Hasankeyf

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.

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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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
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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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