Kâhta (; , ) is a city in
Adıyaman Province
Adıyaman Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. Its area is 7,337 km2, and its population is 635,169 (2022). The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdi ...
of
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It is the seat of
Kâhta District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its population is 86,232 (2021).
The city is populated by
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
from the
Reşwan tribe.
Neighborhoods
The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Atatürk, Bağlar, Bayraktar, Cami, Cumhuriyet, Çobanlı, Fatih, Fırat, Gazi, Girne, Hürriyet, Karşıyaka, Menderes, Şeyhbaba, Turanlı, Turgut Özal, Yavuz Selim and Yeni.
Climate
Kâhta has a
hot-summer Mediterranean climate
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(
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* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
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: ''Csa''),
with pronounced seasons. Summers are very hot and dry, and winters are cool and wet.
Notable people
*
Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943-2019), Kurdish politician who was one of the founders of the
Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001
*
Ahmet Aydın (*1971), Kurdish Politician
*
Mehmet Yavuz (1973-2019), Kurdish politician and teacher in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
who led the Kurdish
Islamist Free Cause Party from May 2018 until 7 October 2018
References
Kâhta District
Populated places in Adıyaman Province
Kurdish settlements in Adıyaman Province
District municipalities in Turkey
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