Adıyaman ( ku, Semsûr) is a city and district in southeastern
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, and the capital of the
Adıyaman Province
Adıyaman Province ( tr, , ku, ) is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.
Adıyaman Province was part of the pro ...
. The inhabitants of the city are mostly
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
.
Etymology
An unverified theory is that the former name of the city ''Hisn-Mansur'' derives from the name of the
Umayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...
Emir Mansur ben Djawana who was killed by
Al-Mansur
Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...
in 758. Because of the difficulty among the locals in pronouncing ''Hisn-Mansur,'' the corruption ''Semsur'' emerged.
Various unverifiable theories exist for the name.
Places of interest
There is some passing tourist trade, the main tourist attraction being
Mount Nemrut
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud ( tr, Nemrut Dağı; ku, Çiyayê Nemrûdê; hy, Նեմրութ լեռ; Greek: Όρος Νεμρούτ) is a mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what ...
.
*The caves of Pirin (ancient city of
Perre) are . from Adiyaman. These have been used as a burial ground for thousands of years. The sights include the ruins of the city and burial caves carved into the rock.
* The only active church in Adiyaman Province is located here, where it is the center of the
Syriac Orthodox patriarchal vicarate of Adiyaman. It was renovated and reopened in 2012.
Climate
Adıyaman has a hot summer
Mediterranean climate
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(Csa) under both the
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classification, and a dry-hot summer subtropical climate (Csa) under the
Trewartha classification, with some continental characteristics. Summers are very hot and very dry. Temperatures often reach at the height of summer. The highest recorded temperature was on 30 July 2000. Winters in Adıyaman are cool to cold with heavy precipitation. Due to its inland location and relatively high altitude, frost and snow are common. The lowest recorded temperature was on 24 January 1972.
Neighbourhoods
* Ahmethoca
* Akdere
* Akpınar
* Akyazı
* Akçalı
* Akıncılar
* Alibey
* Ardıçoluk
* Atakent
* Aydınlar
* Ağaçkonak
* Battalhüyük
* Bağdere
* Bağlıca
* Bağpınar
* Başpınar
* Bebek
* Bozhüyük
* Boztepe
* Boğazözü
* Börkenek
* Büklüm
* Büyükkavaklı
* Büyükkırıklı
* Damdırmaz
* Dardağan
* Davuthan
* Derinsu
* Dişbudak
* Doyran
* Durak
* Durukaynak
* Ekinci
* Elmacık
* Esence
* Esentepe
* Eskihüsnümansur
* Gökçay
* Gölpınar
* Gözebaşı
* Gümüşkaya
* Güneşli
* Güzelyurt
* Hacıhalil
* Hasancık
* Hasankendi
* Karaağaç
* Karagöl
* Karahöyük
* Karakoç
* Kavak
* Kayacık
* Kayaönü
* Kaşköy
* Kemerkaya
* Koruköy
* Kozan
* Koçali
* Kuyucak
* Kuşakkaya
* Kömür
* Kındırali
* Kızılcahöyük
* Kızılcapınar
* Mestan
* Olgunlar
* Oluklu
* Ormaniçi
* Palanlı
* Payamlı
* Paşamezrası
* Pınaryayla
* Rezip
* Sarıharman
* Sarıkaya
* Taşgedik
* Taşpınar
* Tekpınar
* Toptepe
* Uludam
* Uzunköy
* Uzunpınar
* Uğurca
* Yarmakaya
* Yayladamı
* Yaylakonak
* Yazlık
* Yazıbaşı
* Yazıca
* Yedioluk
* Yenice
* Yenigüven
* Yeniköy
* Yeşilova
* Yeşiltepe
* Ziyaretpayamlı
* Çamgazi
* Çamlıca
* Çamyurdu
* Çatalağaç
* Çaylı
* Çayırlı
* Çemberlitaş
* Çobandede
* İncebağ
* İnceler
* İndere
* Şerefli
See also
*
Anatolian Tigers
In the context of the Turkish economy, Anatolian Tigers ( tr, Anadolu Kaplanları) are a number of cities in Turkey which have displayed impressive growth records since the 1980s, as well as a defined breed of entrepreneurs rising in prominence a ...
*
Reşwan (tribe)
*
Commagene
Commagene ( grc-gre, Κομμαγηνή) was an ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom ruled by a Hellenized branch of the Iranian Orontid dynasty that had ruled over Armenia. The kingdom was located in and around the ancient city of Samosata, which s ...
*
Çiğ köfte
Çiğ köfte () or chee kofta is a kofta dish that is a regional specialty of southeastern Anatolia in Edessa (modern-day Urfa). The dish is served as an appetizer or meze, and it is closely related with ''kibbeh nayyeh'' from Lebanese cuisine.
...
References
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Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
Roman sites in Turkey
Populated places in Adıyaman Province
Districts of Adıyaman Province
Cities in Turkey
Turkish Kurdistan
Kurdish settlements in Adıyaman Province