Samsat
Samsat is a district of Adıyaman.
Samsat
Samsat is a district of Adıyaman.
Samsat (Kurdish: Samîsad, Ottoman Turkish صمصاد Semisat), formerly Samosata (Ancient Greek: Σαμόσατα) is a small town in the Adıyaman Province of Turkey, situated on the upper Euphrates river. It is the seat of Samsat District. The town is populated by Kurds of the Bêzikan tribe. Halil Fırat from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected mayor in the local elections in March 2019. The current Kaymakam is Halid Yıldız. Samsat was the ancient capital of Kingdom of Commagene. The current site of Samsat is comparatively new, however, being rebuilt in 1989 when the old town of Samosata was flooded during the construction of the Atatürk Dam. As of 2018, reconstruction process had not yet been fully completed.
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Adıyaman
Adıyaman is best known for Mount Nemrut, where the Commagene king Antiochus I built a tomb sanctuary of colossal stone heads. The province also holds the Atatürk Dam, the old town of Kahta and a landscape of valleys and pistachio groves.
Neighbourhoods
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