Hasankeyf (Kurmanji 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. Predominantly Armenian and Arab before, a steady and significant Kurdish immigration
from surrounding villages in the last 20–30 years - combined with the effects of the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide - has
shifted the ethnic balance. Kurdish people form the majority of the city centre today.
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