Reşadiye is a district of
Tokat
Tokat is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia. It is located at the confluence of the Tokat River (Tokat Suyu) with the Yeşilırmak. In the 2018 census, the city of Tokat had a population of 155,00 ...
located within the Cappadocia land within the
Kızılırmak arc in the central part of the Black Sea. It is on the E E80 highway, on the edge of the Kelkit Stream. Reşadiye is surrounded by
Ordu
Ordu () or Altınordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, historically also known as Cotyora or Kotyora ( pnt, Κοτύωρα), and the capital of Ordu Province with a population of 229,214 in the city center.
Name
Kotyora, the ori ...
in the north,
Almus in the south,
Niksar
Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It was settled by many empires, being once the capital city of the province. Niksar is known as "Çukurova of the North-Anatolia" due to i ...
and
Başçiftlik in the west and
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province.
The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...
in the southeast. According to the 2020 TUIK data, its total population is 43,870.
Geography
Geographically, it is located between 400 31 'north latitudes and 370 06' east longitudes and the highest hill of Reşadiye, established on the banks of the Kelkit River, is Erdem Baba Hill with 2.183 meters. This is followed by Küçük Erdem Hill (2.113 meters), Kabaktepe (2.037 meters), Çal Hill (2.022 meters), Mektep Hill, Tömbül Hill and Lalelik Hill. All of these heights are located in Günüş Mountain. Zinav Lake is located within the boundaries of the district.
Terror Attacks
The town was the scene of two major insurgent attacks during the
Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the first one being the
Sazak assault in 1997, a joint operation between the
PKK
The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of sout ...
,
DHKP/C and the
TKP/ML, killing 4 soldiers and the second being the
Reşadiye shooting in 2009 in which the PKK killed 7 and injured 3 soldiers.
Notable people
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Hüseyin Özer, Turkish-British executive chef and restaurateur
References
Populated places in Tokat Province
Districts of Tokat Province
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