Malatya

Malatya is located in the upper Euphrates basin of Eastern Anatolia Region and on the southwest end of Adıyaman, Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Muş, Van collapse area. It is surrounded by Elazığ and Diyarbakır in the east, Adıyaman in the south, Kahramanmaraş in the west, Sivas and Erzincan in the north. Malatya Province has hosted several settlements since the Neolithic age, due to its geographical location on historical caravan route the famous King's Way and the Silk Road and its rich water resources.