Kâhta (; , Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 264.) is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its population is 86,232 (2021). The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.
Neighborhoods The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Atatürk, Bağlar, Bayraktar, Cami, Cumhuriyet, Çobanlı, Fatih, Fırat, Gazi, Girne, Hürriyet, Karşıyaka, Menderes, Şeyhbaba, Turanlı, Turgut Özal, Yavuz Selim and Yeni.
Climate Kâhta has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with pronounced seasons. Summers are very hot and dry, and winters are cool and wet.
Notable people
Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943-2019), Kurdish politician who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001 Ahmet Aydın (*1971), Kurdish Politician Mehmet Yavuz (1973-2019), Kurdish politician and teacher in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from May 2018 until 7 October 2018
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