Kaman, Kırşehir
town in Turkey
Kaman, formerly known as Chnamane (Khomane), and Zama, is a town in Kırşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kaman District. Its population is 21,340 (2022). Its elevation is 1,100 m (3,600 ft).
Kaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum is located to the east of the town. It exhibits many artifacts from the significant ancient site of Kaman-Kalehöyük nearby, and from other ancient settlements in this general area.
History
The district, which has a settlement history of approximately 5000 years since 3000 BC, got its name Kaman from the use of the name "CHNAMANE", which came to the region in the Roman and Byzantine ages, as Kaman by the Turks. In another rumor, it comes from the Hittites who lived around Kızılırmak between 1200 and 2200 BC.
According to another study, a Turkmen community named "Kaman", mentioned in the Ottoman 1520 cadastral registers, descended from the bey line of the Dulkadirs, settled in the current Gökeşme location. The Turkmen families named Cığıruşağı, Camışuşağı, Yahyabeyuşağı Taşkınlar and Dağlar, who had settled in Kaman before, invited this larger and more powerful community to this region rich in water resources. Kaman oba said this offer, "We will come, but we will name the place Kaman." he admitted.
“Kaman, Kırşehir” enters the record as town in Turkey. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kaman, Kırşehir and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1074968. The first chronological checks are 2022, 1200 and 1520.
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