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Chimaera
... because of the blue flames sparkling out from the rocks at the bottom of Tahtali mountain of Taurus mountain range at around 250 meters above the sea level. Chemical analysis display that it's the methane ...
Batman
... passing through the land. The southeastern extensions of the Taurus Mountains on the other hand, stand on the eastern side of the region, together with the 1288 m high Raman Mountain. Here is 1 of the ...
Xanthos
Xanthos was an necessary essential Lycian city on the Mediterranean (Turkish:Akdeniz) region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Lycian cities Patara Letoon Pinara Tlos Aperlai Simena (Kale) ...
Termessos
... province, approximately 34 km (21 miles) from the city center. It's a spectacular Psidian city built on the Taurus Mountains at approximately 1050 meters (3445 feet) above the sea level. Today, the site ...
Turkey 's flora
... of the Black Sea Region. II) Mediterranean Flora Area a) Western Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu): includes Thrace, southern part of Marmara Region and Aegean (Turkish: Ege) Region. b) Taurus Mountains c) ...
Van
... Tirsin pasture in Van. The rocky area of this 2.400 meters high pasture is an open air museum. There are thousands of pictures on thousands of rocks: Schematic pictures of Taurus, bison dating back to ...
Rivers of Turkey
... 509 km long. It rises near Elbistan in the eastern Mediterranean region, passes from Taurus mountains, near Kahramanmaras, and from Adana - Çukurova where it's used for the irrigation of the cotton ...
Selge
Selge is an ancient Psidian city built over the mountains in the east of Antalya Selge was an necessary essential Psidian city located at the southern side of Taurus Mountains and within Koprulu Canyon ...
Southeast Anatolia
... changes positively; many farming lands and dam lakes were formed lately with this project. Valleys and Plateaus occupy large areas in the south of southeast Taurus mountains. Central part is very mountainous ...
Southeast Anatolia
... changes positively; many farming lands and dam lakes were formed lately with this project. Valleys and Plateaus occupy large areas in the south of southeast Taurus mountains. Central part is very mountainous ...
Sports in Turkey
... geologic - geomorphologic fact in the formation of caverns is karstification (karstic fields) and this karstification is present especially in Western and Central Taurus Mountains (Mugla, Antalya, Isparta, ...
Nemrut Dag (Mount Nemrut)
... Kahta Karakus Tepesi (Hill) Nemrut Mountain (Adiyaman) Topping the karst limestone mountain of Nemrut Dagi (2150m/7056ft) in the south-eastern Taurus 90km/56 miles north-east of Adiyaman is ...
The Orient Express
... the Sirkeci station of Constantinople, passengers could continue the journey, traveling via boat across the Bosphorus (Turkish:Bogazici) to the Haydarpasa Railway Station to join the Taurus Express to ...
Osmaniye
... as those of Malatya, Sakcagözü, Maras, Kargamis, and Zincirli, sprang up south of the Taurus mountain range. They were conquered and destroyed in the course of various Assyrian campaigns. The ...
Pamphylia
... in the east, against the impressive backdrop of the Bey Daglari mountain (over 2000m/6564ft) in the west and the Central Taurus in the north, nestles almost like a piece of North Africa between its mountains ...
Malatya
Malatya is a Turkish city well known for its fresh and dried apricots Malatya is situated at the foot of the anti Taurus Mountains, and is an agricultural, industrial and stockbreeding center of Eastern ...
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 ...
Mediterranean
... , Phaselis , Termessos , Selge , Perge , Aspendos , Side , Alanya , Pisidian Antioch , Taurus Mountains Mediterranean region takes its name from the Mediterranean Sea, and occupies 15% of the ...
Mountaineering in Turkey
... (3756 m) in the central Taurus range and the Cilo and Sat mountains (4136 m) near Hakkari in the eastern Taurus. The mountainous nature of the country has influenced its cultural evolution. For centuries, ...
Karaman
... Konya, Karaman is in the south of central Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), at the northern foot of the Taurus mounts. The ancient Laranda, Karaman was renamed after the chieftain ...