Türkiye General information

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) is a country located on the Mediterranean region of Eurasia, in spite of the fact that it is often associated as an part of Western Asia, respectively, due to the social and religious affiliation, even though it is culturally sometimes considered European, with a small section in Southeastern Europe separated by the Turkish Straits (Bosphorus, Sea of […]

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Tekirdağ

Tekirdağ (pronounced [teˈciɾdaː]; see also its other names) is a city in Turkey. It is a part of the region historically known as East Thrace, located on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. In 2019 the city’s population was 204.001. There are honorary consulates of Greece and Bulgaria in Tekirdağ. Tekirdağ was called Bisanthe or […]

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Tokat

Tokat is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia. It is located at the confluence of the Tokat River (Tokat Suyu) with the Yeşilırmak. In the 2018 census, the city of Tokat had a population of 155,000. The city was established in the Hittite era. During the […]

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Trabzon

Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Persia in the southeast and the Caucasus to […]

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Tunceli

Tunceli is a city in Turkey. It is the capital of Tunceli Province, located in the middle of Eastern Anatolia Region. Tunceli means the hand (el) of bronze (tunç) in Turkish, while the old name for province “Dersim” (or Dêsim) means silver (sim) door (der) in Persian. Whether the name of town is Tunceli or […]

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Sultanbeyli

Sultanbeyli is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, located inland on the Asian side of the city. It has a population of 298,143 as of 2011, more than triple the 1990 figure of 82,298. The mayor is Hüseyin Keskin of the Justice and Development Party. Sultanbeyli is a landlocked district, bordered by Sancaktepe to the west, […]

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Sultangazi

Sultangazi is one of Istanbul’s newer inner-city districts. It was founded as a district proper in 2009 by the “New Local Government Law” in Istanbul, Turkey. To the west are the neighbourhoods of Esenler and Başakşehir, Gaziosmanpaşa is to the south and Eyüp is to the north and east. The district of Gaziosmanpaşa was divided […]

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Sinop

Sinop, historically known as Sinope (Greek: Σινώπη), is a city with a population of 36,734 on the isthmus of İnce Burun (İnceburun, Cape Ince), near Cape Sinope (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of the Black Sea coast, in the ancient region of […]

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Sivas

Sivas (Latin and Greek: Sebastia, Sebastea, Sebasteia, Sebaste, Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of 1,278 metres (4,193 ft) in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a moderately-sized trade center and industrial city, although the economy has traditionally […]

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Şırnak

Şırnak is a town in southeastern Turkey. It is the capital of Şırnak Province, a new province that split from the Hakkari province. The Habur border gate with Iraq which is one of Turkey’s main links to Middle Eastern countries is also on Şırnak. Names The settlement was originally called Şehr-i Nuh (City of Noah) […]

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