Adıyaman Province

Adiyaman (Kurdish: Semsûr ) is a province in southeastern Turkey. It is surrounded by the provinces of Malatya, Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır. The Adiyaman province is 7033 km ², including water areas 7871 km ².

Population

The population is made up of Turks and Kurds.

Location

Adiyaman is located in southeastern Anatolia. The area is very mountainous, to the foothills of Mount Nemrut heard. The border with the province of Şanlıurfa is the Euphrates River, which is dammed here to Ataturk Dam, the water-rich reservoir in Turkey.

Counties

The Adiyaman province consists of the counties of:

  • Adiyaman
  • Besni
  • Celikhan (Kurdish Çêlikan )
  • Gerger ( Aramaic: Gargar: ܓ ܪ ܓ ܪ ) (Kurdish Aldus )
  • Gölbaşı (Kurdish Serê Golan )
  • Kahta ( Aramaic: Kahta: ܟ ܚ ܬ ܐ ) (Kurdish colic )
  • Samsat ( Aramaic: Şmişat: ܫ ܡ ܝ ܫ ܛ ) (Kurdish Semsat )
  • Sincik (Kurdish Sinciq )
  • Tut ( Aramaic: Tutho: ܬ ܘ ܬ ܐ ) (Kurdish TUT)

History

  • 3000-1200 BC: Hurrian and Hittite
  • 1200-750 BC: Assyrians
  • 750-600 BC: Phrygian
  • 600-334 BC: Medes and Persians
  • 334 - BC: Macedonians
  • 163 BC - AD 72: Empire of Commagene
  • 72-395: Roman
  • 395-670: Byzantine
  • 670-758: Umayyad
  • 758-926: Abbasid
  • 926-958: Hamdanids
  • 958-1114: Byzantines
  • 1114-1204: Ayyubid
  • 1204-1298: Rum - Seljuks
  • 1298-1516: Mamluk
  • 1516-1923: Ottomans
  • 1923 -present: Turkish Republic

Origin of the name " Adiyaman "

There are at least two stories about the origin of the Turkish name of the city Adiyaman, which gives the province its name, as well as the Kurdish names.

  • Adiyaman to have around it had fertile valleys. Hence the name Vadi i Leman, meaning " Beautiful Valley " is coming. From this name, the modern name came into being.
  • In a town called Farrin or Perrhe, there should have been a man who worshiped idols. This man had seven sons, the one day when the father was not there, in the name of the one God destroyed the idols. When his father found out, he killed all of his sons. Then, a monastery was built in honor of sons in Farrin. Since then the city Yedi Yaman what the " Seven Brave " is called. This then was Adiyaman.
  • In the middle of the city stands a castle, whose name means Hisn -ı Mansur on German " Mansur castle ". In Mansur it could be to the Abbasid caliph al- Mansur, or a commander of the Umayyad Arab who invaded here in the 7th century. The name Hisn -ı Mansur was pronounced by the people Hüsnü Mansur and is popularly still the name of this province. The Kurdish Semsur is derived from it.

1926, the province name of Hisn -ı Mansur or Hüsnü Mansur was changed in Adiyaman.

Economy

Agriculture is very common in the region. The other sources of revenue are the petroleum production, and tourism.

Attractions

Archaeological sites:

  • The ruins of Mount Nemrut - Kahta / Karadut
  • The ruins of Arsameia on Nymphaios and the grave mound Karakuş - Kahta / Kocahisar
  • The remains of Eski Besni (Alt - Besni )
  • The ruins of Perrhe - in the district Örenli in the north of Adiyaman
  • The Roman Chabinas bridge over the Cendere Çayı at Kahta
  • The Archaeological Museum in the center of Adiyaman

Festival:

  • Melon festival in Besni 01.06.- 15.06.
  • International Kahta Commagene Festival in Kahta 25.07. - 27.07.
  • Grape Festival in Gölbaşı 29.09. - 1:10.
  • Educational and cultural festival in Besni 22.09. - 24.09.
  • Honey Culture and Tourism Festival in Celikhan 25.08. - 26.08.
  • Arts and Culture Festival 19.07. - Tut 23:07.

Famous people

  • Mir Mehmet Fırat Dengir, politicians
  • Sırrı Ayhan, Kurdish Author
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