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Avcılar is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, out of town on the European side of the city, just to the west of the Küçükçekmece inlet of the Sea of Marmara. It is called ‘the crown of Istanbul’. The Marmara coast road bridges the mouth of the inlet, always an important route in wartime. Therefore, when […]
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Bağcılar is a working class suburban district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located behind Bahçelievler on the Europe a side of the city, between the two major ring roads, the TEM and the E5. Sparsely populated countryside at the time of the founding of the Turkish republic, bağcılar means “vine growers” in Turkish and was […]
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Aksaray (aksaɾaj) is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital district of Aksaray Province. According to 2009 census figures, the population of the province is 376 907 of which 171,423 live in the city of Aksaray. The district covers an area of 4,589 km2 (1,772 sq mi), and the average elevation is 980 m (3,215 ft), with the highest point being Mt. Hasan at […]
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Amasya (Greek: Ἀμάσεια) is a city in northern Turkey and is the capital of Amasya Province, in the Black Sea Region. Tokat from east, Tokat and Yozgat from south, Çorum from west, Samsun from north. The city of Amasya (Turkish pronunciation: [aˈmasja]), the Amaseia or Amasia of antiquity, stands in the mountains above the Black […]
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Ankara, historically known as Ancyra is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 4.5 million in its urban centre and over 5.6 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey’s second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 […]
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Antalya (Turkish pronunciation: [anˈtalja], from Ancient Greek: Ἀττάλεια) is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia’s southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast outside the Aegean region with over one million people in its metropolitan area. The […]
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Ardahan (Georgian: არტაანი) is a city in northeastern Turkey, near the Georgian border. It is the capital of Ardahan Province. Ardahan has a warm summer humid continental climate. History Ancient and medieval The first surviving record about this region is attributed to Strabo, who calls it Gogarene (Gugark) and mentions that it was a part […]
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Artvin (Georgian: ართვინი) is a city in northeastern Turkey about 30 km inland from the Black Sea. It is located on a hill overlooking the Çoruh River near the Deriner Dam. It is a former bishopric and (vacant) Armenian Catholic titular see and the home of Artvin Çoruh University. History The area has a rich […]
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Arnavutköy (meaning “Albanian village” in Turkish) is a historic neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey renowned for its wooden Ottoman mansions and seafood restaurants, as well as the campus of the prestigious Robert College with its historic buildings. It is part of the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, and is located between Ortaköy and Bebek on the European […]
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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 […]
