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Kâhta (Kurdish: Kolîk,[3] Ottoman Turkish: کولک / Kölük[4]) is a city and district in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.[5][6]
Kâhta | |
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  Kâhta | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Adıyaman |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | İbrahim Yusuf Turanlı (SP) |
| • Kaymakam | Selami Korkutata |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,358.82 km2 (524.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 66,503 |
| • District | 117,794 |
| • District density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Post code | 02400 |
| Website | www |
On 12 October 2018, cave drawings which date back to the Paleolithic era, were discovered in the Kâhta district, due to the decline of Atatürk Reservoir waters by 10–15 meters.[7]
Notable Locals
- Osman Sabri (1905-1993), Kurdish poet, writer and journalist
- Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943-2019), Kurdish politician who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001
- Ahmet Aydın (*1971), Kurdish Politician
- Mehmet Yavuz (1973-2019), Kurdish politician and teacher in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from May 2018 until 7 October 2018
Places of interest
- Nemrut Dağı or Mount Nemrut - now a national park, famous for the antique statuary on the summit, dating back to the Commagene Kingdom.
- Karakuş Tumulus, with a large statue of an eagle.
- Kâhta castle
- Severan Bridge, a Roman bridge.
Tumulus of Karakuş
Kahta castle
Severan Bridge
References
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kahta. |
- "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- "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.
- "Adıyaman - İbrahim Sediyani". Haksöz Haber (in Turkish). 28 August 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 264.
- Kaiser, Hilmar (2019). "Financing the Ruling Party and Its Militants in Wartime: The Armenian Genocide and the Kemah Massacres of 1915". Études arméniennes contemporaines. 12 (12): 7–31. doi:10.4000/eac.1942.
- Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 24. ISBN 978-975-343-220-7.
- "Paleolithic art unveiled after dam water ebbs in Turkey's east". Hürriyet Daily News. 12 October 2018.
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На других языках
- [en] Kâhta
[ru] Кяхта (город, Турция)
Кяхта (тур. Kâhta) — город и район в провинции Адыяман (Турция). На западе район граничит с центральным районом ила Адыяман, на юго-западе — с районом Самсат, на севере — с районом Синджик, на северо-востоке — с районом Гергер, на юго-востоке — с илом Шанлыурфа.Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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