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Adiyaman is Turkey's oil boom town,
with all the good and bad of that "honor."
When oil was discovered around nearby Kahta,
the money flowed into Adiyaman, the
provincial capital.
Now this formerly
down-at-heels town has numerous mid-range
hotels (to house the oilies) along
Atatürk Bulvari (the main highway
through town), and an airport with
flights to and from Ankara twice
weekly.
If you have your own car and
like mid-range hotel comforts, you
may want to make Adiyaman your base
for the ascent of Nemrut Dagi.
Adiyaman (AH-duh-yah-mahn)
has a good museum housing artifacts
recovered from several of the archeological
sites (including Samsat/Samosata) inundated by
the filling of the lake behind the
Atatürk Dam.
Distances & Travel Times
Adana: 370
km (230 miles) NE, 6 hours
Diyarbakir: 200
km (124 miles) E, 3.5 hours
Erzurum: 524
km (326 miles) NE, 9 hours
Gaziantep: 149
km (93 miles) S, 2.5 hours
Istanbul: 1220
km (758 miles) NW, 18 hours
Kahramanmaras: 164
km (102 miles) W, 2.75 hours
Kahta: 32
km (20 miles) E, 30 minutes
Kayseri: 450
km (280 miles) W, 8 hours
Malatya: 185
km (115 miles) N, 3 hours
Nemrut
Dagi (Summit): 84 km (52
miles) NE, 2 hours
Sanliurfa: 108
km (67 miles) SE, 1.5 hours
Sivas: 414
km (257 miles) N, 6.5 hours
Tatvan: 427
km (265 miles) E, 7.5 hours
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