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Halfeti (Kurdish: Xelfêtî,[3] Ottoman Turkish: روم قلعه, Rumkale[4]) is a small farming district on the east bank of the river Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey, 120 km (75 miles) from the city of Şanlıurfa. Population (2000 census) 33,467 (of which 2,608 were in the town of Halfeti, the majority being in the surrounding villages).

Halfeti
Halfeti and the river Euphrates
Halfeti
Coordinates: 37°14′56″N 37°51′57″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceŞanlıurfa
Government
  KaymakamŞeref Albayrak
  MayorSelami Korkutata
Area
  District642.93 km2 (248.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
  Urban
8,536
  District
39,609
  District density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
WebsiteHalfeti Belediyesi
Halfeti Kaymakamlığı

Most of the villages were submerged in the 1990s under the waters behind the dam on the Euphrates at Birecik. The town was therefore moved to the village of Karaotlak.

Halfeti was the subject of an internet urban legend wherein the town was the only location on Earth where black roses grew.[5]


Post-dam settlement


As part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project, aka GAP, several dams were constructed in the area and surrounding regions as part of a larger agricultural and economic initiative by the Turkish Government. The town of Halfeti was among those settlements, ancient and contemporary, that would remain under the rising water levels of the local dams and rivers following the execution of the GAP.

Until the area was flooded in 1999, the people lived from fishing in the Euphrates and farming on the riverbank, especially growing pistachios. Some buildings, including the jail, were pulled down and rebuilt in the new town. The old town of Halfeti is only partially submerged and is now a local tourist attraction, especially for ferry trips to visit the ruins of the nearby fortress of Rumkale. The countryside is also attractive, although the green valley of the past is now underwater.

Opposite Halfeti stood the village of Kale Meydanı, which was also submerged, but the large landowners house was taken and reconstructed in the grounds of Harran University.


Villages and quarters


Halfeti is composed of the following villages and urban quarters, each headed by a mukhtar:[6]


Politics


In the 31 March 2019 local elections, the candidate of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Şeref Albayrak, was elected mayor with 54.92% of the votes. His first rival Peoples' Democratic Party's candidate Abdurrahman Çiftçi obtained 37.56% of votes.[7] The current Kaymakam is Selami Korkutata.[8]


Notable people



References


  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 423.
  5. Evon, Dan. "Black Rose". snopes.com. Snopes. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. Halfeti district government web site www.halfeti.gov.tr/muhtar retrieved April 2018
  7. "2019 Yerel Seçim Sonuçları NTV'de". secim.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. "Halfeti Kaymakamlığı". www.halfeti.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

На других языках


[de] Halfeti

Vorlage:Infobox Ort in der Türkei/Wartung/EinwohnerOrtFehlt
- [en] Halfeti

[ru] Халфети

Халфети (тур. Halfeti) — город и район в провинции Шанлыурфа (Турция).



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