Çakırhüyük, Besni

Çakırhüyük
Çakırhüyük
Village
	Çakırhüyük Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 37°34′N 37°51′E / 37.567°N 37.850°ECoordinates: 37°34′N 37°51′E / 37.567°N 37.850°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Adıyaman Province
District	Besni
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Çakırhüyük is a village in the District of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.^[1]

The village used to be named Keysun (Armenian: Քեսուն, romanized: Kʿesun; Kaysum in Arabic and Kaisou in Greek). In the early 9th century it was the base of the rebel leader Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli. Today the village contains the 12th-century Crusader Fortress of Kaysun.

References[]

^ "Population of city, towns and villages - 2011". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

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[1] "Population of city, towns and villages - 2011". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

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Çakırhüyük
Village
Çakırhüyük Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°34′N 37°51′E / 37.567°N 37.850°E / 37.567; 37.850Coordinates: 37°34′N 37°51′E / 37.567°N 37.850°E / 37.567; 37.850
Country	Turkey
Province	Adıyaman Province
District	Besni
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)