Gerger ( ku, Aldûş) 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 provi ...
of
Turkey
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. It is the seat of
Gerger District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. It is mainly populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds and had a population of 2,753 in 2021.
The mayor is Erkan Aksoy (
AKP).
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History
According to The Geographical Journal in 1896, Gerger had 750 inhabitants with most being Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...
, with the exception of few Ottoman officials and Armenians
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.
In 2018, archaeologists discovered a cave which used during religious ceremonies by Christians during the Byzantine period
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
. Cross figures found inside the cave.Roman-era cave found in Adıyaman
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References
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Towns in Turkey
Populated places in Adıyaman Province
Gerger District
Kurdish settlements in Adıyaman Province