Hasankeyf
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![View of the Upper Town, also called the Citadel/Castle](/Images/godic/202501/17/Hasankeyf,_Turkey3843.jpg")
![Mausoleum of Zeynel Bey, son of Sultan Uzun Hasan (Hasan the Tall) of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, or White Sheep Turkomans (1378–1508)](/Images/godic/202501/17/Zeynel_Bey_Mausoleum,_Hasankeyf3843.jpg")
Hasankeyf (Northern Kurdish:Heskîf, Arabic:حصن كيفا, Greek:Κιφας, Latin:Cepha, from Syriac:ܚܨܢ ܟܐܦܐ Ḥéṣn Kayfa) is an ancient town and district located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province in southeastern Turkey. It was declared a natural conservation area by Turkey in 1981. Kurdish people form the majority of the city centre today.