Çakırhüyük, Besni

Çakırhüyük
Village
Çakırhüyük
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°34′N 37°51′E / 37.567°N 37.850°E / 37.567; 37.850Coordinates: 37°34′N 37°51′E / 37.567°N 37.850°E / 37.567; 37.850
Country  Turkey
Province Adıyaman Province
District Besni
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Çakırhüyük is a village in the District of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.[1]

The village used to be named Keysun (Armenian: Քեսուն, translit. Kʿesun; Kaysum in Arabic and Kaisou in Greek). In the early 9th century it was the base of the rebel leader Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli. Today the village contains the 12th-century Crusader Fortress of Kaysun.

References

  1. "Population of city, towns and villages - 2011". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2012.


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