Kâhta
Kâhta castle
Kâhta castle
Kâhta is located in Turkey
Kâhta
Kâhta
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E / 37.78028°N 38.62167°E / 37.78028; 38.62167
CountryTurkey
ProvinceAdıyaman
DistrictKâhta
Government
  Mayorİbrahim Yusuf Turanlı (SP)
Population
 (2021)[1]
86,232
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
02400
Websitewww.kahta.bel.tr

Kâhta (Kurdish: Kolîk,[2] Ottoman Turkish: کولک, romanized: Kölük[3]) is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.[4] Its population is 86,232 (2021).[1] The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.[5][6]

Neighborhoods

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Atatürk, Bağlar, Bayraktar, Cami, Cumhuriyet, Çobanlı, Fatih, Fırat, Ggazi, Girne, Hürriyet, Karşıyaka, Menderes, Şeyhbaba, Turanlı, Turgut Özal, Yavuz Selim and Yeni.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. "Adıyaman - İbrahim Sediyani". Haksöz Haber (in Turkish). 28 August 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 264.
  4. 1 2 İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. 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.
  6. Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 24. ISBN 978-975-343-220-7.
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