Adalar

The Prince Islands (Greek: Πριγκηπονήσια, Pringiponisia, Turkish: Prens Adaları; the word “princes” is plural, because the name means “Islands of the Princes”) or Kızıl Adalar (“Red Islands”) in Turkish, officially just Adalar (“Islands”), are an archipelago off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. The islands constitute the Adalar district of Istanbul […]

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Adana

Adana (pronounced [aˈda.na]; Ancient Greek: Άδανα) is a Cilician city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 35 km (22 mi) inland from the north-eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province and has a population of 1.77 million. Adana lies in the heart […]

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Afyonkarahisar

Afyonkarahisar (pronunciation: [afjonkaɾahiˈsaɾ], Turkish: afyon “poppy, opium”, kara “black”, hisar “fortress”) is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, 250 km (155 mi) south-west of Ankara along the Akarçay River. In Turkey, Afyonkarahisar stands out as a capital city of thermal and […]

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Ağrı

Ağrı, formerly known as Karaköse from the early Turkish republican period until 1946, and before that as Karakilise (romanized: Karakilisa, lit. ‘Black Church’), is the capital of Ağrı Province at the eastern end of Turkey, near the border with Iran. Ağrı is named after the Turkish name of Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı). History In […]

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