The Mergabutan Ski Center is 12 kilometers (7.45 miles) away from the Hakkari city center and is one of the facilities in Turkey with the longest seasons which opens in November and continues until the end of April.
In the center, where social facilities such as cafeterias and restaurants are located, the construction of a four-star hotel with a capacity of 120 people and a sports training center is in progress.
In Mergabutan, which has three different tracks with a total length of four kilometers, 10,000 students are given ski lessons every year thanks to the "A Healthy Future Will Come with Sports" project of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The center, which also hosts ski lovers from Iran and Iraq, welcomes around 100,000 visitors annually.
With the support of the regional development agency in 2013, the infrastructure of the track was renewed and the ski house was built.
With the agency's grant of 8 million Turkish lira in 2017, the length of the track was increased to four kilometers and the chairlift system was established.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the regional development agency contributed a total of 11 million Turkish liras to the construction of the accommodation facilities, which was started by the Hakkari provincial administration in 2019.