Halfeti

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title: "Halfeti" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["halfeti", "populated-places-in-şanlıurfa-province", "populated-places-on-the-euphrates-river", "districts-of-şanlıurfa-province", "metropolitan-district-municipalities-in-turkey", "kurdish-settlements-in-turkey", "cittaslow"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfeti" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
typemetro district
nameHalfeti
image_skylineHalfeti on the Euphrates.jpg
image_captionOld Halfeti and the river Euphrates
image_mapŞanlıurfa location Halfeti.PNG
map_captionMap showing Halfeti District in Şanlıurfa Province
coordinates
provinceŞanlıurfa
leader_partyState Appointment
leader_nameHakan Başoğlu
area_total_km2609
population_footnotes
population_total41662
population_as_of2022
area_code0414
website
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| type = metro district | name = Halfeti | image_skyline = Halfeti on the Euphrates.jpg | image_caption = Old Halfeti and the river Euphrates | image_map = Şanlıurfa location Halfeti.PNG | map_caption = Map showing Halfeti District in Şanlıurfa Province | coordinates = | province = Şanlıurfa | leader_party = State Appointment | leader_name = Hakan Başoğlu | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 609 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 41662 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = | area_code = 0414 | website = Halfeti () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 609 km2, and its population is 41,662 (2022). It is near the east bank of the river Euphrates, 120 km from the city of Şanlıurfa.

Most of the villages were submerged in the 1990s under the waters behind the dam on the Euphrates at Birecik. The town was therefore moved to the village of Karaotlak.

Halfeti was the subject of an internet urban legend wherein the town was the only location on Earth where black roses grew.

Post-dam settlement

As part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project, aka GAP, several dams were constructed in the area and surrounding regions as part of a larger agricultural and economic initiative by the Turkish Government. The town of Halfeti was among those settlements, ancient and contemporary, that would remain under the rising water levels of the local dams and rivers following the execution of the GAP.

Until the area was flooded in 1999, the people lived from fishing in the Euphrates and farming on the riverbank, especially growing pistachios. Some buildings, including the jail, were pulled down and rebuilt in the new town. The old town of Halfeti is only partially submerged and is now a local tourist attraction, especially for ferry trips to visit the ruins of the nearby fortress of Rumkale. The countryside is also attractive, although the green valley of the past is now underwater.

Opposite Halfeti stood the village of Kale Meydanı, which was also submerged, but the large landowners house was taken and reconstructed in the grounds of Harran University.

File:NewHalfeti.jpg|The town of Eski Halfeti (Old Halfeti), partially submerged by the rising waters of the Birecik Dam File:Oldhalfetiunderwater.jpg|The town of Eski Savaşan Köyü (Old Savaşan Köyü), partially submerged under the rising waters of the Birecik Dam File:Mosque of Halfeti 01.jpg|Mosque of Eski Halfeti File:Fortress of Rumkale 03.jpg|Fortress of Rumkale

Composition

There are 49 neighbourhoods in Halfeti District, each headed by a muhtar:

  • Altınova
  • Argaç
  • Argıl
  • Aşağıgöğlü
  • Balaban
  • Beyburcu
  • Bitek
  • Bozyazı
  • Bulaklı
  • Çakallı
  • Çebekoğlu
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Dergili
  • Durak
  • Dutluca
  • Erikli
  • Fırat
  • Fıstıközü
  • Gözeli
  • Gülaçan
  • Günece
  • Gürkuyu
  • Gürlüce
  • Hilalli
  • Kalkan
  • Kantarma
  • Karaotlak
  • Kavaklıca
  • Kayalar
  • Kınık
  • Kurugöl
  • Macunlu
  • Narlık
  • Ömerli
  • Ortayol
  • Özmüş
  • Rüştiye
  • Savaşan
  • Saylakkaya
  • Seldek
  • Selmanlı
  • Şimaliye
  • Sırataşlar
  • Siyahgül
  • Sütveren
  • Tavşanören
  • Yenimahalle
  • Yeşilözen
  • Yukarıgöklü

Politics

In the 31 March 2019 local elections, the candidate of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Şeref Albayrak, was elected mayor with 54.92% of the votes. His first rival Peoples' Democratic Party's candidate Abdurrahman Çiftçi obtained 37.56% of votes. The current Kaymakam is Zikrullah Erdoğan.

Notable people

References

References

  1. (2009). "Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî".
  2. [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.)
  3. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
  4. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
  5. "Black Rose". [[Snopes]].
  6. [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.)
  7. [http://www.halfeti.gov.tr/muhtar-listesi Muhtar Listesi], Halfeti Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  8. "2019 Yerel Seçim Sonuçları NTV'de".
  9. "Kaymakam Zikrullah Erdoğan". Halfeti Kaymakamlığı.
  10. Adar, Sinem. (2018). "Emotions and Nationalism: Armenian Genocide as a Case Study". Sociological Forum.

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