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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