Kâhta

Kâhta
Kâhta
	Kâhta
	Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E / 37.78028°N 38.62167°ECoordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E / 37.78028°N 38.62167°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)
• Urban	66,503
• District	117,794
• District density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Post code	02400
Website	www.kahta.gov.tr

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]

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]

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.

Mount Nemrut
Tumulus of Karakuş
Kahta castle
Severan Bridge

References[]

^ "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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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-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] "Adıyaman - İbrahim Sediyani". Haksöz Haber (in Turkish). 28 August 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[4] Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 264.

[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.

[7] "Paleolithic art unveiled after dam water ebbs in Turkey's east". Hürriyet Daily News. 12 October 2018.

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