Municipality in Turkey
Adıyaman
(
Kurdish
:
Semsur
[2]
[3]
[4]
) is a city in southeastern
Turkey
. It is the administrative centre of
Adıyaman Province
and
Adıyaman District
.
[5]
Its population is 267,131 (2021).
[1]
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
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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.
[12]
Ruins of Perre
Severan Bridge
Yenipınar Mosque
History
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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 Gumushtek?n 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
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Mount Nemrut
There is some passing tourist trade, the main tourist attraction being
Mount Nemrut
.
- The caves of Pirin (ancient city of
Perre
) are 5 km (3 mi). 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.
[17]
[18]
It was renovated and reopened in 2012.
[19]
Climate
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Adıyaman has a hot summer
Mediterranean climate
(Csa) under both the
Koppen
and
Trewartha
classifications, with some continental characteristics. Summers are very hot and very dry. Temperatures often reach 40 °C (104 °F) at the height of summer. The highest recorded temperature was 45.3 °C (113.5 °F) 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 ?14.4 °C (6.1 °F) on 24 January 1972.
Climate data for Adıyaman (1991?2020, extremes 1963?2023)
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Record high °C (°F)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
23.8
(74.8)
|
28.3
(82.9)
|
34.5
(94.1)
|
39.0
(102.2)
|
41.5
(106.7)
|
45.3
(113.5)
|
45.2
(113.4)
|
42.2
(108.0)
|
36.1
(97.0)
|
29.4
(84.9)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
45.3
(113.5)
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
10.9
(51.6)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
21.1
(70.0)
|
27.4
(81.3)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
38.7
(101.7)
|
38.6
(101.5)
|
33.6
(92.5)
|
26.3
(79.3)
|
17.4
(63.3)
|
11.1
(52.0)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
Daily mean °C (°F)
|
5.0
(41.0)
|
6.2
(43.2)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
27.1
(80.8)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
31.2
(88.2)
|
26.2
(79.2)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
11.9
(53.4)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
17.7
(63.9)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
1.8
(35.2)
|
2.5
(36.5)
|
5.9
(42.6)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
14.7
(58.5)
|
20.1
(68.2)
|
24.1
(75.4)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
7.6
(45.7)
|
3.6
(38.5)
|
12.3
(54.1)
|
Record low °C (°F)
|
?14.4
(6.1)
|
?10.0
(14.0)
|
?7.0
(19.4)
|
?2.0
(28.4)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
15.8
(60.4)
|
9.6
(49.3)
|
2.2
(36.0)
|
?3.5
(25.7)
|
?8.4
(16.9)
|
?14.4
(6.1)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
140.5
(5.53)
|
107.1
(4.22)
|
87.3
(3.44)
|
61.7
(2.43)
|
45.2
(1.78)
|
9.4
(0.37)
|
1.9
(0.07)
|
2.5
(0.10)
|
9.2
(0.36)
|
48.6
(1.91)
|
74.1
(2.92)
|
142.0
(5.59)
|
729.5
(28.72)
|
Average precipitation days
|
12.37
|
11.77
|
11.47
|
11.3
|
8.4
|
3
|
0.8
|
0.67
|
1.63
|
6.8
|
8.3
|
11.7
|
88.2
|
Average
relative humidity
(%)
|
66.4
|
64.4
|
57.9
|
55.1
|
47.6
|
33
|
27.5
|
29.4
|
33.3
|
45.5
|
59
|
67.4
|
48.9
|
Mean monthly
sunshine hours
|
108.5
|
124.3
|
170.5
|
213.0
|
269.7
|
324.0
|
347.2
|
322.4
|
264.0
|
204.6
|
150.0
|
102.3
|
2,600.5
|
Mean daily
sunshine hours
|
3.5
|
4.4
|
5.5
|
7.1
|
8.7
|
10.8
|
11.2
|
10.4
|
8.8
|
6.6
|
5.0
|
3.3
|
7.1
|
Source 1:
Turkish State Meteorological Service
[20]
|
Source 2:
NCEI
(humidity)
[21]
|
Neighbourhoods
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The city has 33 quarters, including Esentepe.
[22]
See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021"
(XLS)
(in Turkish).
TU?K
. Retrieved
12 January
2023
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- ^
Ofra Bengio (2014).
Kurdish Awakening: Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland
. p. 136.
- ^
Avcıkıran, Adem (2009).
Kurtce Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmanci
(in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
- ^
Ciftci, Tekin (2019). "Adıyaman ve Cevresinde Halk ?nancları ve Halk Hekimli?i (Baweriyen Geleri u Dermane Kurmanci Li Herema Semsure)".
Dicle University Institute of Social Sciences
(in Turkish).
Dicle University
: 42.
- ^
?l Belediyesi
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^
Polat, Muslum; Turkan, Yavuz (2012). "Osmanlıdan Gunumuze Kurtlerde Ekonomik Hayat".
Kimlik, Kultur ve De?i?im Surecinde Osmanlı'dan Gunumuze Kurtler Uluslararası Sempozyum
.
Bingol University
: 307.
- ^
Balcı, Ali; Efe, Ibrahim (2014).
"The 2014 elections: Reflections on the Kurdish question"
(PDF)
.
Sakarya University
. SETA. p. 14.
Archived
(PDF)
from the original on 2021-04-19
. Retrieved
19 April
2021
.
- ^
"Kahramanmara?'ta 7,4 buyuklu?unde deprem, teyit edilmemi? yıkım haberleri var"
[7.4 magnitude earthquake in Kahramanmara?, there are unconfirmed destruction news].
BBC News
(in Turkish). 6 February 2023.
Archived
from the original on 6 February 2023
. Retrieved
6 February
2023
.
- ^
AA, Daily Sabah with (2023-02-13).
"Restoration of roads underway in quake-hit Turkiye's Adıyaman"
.
Daily Sabah
. Retrieved
2023-02-14
.
- ^
Sinclair, Thomas T. (July 2008).
"Adıyaman"
.
Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition
.
- ^
Taeschner, Franz (24 April 2012).
"Adiyaman"
.
Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition
.
- ^
a
b
Han, Suna (2001).
"Adıyaman Tarihi ve Kulturu"
(PDF)
.
Near East University Science Literature Faculty
.
Nicosia
:
Near East University
: 1. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2021-04-20
. Retrieved
2021-04-20
.
- ^
"Mor Malki Urek"
.
soc-wus.org
.
Archived
from the original on 24 April 2018
. Retrieved
24 April
2018
.
- ^
location of building-37.757316, 38.273478
- ^
"Mor Petrus-Mor Paulus Kilise'si restore edilerek ibadete acıldı! - 10-12-2012"
.
emlakkulisi.com
.
Archived
from the original on 4 March 2016
. Retrieved
24 April
2018
.
- ^
"Resmi ?statistikler: ?llerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991?2020)"
(in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service
. Retrieved
26 June
2021
.
- ^
"World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Adiyaman"
(CSV)
.
ncei.noaa.gov
.
National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
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Mahalle
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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