinli and Çukurca) except for the Central District, the province involves 135 village administrative areas and 8 urban administrative areas (1 in the Central District of Hakkari, 3 in district centers and 4 in towns). The intensity of administrative geography studies that have recently started to be conducted in Turkey and have a limited number will make important contributions to the analysis of our country from this aspect, as well. This study approaching the administrative geography analysis of Hakkari province, which is located in one of the toughest geographies of Turkey, is also expected to make a contribution to the better introduction of our country just like other studies in this field.

Keywords

Administrative Divisions, Urban Administrative Areas, Rural Areas Administration, Administrative Ge

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