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  Tunceli - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Its adjacent provinces are Erzincan to the north and west, Elazig to the south, and Bingol to the east.
In 1935, Tunceli Province was established with its temporary center in Elazığ;.
Tunceli was administered from its temporary center, Elazığ;, until 1946 and in 1947 the provincial center was moved to the town of Kalan.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Province of Bilecik is located at the southeast of Marmara Region at the intersection locality of Marmara Region, Black Sea Region, Central Anatolia Region and Aegean Region.
Province of Bilecik is the land where the Ottoman Empire is founded.
The province is founded around the Sakarya river and is known with the riches of small ponds and creeks and carries the traces of ancient ages.
www.on-linehotel.com /0eng_bilecik_genelbilgi.htm   (84 words)

  
 Bilecik - All About Turkey
Bilecik, lying in the green fertile lands of the river valley, is the eastern neighbor of Bursa in Marmara region.
Bilecik is worth visiting with its mausoleum of Seyh (Sheik) Edebali, who was an important influential person in the foundation of the Ottoman Empire.
Bilecik played also an important role during the War of Independence led by Atatürk.
www.allaboutturkey.com /bilecik.htm   (290 words)

  
 Bilecik, Turkey - Mersina: Information about Turkey
Bilecik, Iying in the green fertile lands of the river valley, is the eastern neighbor of Bursa.
The province is, worth visiting with its mausoleum of Seyh (Sheik) Edebali, who was an important influential person in the foundation of the Ottoman Empire.
30 kms from Bilecik is the little town Sogut which got its name from the numerous willows that surround the town.
www.mersina.com /Turkey/Marmara/Bilecik/index.html   (164 words)

  
 Marmara region, Turkey
The Aegean shores of Balikesir Province borders the Edremit Bay.
The Sakarya River flows through the center of the lands of Bilecik Province, which is a rather important province from the point of view of Ottoman history.
The town of Sogut is 30 km to the north of Bilecik and is famous for its ceramics and is the settlement place of the Kayi's, who were from one of the former Turkish tribes.
www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/marmara.htm   (1335 words)

  
 Bilecik
Town in northwestern Turkey with 30,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate), situated in the Karasu River, a tributary of the Sakrya River.
It is the capital of Bilecik province with 195,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
Bilecik is well connected to nearby urban centres by rail and road, like Adapazari 100 km north and Eskisehir 75 km southeast.
lexicorient.com /e.o/bilecik.htm   (132 words)

  
 LATEST FIGURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The province centers with highest particulate mater concentration in the same period are; Rize, Sakarya, Denizli, Sivas, and Bitlis.
When compared to same month of the previous year, the province centers with highest increase of particulate matter are; Rize (218 %), Bilecik (Province Center) (120 %), Ordu (88 %), Kocaeli (Gebze) (60 %), and Sakarya (59 %).
Province centers with highest decreaese of particulate matter are Bayburt (81 %), Kocaeli (Gölcük) (66 %), Muþ (63 %), Edirne (58 %), and Bingöl (53 %).
www.die.gov.tr /ENGLISH/SONIST/CEVRE/111196.html   (171 words)

  
 Istanbul and the Marmara Region The Marmara
East of Izmit, Sakarya is the provincial capital of the province of Adapazari, an important agricultural and industrial region.
The province of Bilecik lies south of Iznik in the verdant and fertile Sakarya River valley.
The Yildiz (Istranca) Mountains divide the province of Kirklareli.
www.balsoy.com /Turkiye/Marmara/TheMarmaraRegion.html   (2889 words)

  
 Toprak Home Page
The province of Bilecik lies southeast of Iznik in the verdant and fertile Sakarya River valley.
A great movement of industrialization began in the town, as it lies at the junction of the Istanbul - Eskisehir - Ankara and Ankara - Bursa highways (as well as railways) and (has) the necessary raw materials such as manganese, lignite, chrome, clay layers in the region.
As the region of Bilecik lies in a priorly developing district since 1970, this area has been integrated into the developing region with priority in development around Bilecik and in its surrounding tows with 15 industrial companies.
web.deu.edu.tr /atiksu/turkiye/bilecik.html   (494 words)

  
 Osman Murat Ulke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was given a military passport and a call-up to report on 31 August 1995 to the commander of the 9th Gendarmerie in Bilecik (province Bursa) for basic military training.
In Bilecik, he again declared not to be a soldier nor to become one, and therefore refused to obey and order.
He was sent from Bilecik to Eskisehir in order to be judged at the military discipline court.
flag.blackened.net /revolt/turkey/osmon.html   (1017 words)

  
 Dozens injured, detained in unrest across Turkey after banned Kurdish demo
The tensions erupted late Sunday in Bozuyuk, in the northwestern Bilecik province, when locals attacked buses carrying Kurdish activists travelling through the town after being prevented from holding a rally in nearby Gemlik against Ocalan's prison conditions.
Bilecik Governor Musa Colak said that 144 people were injured in the street clashes, which saw townsmen hit and break the windows of the buses as police used truncheons to keep them back.
The Bozuyuk residents, Colak said, were provoked by Kurdish activists who were waving flags made of the Kurdish colours of yellow, red and green, and were holding up posters of Ocalan, the head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought a bloody separatist war on Ankara since 1984.
www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/9/turkeykurdistan296.htm   (652 words)

  
 Bilecik Province - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Bilecik Province - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Bilecik is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa to the east, Kocaeli and Sakarya to the north, Bolu to the west, Eskişehir to the southeast and Kütahya to the south, spanning an area of 4,307 km².
The region was inhabited as early as 3000 BC, and was part of the territory controlled by such notable civilizations as the Hittites (1400-1200 BC), the Phrygians (1200-676 BC), Lydians (595-546 BC), Persians (546-334 BC), Romans (74-395 AD) and Byzantians (395 AD to late 13th century, with two brief occupations by Ummayads in between).
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/i/l/Bilecik_Province_0090.html   (124 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The province of Bilecik displays a characteristic of transition climate between the severe and low precipitant terrestrial climate of the Central Anatolia Region and warm and precipitant climate of the Marmara and Black Sea Region.
The known history of the Bitinia Region starts with the nation of Thyns originated from the nations of Thrace whom inhabited the region in BC 1950's.
After the settlement of a tribe leaded by Ertuðrul Bey from the Kayý Clan of the Turkish nation to the environ of Söðüt and vicinity, the first steps of the foundation of the Ottoman Empire was taken.
www.on-linehotel.com /0eng_bilecik_tarih.htm   (120 words)

  
 FOCUS on TURKEY - Istanbul and the Marmara Region of Turkey
ast of Izmit, Sakarya is the provincial capital of the province of Adapazari, an important agricultural and industrial region.
The rugs of Yagcibedir are among the most prized in the country and grow more lovely the older they become.
round the Gulf of Edremit, also in Balikesir province, are some of the most beautiful coastlines in the country where the clear waters meet sandy beaches encircled by the silvery green of olive groves.
www.focusmm.com /istmarma.htm   (3063 words)

  
 VELI KUCUK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was born in 1944 in Türkmen village in Gölpazari county of Bilecik Province as a fourth child of a farmer family.
Later on, while he was the Commander of Çanakkale Brigade, he moved the Brigade to Bilecik Province.
He started his military service in 1966 as a Lieutenant and retired in 2000 as a General in Bilecik.
www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0005/0005_15.htm   (240 words)

  
 SABCnews.com - world/europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ayhan Cevik, governor of Bilecik province near the scene of the disaster, told CNN Turk television scores more were injured.
It was not immediately clear what caused the train to go off the tracks in the province of Sakarya in northwestern Turkey, but CNN Turk said a mechanical problem was suspected.
Officials said one of the rear wagons may have derailed first, causing the accident, the station said.
www.sabcnews.com /world/europe/0,2172,84234,00.html   (193 words)

  
 Izmit, Iznik, Bilecik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A fast highway connects Istanbul with Izmit, the capital of the Kocaeli province.
East of lzmit, Sakarya is the provincial capital of the province of Adapazari, an important agricultural and industrial region.
The province of Bilecik lies south of lznik in the verdant and fertile Sakarya River valley.
www.homemadetravel.com /html/izmit.htm   (606 words)

  
 Nearly 150 injured as Turks clash with pro-Ocalan Kurdish demonstrators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
ANKARA, Sept 5 (AFP) - 9h46 - A total of 144 people were injured in street clashes in northwestern Turkey late Sunday between locals and Kurdish activists returning from a banned demonstration in favour of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, a local official said.
The unrest broke out in the town of Bozuhoyuk, in Bilecik province, when residents attacked buses carrying Kurdish activists travelling through the town after being prevented from holding a rally in nearby Gemlik against Ocalan’s prison conditions, Bilecik governor Musa Colak said.
The activists were forced to stop in the town after two vehicles in the convoy crashed into each other, forcing a long queue of buses to form.
www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=7601   (512 words)

  
 Iran Daily - World Politics - 09/06/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The joint forces surrounded the alleged rebel den between the Ghorak and Khakrez districts of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, defense ministry spokesman General Mohammed Zahir Azimi said.
On Saturday a British security worker who was kidnapped by the Taliban on Wednesday was found dead in the western province of Farah.
ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 5--A total of 144 people were injured in street clashes in northwestern Turkey late Sunday between locals and Kurdish activists returning from a banned demonstration in favor of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, AFP quoted a local official as saying.
www.iran-daily.com /1384/2369/html/politic.htm   (2310 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com:150 injured while Kurdish protesters and nationalist Turks clash
Clashes in Bozuyuk town in Bilecik province broke out Sunday when a group of nationalist Turks threw stones at buses carrying pro-Kurdish demonstrators, following violent clashes between Kurdish demonstrators and police in Istanbul.
On their return, angry Turkish nationalists stopped the convoy at a makeshift roadblock in Bozuyuk, set car tires on fire and smashed the windows of the buses with stones, video footage showed.
Colak said 144 people were injured in the clashes, including 17 policemen and seven soldiers and a government doctor.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/09/05/62279_.html   (428 words)

  
 Regional Roundups -- Middle East Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The joint forces surrounded the rebel den between the districts of Ghorak and Khakrez in the southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, said defense ministry spokesman General Mohammed Zahir Azimi.
ANKARA - A total of 144 people were injured in street clashes in northwestern Turkey on September 4 between locals and Kurdish activists returning from a banned demonstration in favor of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, a local official said.
The unrest broke out in the town of Bozuhoyuk, in Bilecik province, when residents attacked buses carrying Kurdish activists returning home after being prevented from holding a rally in nearby Gemlik against Ocalan's prison conditions, Bilecik governor Musa Colak said.
www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20050905-111656-7945r   (3744 words)

  
 Dozens killed as express train derails - World - www.theage.com.au
The crisis centre had earlier said 139 people were killed when the packed train derailed near Pamukova town in Sakarya province while on its way from Istanbul to the capital, Ankara.
A spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at this stage no Australians were involved in the accident.
The transport ministry put their number at 43, while the governor of the nearby province of Bilecik, Ayhan Cevik, was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying that 60 people were injured.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/07/23/1090464830447.html   (238 words)

  
 Overview of the spiritual situation in Turkey
INITIATIVES IN PRAYER: Recently, as a fellowship in London and our local Turkish fellowships were preparing to go to the province of Bilecik to start the process of planting a new church there we were led in a wonderful way to pray into the Turkish nation.
M, one of my team, was doing some research on the area of Bilecik.
We learnt that it was from this area that the Ottoman Empire had started to take its shape through the medium of dreams.
www.ad2000.org /re80616.htm   (1584 words)

  
 Investigation launched into instigators of protest against AKP - Turkish Daily News Sep 12, 2006
Supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Devlet Bahçeli's MHP clashed on Monday after the nationalists slammed the government over the way it was handling the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
“Damn the PKK-collaborator AKP,” shouted the protestors as Erdoğan was preparing to address a meeting held in memory of Ertuğrul Gazi, considered the founder of the Ottoman Empire, in Söğüt in the western province of Bilecik.
The group of people who stoned a bus belonging to the AKP were members of the ultranationalist Idealist Clubs (Ülkü Ocakları), a group affiliated with the MHP, claimed an AKP official.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=53863   (581 words)

  
 Bilecik, Turkey
The small provincial capital of Bilecik (Ertogrul), a modern agricultural center at the foot of the Ahir Dag northwest of Eskisehir, is now thoroughly eclipsed by its larger industrial neighbors Eskisehir and Bozüyük.
It still has some well cared for Ottoman houses set in large gardens, the last surviving remnants of the old town.
Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by law.
www.planetware.com /turkey/bilecik-tr-bi-bi.htm   (132 words)

  
 ekathimerini.com | 144 injured in clashes between Turks and Kurds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
ANKARA (AFP) - A total of 144 people were injured in street clashes in northwestern Turkey late on Sunday between locals and Kurdish activists returning from a banned demonstration in support of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, a local official said.
The unrest broke out in the town of Bozuyuk, in Bilecik province, when residents attacked buses carrying Kurdish activists traveling through the town after being prevented from holding a rally in protest at Ocalan’s prison conditions in nearby Gemlik, Bilecik Governor Musa Colak said.
The activists were forced to stop in the town after two vehicles in the convoy crashed into each other.
www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/_w_articles_world_65264_06/09/2005_60436   (383 words)

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