Kâhta

City in Adıyaman Province, Turkey

Municipality in Adıyaman, Turkey

Kâhta

Municipality

Kâhta castle

Kâhta

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E﻿ / ﻿37.78028°N 38.62167°E﻿ / 37.78028; 38.62167
Country| Turkey
Province| Adıyaman
District| Kâhta
Government

• Mayor| Mehmet Can Hallaç (AKP)
Population

(2021)[1]

| 86,232
Time zone| UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code|

02400

Website| www.kahta.bel.tr

Kâhta (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈcahta]; Kurdish: Kolîk,[2] Ottoman Turkish: کولک, romanized: Kölük[3]) is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.[4] Its population is 86,232 (2021).[1] The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.[5][6]

## Neighborhoods

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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.[4]

## Climate

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Kâhta has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),[7] with pronounced seasons. Summers are very hot and dry, and winters are cool and wet.

Climate data for Kâhta (1991–2020)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 8.4
(47.1)  | 10.1
(50.2)  | 15.1
(59.2)  | 20.6
(69.1)  | 26.9
(80.4)  | 33.5
(92.3)  | 38.0
(100.4)  | 38.0
(100.4)  | 32.9
(91.2)  | 25.8
(78.4)  | 16.8
(62.2)  | 10.5
(50.9)  | 23.1
(73.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 4.6
(40.3)  | 5.8
(42.4)  | 10.1
(50.2)  | 15.0
(59.0)  | 20.7
(69.3)  | 27.1
(80.8)  | 31.4
(88.5)  | 31.3
(88.3)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 19.8
(67.6)  | 11.8
(53.2)  | 6.6
(43.9)  | 17.6
(63.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 1.7
(35.1)  | 2.3
(36.1)  | 5.9
(42.6)  | 9.9
(49.8)  | 14.8
(58.6)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 25.1
(77.2)  | 24.5
(76.1)  | 20.1
(68.2)  | 14.9
(58.8)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 3.6
(38.5)  | 12.7
(54.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 130.94
(5.16)  | 99.36
(3.91)  | 75.45
(2.97)  | 59.96
(2.36)  | 34.42
(1.36)  | 8.23
(0.32)  | 1.24
(0.05)  | 0.71
(0.03)  | 7.34
(0.29)  | 48.28
(1.90)  | 74.8
(2.94)  | 124.78
(4.91)  | 665.51
(26.20)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.2  | 9.0  | 8.0  | 6.8  | 4.7  | 1.7  | 1.1  | 1.2  | 2.5  | 4.4  | 6.2  | 9.0  | 63.8
Average relative humidity (%)  | 65.3  | 62.9  | 58.2  | 56.3  | 48.6  | 32.8  | 26.0  | 27.4  | 31.4  | 43.2  | 55.6  | 65.9  | 47.7
Source: NOAA[8]

## Notable people

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* 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 who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from May 2018 until 7 October 2018

## References

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1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
2. ^ "Adıyaman - İbrahim Sediyani". Haksöz Haber (in Turkish). 28 August 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
3. ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 264.
4. ^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
5. ^ Kaiser, Hilmar (2019). "Financing the Ruling Party and Its Militants in Wartime: The Armenian Genocide and the Kemah Massacres of 1915". Études arméniennes contemporaines. 12 (12): 7–31\. doi:10.4000/eac.1942.7-31&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info:doi/10.4000/eac.1942&rft.aulast=Kaiser&rft.aufirst=Hilmar&rft_id=https://journals.openedition.org/eac/1942&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kâhta" class="Z3988">
6. ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 24\. ISBN 978-975-343-220-7.
7. ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data.
8. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Kâhta". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

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