Reşadiye

This article is about the town in Tokat Province, Turkey. For other uses, see Reşadiye (disambiguation).

Reşadiye is a town of Tokat Province, Turkey, located within the Cappadocia land within the Kızılırmak arc in the central part of the Black Sea region. It is the seat of Reşadiye District.^[2] Its population is 9,795 (2022).^[1] It is on the E80 highway, on the edge of the Kelkit Stream. Reşadiye is surrounded by Ordu in the north, Almus in the south, Niksar and Başçiftlik in the west and Sivas in the southeast. Reşadiye lies on the banks of the Kelkit River.

Reşadiye
Municipality
Reşadiye Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°23′29″N 37°20′18″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Tokat
District	Reşadiye
Government
• Mayor	Ergül Ünal (MHP)
Population  (2022)[1]	9,795
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	60700
Area code	0356
Website	www.resadiye.bel.tr

Terror attacks

The town was the scene of two major insurgent attacks during the Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the first one being the Sazak assault in 1997, a joint operation between the PKK, DHKP/C and the TKP/ML, killing 4 soldiers and the second being the Reşadiye shooting in 2009 in which the PKK killed 7 and injured 3 soldiers.^[3]

Notable people

• Hüseyin Özer, Turkish-British executive chef and restaurateur

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
2. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
3. "Tension high as heinous attack leaves unanswered questions behind". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2015-04-03.