Hekimhan

Hekimhan (Kurdish: Patrîkxan/Hekimxan‎)[3] is a town and district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Turan Karadağ (CHP). It is located in the upper Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. The district population is 25,629. Hekimhan is 1,075 m above sea level. The highest point in Hekimhan is Zurbahan mountain (2,091 m).

Hekimhan
Hekimhan
Coordinates: 38°48′59″N 37°55′58″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceMalatya
Government
 • MayorTuran Karadağ (CHP)
 • KaymakamMuhammed Öztaş
Area
[1]
 • District1,898.04 km2 (732.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
6,784
 • District
25,629
 • District density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Post code
44400
Websitewww.hekimhan.bel.tr

Historical sites

Taşhan caravanserai (constructed by the Seljuk Turks),[4] a Turkish bath and a mosque built by the Ottomans are some notable historical structures in the town.

Settlements
Settlement Composition
Hekimhan town
Akmağara Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Aksütlü Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Aşağısazlıca Kurdish (Alevi)[7]
Bahçedamı Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Ballıkaya Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Basak Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Başkavak Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Başkınık Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Beykent Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Boğazören Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Budaklı Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Çanakpınar Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Çimenlik Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Çulhalı Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Davulgu Turkish (Alevi)[8]
Delihasanyurdu Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Dereköy Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Devecı
Dikenli Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Dikili Kurdish (Sunni)[9][6]
Dumlu
Dursunlu Turkish[6]
Girmana Turkish[6]
Güçlü Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Güvenç Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Güzelyayla Kurdish (Sunni)[10]
Güzelyurt Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Hacılar Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Hasançelebi Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Haydaroğlu
Işıklı
İğdır Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Karadere Turkish (Alevi)[6]
Karaköçek Kurdish (Sunni)[11]
Karapınar Kurdish (Sunni)[12][6]
Karslılar Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Kavacık Kurdish (Sunni)[12][6]
Kocaözü Turkish (Sunni)[13]
Kozdere Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Köylüköyü Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Kurşunlu Kurdish (Sunni)[14]
Mollaibrahim
Salıcık Turkish (Alevi)[5]
Saraylı Kurdish (Alevi)[7]
Sarıkız Turkish (Sunni)[6]
Sazlıca Kurdish (Alevi)[15]
Söğüt Kurdish (Sunni)[6]
Taşoluk (Dereyurt) Kurdish (Sunni)[12][6]
Uğurlu
Yağca Kurdish (Sunni)[11]
Yayladam Turkish[6]
Yeşilkale Turkish (Alevi)[8]
Yeşilköy
Yeşilpınar Turkish[6]
Yukarıselimli

Notable people

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. "Hekim Han". www.turkishhan.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  5. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. pp. 256–257.
  6. "Hekimhan". Nisanyan Yeradları (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. Çıplak, Süleyman Cabir (2011). "Music and Identity in Atma tribe". Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Studies (in Turkish): 48.
  8. Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 178, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
  9. "Dirijanlilar Yama senligiyle costu!". Sonsöz (in Turkish). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  10. "Bahçeli'ye şok! MHP İstanbul İl Başkanı da Kürt çıktı!" (in Turkish). 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  11. Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 202. ISBN 978-975-343-220-7.
  12. "DİREJAN AŞİRETİ TARİHİ". Dersim Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  13. Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 104, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
  14. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 338.
  15. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 344.


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