Kâhta

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
Kâhta
Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceAdıyaman
Government
 • Mayorİbrahim Yusuf Turanlı (SP)
 • KaymakamSelami Korkutata
Area
[1]
 • District1,358.82 km2 (524.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
66,503
 • District
117,794
 • District density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Post code
02400
Websitewww.kahta.gov.tr

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

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