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'''Adilcevaz''' ({{Lang-hy|Արծկէ|translit=Artskē}}, {{lang-ku|Elcewaz}}<ref>{{cite book |author1=Adem |first=Avcıkıran |url= |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=55 |language=tr, ku |access-date=}}</ref>) is a town in [[Bitlis Province]] of [[Turkey]]. It is on the northern shore of [[Lake Van]]. It is the seat of [[Adilcevaz District]].<ref name=ilce>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.</ref> <ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2023, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr |access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=tr|format=XLS}}</ref>
'''Adilcevaz''' ({{Langx|hy|Արծկէ|translit=Artskē}}, {{langx|ku|Elcewaz}}<ref>{{cite book |author1=Adem |first=Avcıkıran |url= |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=55 |language=tr, ku |access-date=}}</ref>) is a town in [[Bitlis Province]] of [[Turkey]]. It is on the northern shore of [[Lake Van]]. It is the seat of [[Adilcevaz District]].<ref name=ilce>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.</ref> <ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2023, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr |access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=tr|format=XLS}}</ref>


The mayor is Abdullah Akbaba from the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]], elected in the 31 May 2024 local elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bitlis Adilcevaz Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/secim/31-mart-2019-yerel-secim-sonuclari/bitlis/adilcevaz/ilcesi-yerel-secim-sonuclari|website=www.sabah.com.tr|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
The mayor is Abdullah Akbaba from the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]], elected in the 31 May 2024 local elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bitlis Adilcevaz Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/secim/31-mart-2019-yerel-secim-sonuclari/bitlis/adilcevaz/ilcesi-yerel-secim-sonuclari|website=www.sabah.com.tr|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>

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Adilcevaz
Adilcevaz is located in Turkey
Adilcevaz
Adilcevaz
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°48′21″N 42°44′49″E / 38.80583°N 42.74694°E / 38.80583; 42.74694
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBitlis
DistrictAdilcevaz
Government
 • MayorAbdullah Akbaba (AKP)
Elevation
1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
15,059
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
13500
Websitewww.adilcevaz.bel.tr

Adilcevaz (Armenian: Արծկէ, romanizedArtskē, Kurdish: Elcewaz[2]) is a town in Bitlis Province of Turkey. It is on the northern shore of Lake Van. It is the seat of Adilcevaz District.[3] [1]

The mayor is Abdullah Akbaba from the AKP, elected in the 31 May 2024 local elections.[4]

The famous Kef castle built by the Urarteans lies near Adilcevaz.[5] Monastery of the Miracles is 2.18 miles northwest of Adilcevaz in the hills to the north of Lake Van.

History

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The medieval town of Adilcevaz, under the Abbasid Caliphate and then the Seljuk Empire, was located on and around the steep hill by the lake.[6] Some fragments of the town walls from this period are still visible.[6] An inscription naming the 15th-century Qara Qoyunlu ruler Jahan Shah was made by the old city's west gate, but he is "unlikely to have contributed much to the walls" - they were probably built before the Seljuks and then renovated c. 1231-43 during Seljuk rule.[6] A small mosque from perhaps the 14th or 15th century is the only building that still stands in this area.[6] There was also a suburban area beyond the walls, mostly to the south - which is now underwater.[6] One inhabited area was apparently left isolated as rising water levels turned it into an island at some point.[6]

During the late middle ages, water levels rose again, and the suburban areas to the south were abandoned in favor of the flat land around the area where the Ottoman-era Ulu Cami was later built.[6] Probably by the late 16th century, when the Ottoman mosque was built, the southern island had also been submerged.[6] The old walled area was "no longer viable as a town center", although there were still some houses here.[6] Most likely, the nine-domed Ottoman mosque was built to reflect the town's shift rather than to encourage it; most of the suburbs had probably already relocated before its construction.[6] Another monument from about the same time is the now-mostly-ruined han in the nearby village of Kohoz (officially Yolçatı).[6] The han is locally attributed to Zal Paşa (d. 1580), who was sanjak-bey of Adilcevaz at the time of Süleyman I's campaign against the Safavids in 1548-9, but there is no other archaeological or textual evidence to validate this.[6]

In recent centuries, Adilcevaz has shifted again, this time from the old Ottoman town center to its present-day location 1 km further east.[6] An earthquake in the late 1800s caused flooding that destroyed many houses by the lake shore, which probably contributed to this second shift.[6] An account in 1879 noted that the small older mosque was no longer being used as a place of worship; it was then used for grain storage.[6] It has since been heavily restored.[6]

In 1979, T.A. Sinclair wrote that there were "only bad hotels in Adilcevaz".[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2023, Favorite Reports" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ Adem, Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55.
  3. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Bitlis Adilcevaz Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. Taylor & Francis. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-415-39485-7.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Sinclair, T.A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. London: Pindar Press. pp. 275–6. ISBN 0-907132-32-4. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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