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Batman
The city of Batman, Eastern Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), well known for its oil extraction and the ancient city of Hasankeyf on Tigris river One of the southeastern Anatolian cities, Batman is a tiny ...
Tigris River
... Turkish). Tigris rises from the mountains near Elazig province in eastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), divides into several smaller rivers during passing from southeastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), goes ...
Thrace
Thrace is the European part of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), in the Marmara region. The region of Thrace in the Marmara region, 3,310 sq mi (8,575 sq km), South-east of Europe, is occupying the southeastern ...
Ataturk’s reforms
... the Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Although sometimes characterized as an expression of Kurdish nationalism, the revolt was led via a hereditary chief of the Naksibendi ...
Regions of Turkey
... Aegean (Turkish: Ege)....................... 85.000 km2 (32,818 sq mi) Marmara...................... 67.300 km2 (25,984 sq mi) Southeastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu)... 61.000 km2 (23,552 sq mi) ...
Siirt
Siirt is 1 of the cities of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in South Eastern part of the country, well known with its pistachios. Siirt is a pretty province located in Southeastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), ...
Southeast Anatolia
... ancient cities, is adorned by attractive natural figures, constituting a real mixture of sights and past combined with originality. Thanks to GAP (Southeastern Anatolian Project) the area is having great ...
Southeast Anatolia
... ancient cities, is adorned by attractive natural figures, constituting a real mixture of sights and past combined with originality. Thanks to GAP (Southeastern Anatolian Project) the area is having great ...
Osmaniye
Osmaniye is 1 of the newest provinces of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in the southeastern Anatolian region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Osmaniye is a small town (974 square kilometers) in Southeastern ...
The Ottomans and their dynasty
... Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), and extended its influence into southeastern Europe as well as the Middle East. Europe was only temporarily able to resist their advance: the turning point came at the Battle ...
Mardin
... territory of 12,760 square kilometers, Mardin is located in the area where the Southeastern Taurus Range meets the Arabian platform to the south. The area called "Mardin-Midyat Passage" constitutes a large ...
Mehmet II the Conqueror
Mehmet II the Conqueror Mehmet II, called the Conqueror, born in March 30, 1432, died in May 3, 1481, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444-46, 1451-81), extended Ottoman control of southeastern Europe ...
Mountaineering in Turkey
... within the southeastern Hakkari province are the eastern extension of the Toros (Taurus) mountain chain which stretches from west to east along Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)'s southern boundaries. The ...
Musical instruments of Turkey
... Kemane, Iklig, Rabab, Hegit at Hatay province, Rubaba in Southeastern Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), Keman?a in Azerbaijan and Gicak, Giccek or Gijek among the central Asian Turks all come from the same ...
Karagöz and Hacivat, a Turkish shadow play
... southeastern part of Asia around Java. Turkish traveler Evliya ?elebi says that the play was first performed at the Ottoman palaces in the late 14th century. Some others say that this play came into Anatolia ...
Kilis
One of the small Turkish provinces in the southeastern part of Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) In June 1995 President Demirel approved the bill that allowed the government to name the southeastern border township ...
Commagene
Commagene Described via Strabo as a small but fertile country between the southeastern Taurus and the Euphrates in Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), Commagene was nearly always a buffer between much mightier ...
Hatay
Hatay is a province of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in the Southeastern Anatolian Region. It''s also known as Antakya. The tale of Hatay begins with the Paleolitic Age (Early Stone Age). The earliest ...
Gaziantep
... specimens of a rich cultural heritage. They have traditional architectural features peculiar to Southeastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), Mesopotamia and Syria. The finest examples of the old city fabric ...
Ephesus
... and having 9 steps. The southeastern gate of the Trade Agora opens to the Library of Celsus. Emperor Augustus' slaves, Mazaeus and Mithridates, liberated via him had this gate built in the year 1st century ...