Hekimhan is a district of Malatya Province

Malatya Province

Malatya Province is a province of Turkey. It is part of a larger mountainous area. The capital of the province is Malatya , which has many residents. Malatya is famous for its apricots. The area of Malatya province is 12,313 km². Malatya Province has 740,643 inhabitants. The population was...

 of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. The mayor is Mehmet Sait Özoğlu (CHP

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to...

). The district is located in Upper part of Euphrates

Euphrates

The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...

 in Eastern Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

. It is also located in the ancient silk road

Silk Road

The Silk Road or Silk Route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa...

. The population of Hekimhan town and its villages has been going down since 1980s because of closing down of iron mine establishments. Nowadays, population in the town center is 7,800. Whole polulation of the county is 25,000 while it was 52,000 in 1970s. The people of Hekimhan are well educated and have a good sense of humor. The richness of Turkish culture and long standing traditions of centuries still live in these lovely people. They are very hospitable and open-doored. The county had rich mineral resources such as iron, chrome, dolomite, torium etc. Hekimhan once was famous for thin shelled wallnut. Famous apricots of Malatya

Malatya

Malatya ) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.-Overview:The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene...

 are still widely raised in the county despite of water shortage. Hekimhan is at 1,075 meters above sea level. The highest point in Hekimhan is Zurbahan

Zurbahan

Zurbahan is a mountain in Hekimhan, Malatya of Eastern Turkey. It is located in Upper part of Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. The altitude of it is . It is noticeable from away in open sky. It has mineral resources and sweet water which waters apricot gardens on the slope of the mountain foot...

 mountain (2,091 meters). Taşhan caravanserai

Tashan caravanserai

Taşhan caravanserai is in Hekimhan, Malatya of Turkey. The building was built in 1218 by İzzettin Keykavus I who was the sultan of Anatolian Seljuk Turks. The architect of the caravanserai is Selim El-Malati of Ebu'l Hasan. In 17th century, second part of the building with a large courtyard was...

 from Seljuk Turks, a Turkish bath and a mosque from Ottomans are noticeable historical structures in the town. Hekimhan is also home to several famous politicians, singers, poets, writers, and also some mediatic figures such as Mehmet Ali Ağca

Mehmet Ali Agca

Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving 19 years of imprisonment in Italy, he was deported to Turkey, where he served a...

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Villages and Towns

• Karapınar
  Karapinar (Malatya)
  Karapınar is a village of Hekimhan district in Malatya Province, Turkey.-History:The word of "Karapınar" translates as "Black Fountain" from which village's name stems. Although this village was established more than 400 years ago there is still evidence of old settlement believed to date back to...