Malatya (Turkey)

LC control no.	n 85105600
Geographic heading	Malatya (Turkey) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Turkey--Malatya
Variant(s)	Malatya, Turkey Malatʻia (Turkey) Malatiyah (Turkey) Melitene (Turkey) Melitinē (Turkey) Meledî (Turkey) Melatiye (Turkey) Meletî (Turkey)
Found in	Meltinetsʻi, G. Nakhchirner ... 1929: t.p. (Malatʻioy) LC data base, 5-30-85 (usage: Malatya) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Malatya, Turkey; usage: Malatya, Malatia, Melitinēi, Malatʻioy) BGN. Turkey, 1984 (Malatya; ppl.; 38°21ʹN, 38°19ʹE; in prov. of Malatya; variants: Malatiyah, Malatia, Melitene) Büyük lugat ve ansikl., 1969-76 (Malatya, provincial capitol in East Anatolia, Turkey; the Roman city Melitene [no publs. in LC data base] named after the nearby Hittite city, was later called Malatya. In 1839 its inhabitants moved to Aspuzu [no publs. in LC data base] which then was named Malatya. The abandoned city is now called Eski Malatya [no publs. in LC data base]) Kurdî, M. Ḧeft herêmî Bakûrî Kurdistan, 2000: p. 7, etc. (Meledî, Melatiye) Çınar, H. Lîstikên zarokan yên Kurd, 2005: p. 78, etc. (Meletî)
Geographic area code	a-tu---