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Tut is a town of
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 ...
of
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, to the north-west of the city of
Adıyaman Adıyaman ( ku, Semsûr) is a city and district in southeastern Turkey, and the capital of the Adıyaman Province. The inhabitants of the city are mostly Kurdish. Etymology An unverified theory is that the former name of the city ''Hisn-Mansur'' ...
in the range of the
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called the Haci Muhammed. It is the seat of Tut District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
Its population is 3,388 (2021). The mayor is Mehmet Kılıc for the
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(CHP). The name ''Tut'' is the regional form of the Turkish word for ''mulberry'' ( tr, dut), which grow here in large numbers.


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Populated places in Adıyaman Province Tut District {{Adıyaman-geo-stub