Reşadiye

Reşadiye is a town of Tokat Province, Turkey, located within the Cappadocia land within the Kızılırmak arc in the central part of the Black Sea region. It is the seat of Reşadiye District. Its population is 9,795 (2022). It is on the E80 highway, on the edge of the Kelkit Stream. Reşadiye is surrounded by Ordu in the north, Almus in the south, Niksar and Başçiftlik in the west and Sivas in the southeast. Reşadiye lies on the banks of the Kelkit River.

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Reşadiye
Turkey place.province: Tokat
Turkey place.district: Reşadiye
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Ergül Ünal
Turkey place.population_total: 9795
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 60700
Turkey place.area_code: 0356

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Population: 41178
Area: 1246.4

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urban population: 9847
rural population: 25457
Commons category: Reşadiye
name in kana: レシャーディイェ

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Terror attacks
Notable people
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== Terror attacks == The town was the scene of two major insurgent attacks during the Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the first one being the Sazak assault in 1997, a joint operation between the PKK, DHKP/C and the TKP/ML, killing 4 soldiers and the second being the Reşadiye shooting in 2009 in which the PKK killed 7 and injured 3 soldiers.