Hasankeyf
Sign in to saveHasankeyf is a town located along the Tigris, in the Hasankeyf District, Batman Province, Turkey. It was declared a natural conservation area by Turkey in 1981.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- Municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Hasankeyf
- Turkey place.province
- Batman
- Turkey place.district
- Hasankeyf
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Hasankeyf Castle.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- View of the town from Hasankeyf Castle in 2010
- Turkey place.population_total
- 4329
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Hamit Tutuş
- Turkey place.established_date
- 18th century BC?
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20 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Middle Bronze Age (Ilānṣurā?)
- Late Bronze Age
- Roman and Byzantine empires
- Muslim conquest
- Artuqid period (1102–1232)
- Ayyubids and Mongols (1232–1462)
- Aq Qoyunlu period (1462–1501)
- Safavid Empire (1504–1514/1517)
- Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic
- Demographics
- Archeological sites
- Ilısu Dam impact
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Hasankeyf is a town located along the Tigris, in the Hasankeyf District, Batman Province, Turkey. It was declared a natural conservation area by Turkey in 1981.
Despite local and international objections, the city and its archaeological sites have been flooded as part of the Ilısu Dam project. By 1 April 2020, water levels reached an elevation of 498.2m, covering the whole town.
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