Discover Kirmacik in Turkey
Kirmacik in the region of Adıyaman is a place located in Turkey - some 344 mi or ( 554 km ) South-East of Ankara , the country's capital .
Local time in Kirmacik is now 03:42 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Aleppo, Al Bab, Beirut, Yaylak, and Yaslica. When in this area, you might want to check out Aleppo . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Kirmacik ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Kırmacık, Samsat
Kırmacık is a village in the District of Samsat, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.
Located at 37.53 38.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Kummuh
Kummuh is an Iron Age Neo-Hittite kingdom located on the west bank of the Upper Euphrates within the easternly loop of the river between Malatya and Carchemish. Assyrian sources refer both to the land and its capital city with the same name. The city is identified with the classical period Samosata, modern day Samsat Höyük which has now been flooded under the waters of a newly-built dam. Urartian sources refer to it as Qumaha.
Located at 37.55 38.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Samosata
Samosata was an ancient city on the right (west) bank of the Euphrates whose ruins existed at the modern city of Samsat, Adıyaman Province, Turkey until the site was flooded by the newly-constructed Atatürk Dam. The founder of the city was Sames, a Satrap of Commagene who made it his capital. The city is often confused with Arsamosata. Located in southeast Turkey on the upper Euphrates River, it was fortified so as to protect a major crossing point of the river on the east-west trade route.
Located at 37.58 38.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Atatürk Dam
The Atatürk Dam, originally the Karababa Dam, is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River on the border of Adıyaman Province and Şanlıurfa Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Built both to generate electricity and to irrigate the plains in the region, it was renamed in honour of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of the Turkish Republic. The construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1990.
Located at 37.48 38.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Bağpınar, Adıyaman
Bağpınar is a village in the District of Adıyaman, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.
Located at 37.59 38.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
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