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	Open Directory - Regional:Middle East:Turkey:Provinces
		Its adjacent provinces are Elazig to the northwest, Malatya and Adiyaman to the west, Sanliurfa to the southwest, Mardin to the south, Batman to the east, Mus to the east, and Bingol to the northeast.
		Its adjacent provinces are Amasya to the northwest, Yozgat to the southwest, Sivas to the southeast, and Ordu to the northeast.
		Its adjacent provinces are Corum to the northwest, Kirikkale to the west, Kirsehir to the southwest, Nevsehir to the south, Kayseri to the southeast, Sivas to the east, Tokat to the northeast, and Amasya to the north.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Middle_East/Turkey/Provinces/desc.html (14151 words)

	Elazig
		It is the capital of the Elazig Province with 570,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
		Elazig is connected by both rail and road to Malatya 70 km southwest and Diyarbakir 200 km southeast.
		The population of Elazig is a mixture of Kurds, Turks and Azeris.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/elazig.htm (154 words)

	Elazig - All About Turkey
		Elazig is the most orderly city of the Eastern Anatolian region, due to its being recently founded with the name of Mamurat-ül Aziz in the 19th century by sultan Abdülaziz to settle some over-population from Harput town.
		The attraction of Elazig is the Byzantine Fortress of the ancient city Harput, 5 kilometers to the north.
		Lake Hazar, 25 kilometers south of Elazig, is a fine tranquil site, while Buzluk Cave, 12 kilometers northeast, is an interesting cave, which remains cool in the summers and warm in the winters despite the harsh climate of the city.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /elazig.htm (254 words)

	Elazığ Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elazığ Province is a province of Turkey with its seat in the city of Elazığ.
		The population of the province is 569,616 (2000 census), up 14% from the 1990 figure of 498,225.
		The total area of the province is 9281 km square, 826 km square of which is covered with water from dams and natural lakes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elazig_Province (136 words)

	Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
		The province is surrounded by mountain ranges in the south and in the north.
		Elazig is a city of lakes and rivers, full of natural beauties, in the middle of wide plains surrounded by purple mountains.
		Elazig is one of the best planned cities in Turkey and industry also holds an important place here.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/east.htm (2046 words)

	Museums of Elazig, Elazig Museums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Elazig Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum was established in a temporary building in 1965.
		In 1960 objects found in Harput, a sub-province of Elazig, were placed in Alaca Mosque.
		The objects in the museum include a cuneiform inscription from the Urartu Monarchy found in Bagin Castle, steles and inscriptions from the Roman period, and Islamic grave stones in the shape of rams.
	www.istanbulportal.com /istanbulportal/Elazig.aspx (161 words)

	Elazig, Turkey
		Elazig (Elâzig) is situated at the foot of the 1,724m/5,658ft Kartal Tepesi on the northern edge of the Uluova basin.
		By Turkish standards Elazig is still something of a new town.
		In 1862 the Ottoman Sultan Abdul el-Aziz transformed the village into a town, renaming it Mamuret el-Aziz (settlement of el-Aziz) of which Elazig is a later corruption.
	www.planetware.com /turkey/elazig-tr-el-el.htm (190 words)

	Elazığ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elazığ is a city in the Elazığ Province of eastern Turkey and the seat of the province.
		Elazığ Province is surrounded by the Euphrates in the north, and since the completion of Keban Dam the rivers came to cover almost ten percent of the surface area (826 km²) of the province (8,455 km²).
		Elazığ's adjacent province borders are with: Tunceli (North), Erzincan (North-West), Bingöl (East), Diyarbakır (South), and Malatya (West).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elazig (1026 words)

	Toprak Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Elazig is the most orderly city of the region, due to its being recently founded in the 19
		The attraction of Elazig is the Byzantine Fortress of the ancient city Harput, 5 km to the north.
		High mountains encircle Tunceli (Tunceli is a land with untouched natural beauties; and an area of rocky steep cliffs displaying a wild appearance; this province with its peculiar characteristics lies 133 km north of Elazig.
	web.deu.edu.tr /atiksu/turkiye/elazig.html (413 words)

	Tunceli - All About Turkey
		An Anatolian province surrounded by mountains exhibiting a majestic view, Tunceli is a land with untouched natural beauties and an area of rocky steep cliffs displaying a wild appearance.
		This province with its peculiar characteristics lies 133 kms north of Elazig.
		One important ruin is the fortress of Pertek, outside the city, on the road to Elazig.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /tunceli.htm (236 words)

	Emeğin Partisi - EMEP - The Party of Labour
		Calling the Ministry of Justice and the security forces to find the responsibles Levent Tüzel declared that the Party would continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the SEKA workers, to pursue the lawsuit of young Ugur and stand firm in their resistance against all the injustices and inequalities in the country.
		The armed attack towards EMEP was protested by a march towards the central square of the province.
		A protest demonstration was held in the Kurdish province of Diyarbakir with the participation of representatives from DEHAP, the Peace Mothers, Students Association of Dicle University and various trade unions.
	www.emep.org /docs/press/support.html (1834 words)

	Bingol Weather Forecast Reports in Bingol Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bingöl Province is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia.
		The new province was known as Çapakçur Province until 1950.
		Its neighbouring provinces are Tunceli, Erzurum, Mus, Diyarbakir, Erzincan and Elazig.
	www.turkeyforecast.com /weather/bingol (99 words)

	Elazig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Situated on the fertile plain near a mountain (4350 feet high), this town lies at an altitude of 1020 meters above the sea level and is surrounded by vineyards and gardens.
		Harput, 5 km North of Elazig, used to be the cultural seat of the region.
		Cayda cira is a favorite dance for weddings and henna paintings, in which the dancers carry candles on the plates to represent its reflection on the water.
	www.turkeyforyou.com /travel_turkey_elazig (276 words)

	Army kills seven Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, two police die
		Six rebels suspected of involvement in the deaths of five soldiers were reported to have died in clashes with a commando unit Friday in the southeastern province of Sirnak near the border with Iraq.
		Two policemen, one a senior officer, were killed and two others injured Saturday when a mine exploded in the province of Elazig, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) northwest of Sirnak, the CNN-Turk television station reported, quoting military sources.
		In Elazig, the policemen who died, one of them a lieutenant-colonel, were killed in a mine attack on a convoy.
	archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=118004 (661 words)

	Turkish violence continues, nine more die (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Two policemen, one a senior officer, were also killed and two others injured on Saturday when a mine exploded in the province of Elazig, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) northwest of Sirnak, CNN-Turk television channel quoted military sources as saying.
		Yilmaz Orhan, chief of police in the western Turkish province of Aydin, where the suspect was questioned, said the man had admitted to the offence.
		The suspect, identified only by the initials MSF, was arrested in Elazig on his return from a training camp organised by the PKK, Anatolia cited anonymous police sources as saying.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2006/4/turkeykurdistan600.htm (685 words)

	ENVİRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE TIGRIS BASIN
		Wastewater: Batman is one of the provinces which rapidly urbanises and witnesses the growth of squatter settlements.
		Drinking water: The drinking water need of the central province is met by the spring of Aynsebab and the deep wells bored in the Kiziltepe plain, Esenli and Sultankoy.
		Sewage and wastewater problems are yet to be solved in all province and district centres of the Region.
	www.gap.gov.tr /English/Dergi/D6101998/dicle.html (1023 words)

	Allegations of polling flaws in Turkey’s general elections (KurdishMedia.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In different villages of Van province, nine DEHAP members of the designated polling station staff were injured in a series of assaults staged by supporters of the local ANAP candidate Arif Bedirhanoglu.
		In Kizilyusuf village in the Malazgirt (Manzikert) district of Mus province five people were injured in a fight which erupted when the Muhtar (village chief) refused to accept any polling station staff at all, insisting instead that votes be cast in public.
		In several villages of Siirt province, members of the security forces allegedly loyal to the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) candidate Kasim Ceylan, forced constituents to cast their votes in public while Muhtars observed who was voting for which party.
	www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=3106 (963 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2001 - Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the provinces under the state of emergency, the regional governor empowers security authorities to search without a warrant, residences or the premises of political parties, businesses, associations, or other organizations.
		Seven provinces remained under "adjacent province" status, which authorizes the Jandarma to retain security responsibility for municipalities as well as rural areas, and grants the provincial governor several extraordinary powers.
		The Interior Minister confirmed that in 25 provinces in the state of emergency region, 4,455 villages and hamlets were have been destroyed or deserted.
	www.usemb.se /human/2001/europe/turkey.html (19007 words)

	Turkish Official's Convoy Misses Bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The blast was triggered by remote control, some 18 miles from the town of Alacakaya in Elazig province, the official said.
		The explosion in Elazig came amid increased violence between Turkish troops and autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast, and deadly attacks elsewhere in the country.
		In a separate incident, Turkish security forces killed a Kurdish rebel as he was trying to plant a land mine on a road in Hakkari province, which borders both Iraq and Iran, a statement from the governor's office said.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/08/13/200033.xml (382 words)

	CAT Communication No. 126/1999
		His family owns a farm in the village of Bazlama, in the Karakocan region of Elazig province in south-eastern Turkey, an area traditionally inhabited by the Kurds.
		Lastly, the argument that the contradictions in the accounts given at the different hearings are the result of the three-year gap between them is unconvincing insofar as the author had the opportunity to reread the minutes of the hearings and had to sign them.
		However, the areas of conflict are clearly defined and it is quite possible for the author to settle in another, calmer region where he will be able to fit in easily, particularly given his knowledge of Turkish and his level of education.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/cat/decisions/switzerland1999-4.html (3628 words)

	CDC - Prevalence, Distribution, and Host Range of Peste des petits ruminants virus, Turkey
		The overall occurrence of PPRV infection in cattle was 15.57% (a total of 50 animals), and approximately 27% of cattle were antibody positive for RPV, indicating previous exposure to the virus either by natural infection or, most probably, by vaccination, since all cattle in the study were >6 months of age.
		PPRV infection has only recently been officially declared to be present in Turkey in the Elazig Province in eastern Anatolia (16,17).
		Van and Malatya Provinces are in southeastern Turkey near the Iranian border; the remaining provinces are mainly in central Anatolia (Figure 1).
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol8no7/01-0471.htm (2973 words)

	Ethnologue: Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		East central, mainly in Elazig, Bingol, and Diyarbakir provinces, upper courses of the Euphrates, Kizilirmaq, and Murat rivers.
		The majority are in the provinces of Hakkari, Siirt, Mardin, Agri, Diyarbakir, Bitlis, Bingol, Van, Adiyaman, and Mus.
		Rize in northeast, towns of Kemer, Atin, Artasen, Vitse, Arkab, Hopa, Sarp; and villages in Artvin, Sakarya, Kocaeli, and Bolu provinces.
	www.arminco.com /hayknet/haylezu/turk.htm (1927 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Mine blast injures three soldiers in eastern Turkey
		A landmine planted by terrorists in the rural area of eastern Turkey went off on Wednesday, injuring three soldiers of the Turkish security forces, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
		The blast occurred when the soldiers were staging an operation in the rural area of Palu town of Elazig province, said the report.
		The injured soldiers were sent to a hospital in Elazig for treatment, said the report, adding that operations are still under way in the region.
	english.people.com.cn /200610/05/eng20061005_309065.html (186 words)

	HADEP moving forward step by step (KurdishMedia.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Following the opening of party offices in the Kovancilar district of Elazig and the Kocasinan district of Kayseri last week, HADEP continued to grow with new offices in the townships of Yapali and Yeniceoba in Konya''s Cihanbeyli district this week.
		The party opened new district offices in Kovancilar, in Elazig province, and in Kocasinan, in Kayseri province, last week, followed by Konya, Eskisehir, and Kirsehir.
		As the result of activities lasting about a month, the new HADEP offices in the townships of Yapali and Yeniceoba in Konya''s Cihanbeyli district were held this week.
	www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=1758 (529 words)

	Explosion in Turkey leaves 17 injured - A Bravenet.com Headline News Service
		The Cihan News Agency reported the Igdir city center was rocked Saturday night when a bomb placed in a truck outside a local police guest house exploded, injuring 17 individuals and leaving three of them in serious condition at neighboring Erzurum State Hospital.
		Also on Saturday, a freight train was derailed in the Turkish province of Elazig by a remote-controlled bomb set off by suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, leaving numerous carriages damaged but resulting in no casualties.
		This weekend's bombings were the most recent attacks in the region, which saw 10 individuals killed and 13 injured Sept. 12 when a bomb was set off in the city of Diyarbakir, the agency said.
	pub21.bravenet.com /news/1784150834/90159/1 (324 words)

	Six Turkish soldiers hurt in landmine blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The soldiers were wounded when their vehicle hit a mine buried in the road in southeastern Elazig province, he said.
		Fighting has increased since last year, when the rebels called off a unilateral five-year ceasefire they declared after the capture of their leader, Abdullah Ocalan, in 1999.
		Friday's incident came a week after two Turkish soldiers and a driver were killed by a mine in Diyarbakir province.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/6/turkeykurdistan99.htm (209 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Kurds in Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Seventy protestors in the province of Mardin clashed with police.
		Parliament voted to extend emergency rule in the 10 eastern and southeastern provinces in which the army was fighting Kurdish separatist rebels.
		The fighting occurred in the provinces of Bingol, Hakkari and Van.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=64005 (12604 words)

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