Reşadiye | |
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Coordinates: 40°23′29″N 37°20′18″E / 40.39139°N 37.33833°ECoordinates: 40°23′29″N 37°20′18″E / 40.39139°N 37.33833°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Tokat |
Government | |
Area | |
• District | 1,246.40 km2 (481.24 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Urban | 8,835 |
• District | 42,365 |
• District density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
Reşadiye is a town and a district of Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Cemil KILIÇ (AKP). It is near the town of Doğanşehir.
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.