Kâhta
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]
Kâhta | |
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 Kâhta castle | |
  Kâhta Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Adıyaman |
| District | Kâhta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | İbrahim Yusuf Turanlı (SP) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 86,232 |
| Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 02400 |
| Website | www |
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
- 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
References
- "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- "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.
- İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- 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.
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