Samsat
Sign in to saveSamsat (, Ottoman Turkish صمصاد Semisat), formerly Samosata () 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.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Samsat
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- File:Samsat Turkey.jpg
- Turkey place.province
- Adıyaman
- Turkey place.district
- Samsat
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Halil Fırat
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 610
- Turkey place.population_total
- 3790
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.established_date
- 12th c. BC
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Samsat (, Ottoman Turkish صمصاد Semisat), formerly Samosata () 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.