Üçgöz, Besni Explained

Type:village
Province:Adıyaman
District:Besni
Üçgöz
Population Total:1086
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:37.639°N 37.966°W

Üçgöz (formerly known as Sofraz or Sofrazköy) is a village in the Besni District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 1,086 (2021).[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3]

Archeology

South of the village flows the Sofraz Çayı (also called the Değirmen Çayı), a tributary of the Göksu.South of the village is an ancient settlement of Hellenistic and Roman date (based on archaeological finds). In this area, a stele was found in 1973, which shows Antiochus I of Commagene and Apollo shaking hands. Another find was a funerary altar with a relief carving of a griffin on a wheel and an inscription in which the genealogy of a noble Commagenian family is described. The altar is now on display in the Adıyaman Archaeological Museum. Near the settlement are the two, which contain Roman chamber tombs.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy
  2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021. 12 January 2023 . TÜİK. tr . XLS.
  3. https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm Law No. 6360
  4. Michael Blömer, Engelbert Winter: Commagene, The Land of Gods Between the Taurus and the Euphrates Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul 2011,, S. 168–172.