Hakkari

Hakkari also spelled Hakkiari, Hakari, Hakiari, etc. (Kurdish:Colemêrg‎, Syriac:ܚܟܐܪܝ‎ Ḥakkāri, or ܗܟܐܪܝ Hakkāri), was a historical mountainous region lying between the plains of Nineveh 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 Empire it was a sanjak within the old Vilayet of Van.