Why visit Besni
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Besni Eski Ulu Camii and Toktamış Camii.
Weather in Besni
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About Besni
Besni (Kurdish: Bêsnî) is a town of Adıyaman Province of Turkey, 44 km west of the city of Adıyaman. It is the seat of Besni District. Its population is 37,323 (2021).
From the Wikipedia article Besni (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks2
Churches and places of worship3
Gas and EV charging1
History
The city was historically known as Bahasna. It was controlled by the Byzantines until it was captured by the Umayyad army in 670. The region was retaken by the Byzantines under Nikephoros II Phokas until 1084 or 1085, when Buldaci, one of the Turkish commanders of Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the founder of the Sultanate of Rum, conquered several castles in the region. However, Bahasna was captured from the Seljuk Turks and controlled by the Crusaders during the First Crusade in 1097, to be ruled later by the Armenian ruler, Kogh Vasil. The Armenian Catholicos Parsegh of Cilicia was residing in the town at the time of his death around 1113/1114.
Later on, it became part of the County of Edessa in 1116. It remained under the control of the Franks, until it was taken by Mesud I the Sultan of Rum in 1150. In 1156, it was captured by the Zengid ruler Nur ad-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi, then it came under the control of Seljuk ruler Kilij Arslan II until 1173, until the emergence of the Ayyubids when it was captured by Saladin.
From the History section of Besni on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Healthcare18
Map of Besni
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Getting there and nearby towns
Adıyaman Airport (ADF) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 54 km away.
- Oyratlı 7 km south, about 7 min by car
- Kurugöl 9 km southwest, about 9 min by car
- Burunçayır 10 km northwest, about 10 min by car
- Atmalı 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Ucgoz 11 km southeast, about 11 min by car
- Tut 12 km northeast, about 12 min by car
- Adıyaman 37 km east, about 37 min by car
- Gaziantep 82 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Malatya 83 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Kahramanmaraş 83 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Besni1, Klaus-Peter Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bekirbey hamamı, Beytullah eles, CC BY-SA 4.0
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