Adıyaman Explained

Type:	municipality
Adıyaman
Image Logo:	Adıyaman Belediyesi logo.svg
Coordinates:	37.7639°N 38.2778°W
Province:	Adıyaman
District:	Adıyaman
Leader Party:	CHP
Leader Name:	Abdurrahman Tutdere
Population Total:	267131
Population As Of:	2021

Adıyaman (Kurdish: Semsûr^{[1] [2] [3]}) is a city in southeastern Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Adıyaman Province and Adıyaman District.^[4] Its population is 267,131 (2021).^[5] The inhabitants of the city are mostly Kurdish.^{[6] [7]}

The city was one of the worst affected by the February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes.^[8] Many buildings were destroyed and many lives lost in part because bad weather and damage to the transport infrastructure delayed the arrival of rescue teams.^[9]

Etymology

An unverified theory is that the former name of the city, Hisn-Mansur derives from the name of the Umayyad Emir Mansur ibn Jawana who was killed by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur in this region in 758.^{[10] [11]} Because of the difficulty among the locals in pronouncing Hisn-Mansur, the corruption Semsur emerged.^[12]

Various unverifiable theories exist for the name.

History

The first settlement on the site of the city was the ancient town of Perrhe, part of the kingdom of Commagene before it became part of the Roman and later Byzantine Empire.

It was then captured by the Arabs and became known as Hisn Mansur. It became a contested border town between the Abbasid caliphate and the Byzantines and was therefore well protected; a wall with three gates and a ditch guarded the town while in its middle stood a fortress with double walls.

In the early eleventh century, the town formed part of the Byzantine defences in the Euphrates region together with Edessa, Gargar, Samosata and Chasanara. In 1066/1067, the region around the town was ravaged by a Turkish emir called Gümüshtekīn who took booty and captives.

By the end of the eleventh century, the Byzantines had lost control of the town and it was now in possession of the Armenian local ruler Kogh Vasil.

Places of interest

There is some passing tourist trade, the main tourist attraction being Mount Nemrut.

• The caves of Pirin (ancient city of Perre) are 50NaN0. from Adıyaman. These have been used as a burial ground for thousands of years. The sights include the ruins of the city and burial caves carved into the rock.
• The only active church in Adıyaman Province is located here, where it is the center of the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal vicarate of Adıyaman.^{[13] [14]} It was renovated and reopened in 2012.^[15]

Climate

Adıyaman has a hot summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under both the Köppen and Trewartha classifications, with some continental characteristics. Summers are very hot and very dry. Temperatures often reach 40°C at the height of summer. The highest recorded temperature was 45.3°C on 30 July 2000. Winters in Adıyaman are cool to cold with heavy precipitation. Due to its inland location and relatively high altitude, frost and snow are common. The lowest recorded temperature was NaN°C on 24 January 1972.

Neighbourhoods

The city has 33 quarters, including Esentepe.^[16]

See also

• Anatolian Tigers
• Reşwan (tribe)
• Commagene
• Çiğ köfte

Sources

• Book: Beihammer . Alexander Daniel . Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130 . 2017 . Routledge . 978-1-138-22959-4.
• Book: Strange . Guy Le . The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur . 1 January 2010 . Cosimo, Inc. . 978-1-61640-512-0 . 6 March 2024 . en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Ofra Bengio . Kurdish Awakening: Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland . 2014 . 136.
2. Book: Avcıkıran . 2009 . 56 . tr, ku .
3. Çiftçi. Tekin. 2019. Adıyaman ve Çevresinde Halk İnançları ve Halk Hekimliği (Baweriyên Gelêrî û Dermanê Kurmancî Li Herêma Semsûrê). Dicle University Institute of Social Sciences. tr. Dicle University. 42.
4. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İl Belediyesi
5. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021. 12 January 2023. TÜİK. tr . XLS.
6. Polat. Müslüm. Türkan. Yavuz. 2012. Osmanlıdan Günümüze Kürtlerde Ekonomik Hayat. Kimlik, Kültür ve Değişim Sürecinde Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Kürtler Uluslararası Sempozyum. Bingöl University. 307.
7. Web site: Balcı. Ali. Efe. Ibrahim. 2014. The 2014 elections: Reflections on the Kurdish question. live. 19 April 2021. Sakarya University. SETA. 14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419161127/https://ormer.sakarya.edu.tr/uploads/files/alibalcikurdish.pdf . 2021-04-19 .
8. News: 6 February 2023 . Kahramanmaraş'ta 7,4 büyüklüğünde deprem, teyit edilmemiş yıkım haberleri var . tr . 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, there are unconfirmed destruction news . BBC News . live . 6 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206023938/https://www.bbc.com/turkce/articles/c51kdv8d15jo . 6 February 2023.
9. Web site: AA . Daily Sabah with . 2023-02-13 . Restoration of roads underway in quake-hit Türkiye's Adıyaman . 2023-02-14 . Daily Sabah . en-US.
10. Sinclair. Thomas T.. Adıyaman. Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition. July 2008.
11. Taeschner. Franz. 24 April 2012. Adiyaman. Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition.
12. Han. Suna. 2001. Adıyaman Tarihi ve Kültürü. Near East University Science Literature Faculty. Nicosia. Near East University. 1. 2021-04-20. 2021-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420104321/http://docs.neu.edu.tr/library/6294007862.pdf. dead.
13. Web site: Mor Malki Ürek. soc-wus.org. 24 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424144121/http://soc-wus.org/ourchurch/Pat_V_Adiyaman.htm. 24 April 2018.
14. location of building-37.757316, 38.273478
15. Web site: Mor Petrus-Mor Paulus Kilise'si restore edilerek ibadete açıldı! - 10-12-2012. emlakkulisi.com. 24 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083406/http://emlakkulisi.com/mor-petrus-mor-paulus-kilisesi-restore-edilerek-ibadete-acildi/143476. 4 March 2016.
16. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle