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  Open Directory - Regional:Middle East:Turkey:Provinces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sirnak is a Turkish province in southeastern Anatolia.
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)

  
 Erzincan, Turkey
Although with a long history Erzincan, in the northeastern Taurus, has the look of a new town, its location in the tectonic depression zone of the main north Anatolian fault having repeatedly proved its undoing.
Erzincan - once known for its silverware - is a road and rail junction with modest food processing (sugar) and textile industries.
Under the Seljuk Sulëiman Kutulmusoglu I (1071) it passed to the Mengüçoglu dynasty and in 1243 was destroyed in the fighting between the Seljuks (Keykusrev II) and Mongols.
www.planetware.com /turkey/erzincan-tr-er-er.htm   (271 words)

  
 Erzincan travel guide
This is on the road from Ekşi su to Erzincan.
This is 20 km from Erzincan in the town of Üzümlü\'s Karakaya village.
This is 6 km to the southwest of Erzincan.
www.world66.com /asia/middleeast/turkey/erzincan   (1185 words)

  
 Erzincan
Erzincan (also Erzingan or Erzinjan) is situated in the eastern part of Anatolia and is the capital of the Erzincan Province.
Geographically, Erzincan is strategic because it lies atop a seismically active fault line and has been witness to many catastrophic earthquakes over the years.
Erzincan is variously connected by railways, flights and buses to other parts of Turkey.
www.turkeyforyou.com /travel_turkey_erzincan   (228 words)

  
 Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
The province is surrounded by mountain ranges in the south and in the north.
The Erzincan Plain, where Erzincan Province is located is covered with vineyards and has been the cradle of many great civilizations since the early ages of history.
In the surroundings of Bingol, a province rich in natural and historical beauties, the Kigi Citadel, the Kupik and Ahpik Caves, remaining from prehistoric ages and the Harabe- koy remains are worth seeing.
www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/east.htm   (2046 words)

  
 information about erzincan,history of Erzincan,information about Mt Bolkar,history of center anatolia,hotels in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The principal city of its province, lies 688 km east of Ankara on a fertile plain.
Although there is no trace of a Hittite settlement in the Erzincan region, it is definite that the region was under the Hittite rule for some time.
Erzincan was an important centre of eastern Anatolia, but its industries and population suffered from Armenian riots and occupation by Russian forces during World War I. Erzincan has frequently been damaged by severe earthquakes, most recently in 1939.
www.ezoptravel.com /ezopnew/turkey/easterna/erzincan.htm   (475 words)

  
 YapiWorld Araştırma
Erzincan is an eastern province of Turkey located at 700 kms East of Ankara (Figure-1).
Province center which bears the same name is a small town of about 100.000 of population.
Erzincan is one of the provinces where the population decreases because of the rural-to-urban and East-to-West migration.
www.yapiworld.com /editor/erzincan.htm   (2129 words)

  
 Erzincan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Erzincan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Capital of Erzincan province, eastern Turkey, on the West Euphrates River, 150 km/94 mi southwest of Erzurum;; population (1990) 91,800.
The region frequently experiences earthquakes;; the town was devastated in 1939 (with a death toll of 10,000), and again in 1983.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Erzincan   (145 words)

  
 Erzincan - All About Turkey
Like other Anatolian cities, Erzincan's history starts with the Hittites but the importance of the city rose after the Turks conquered it during Seljuk period.
Erzincan, the principal city of its province, lies 688 km east of Ankara on a fertile plain.
The highly decorated and hand fashioned copper vessels and wares of Erzincan maintain a long tradition of the area's fame in metal work.
www.allaboutturkey.com /erzincan.htm   (342 words)

  
 Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
Erzurum, 193 km east of Erzincan and the largest city in eastern Anatolia, sprawls on a high plateau at an altitude of 1,950 meters.
A 16th-century castle built by Sultan Selim the Grim, one of the most stately citadels in Turkey with 14 towers and a span of 745 meters, stands in the old pan of the city.
Ishak Paşa, Ottoman governor of the province, constructed the palace in the 17th century with a mixture of architectural styles.
www.adiyamanli.org /eastern_anatolia_region.htm   (2688 words)

  
 Adventure Tours - Erzincan
The highly-decorated and hand-fashioned copperware of Erzincan maintains a long tradition in the area's fame for metalwork.
Southwest of Erzincan is the beautiful green town of Kemaliye on the Fýrat (Euphrates) River.
The hospitality of the locals and the architecture of the town are worth a visit.
www.adventuretours.com.tr /showinfo.asp?InfoNo=50   (189 words)

  
 Turkey: "Still critical": Assessing the Scale of the Problem
Kayaş hamlet of Kırkpınar village in Dicle, Diyarbakır province.
Küpetaşı hamlet of Kırkpınar village in Dicle, Diyarbakır province.
In the case of Siirt province, the underrecording of the original population seriously distorts the picture for the province as a whole.
www.hrw.org /reports/2005/turkey0305/5.htm   (3201 words)

  
 Turkey in 2003 - TurkishPress.com
A passenger bus hit the wall of a tunnel on the highway between eastern province of Erzincan and central province of Sivas.
A fire-extinguisher plane crashed in Aliaga town of western province of Izmir as intervening in a forest fire.
A campaign was launched in eastern province of Van in co-operation between the Ministry of National Education and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for education of girls.
www.turkishpress.com /specials/2003/yir/06.asp   (551 words)

  
 Cyprus :: Obstacles to Return: Paramilitary village guards in Turkey
However, in another case in September in the same province, the authorities did evacuate village guards from nearby Sarı village in order to secure the return of the original inhabitants, members of the Assyrian minority.
In April former residents of Uluköy, near Kiziltepe, in Mardin province, who had been forced out of their homes in 1993 because they refused to join the village guards, were given permission to return to their village.
In August Human Rights Watch spoke to two villagers of Yastik village, near Tercan, in Erzincan province, who had petitioned the Erzincan governor for assistance in returning to their village, which was evacuated in the early 1990s.
www.cyprus-forum.com /cyprus999.html   (1875 words)

  
 Turkey Provinces
These, therefore, are the province populations used by the State Institute of Statistics to compute per capita GDP for 2001.
province, except for a few provinces created after this system was instituted (numbers greater than 74).
Erzincan and Elazığ; are adjacent, but their boundary is entirely in water (Keban reservoir).
www.statoids.com /utr.html   (1398 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Situated in the eastern Blacak Sea region, Giresun province is surrounded by the provinces of Trabzon and Gümüþhan to the east, the province of Ordu to the west, the province of Erzincan to the south, the province of Sivas to the southeast and the Black Sea to the north.
It became a province immediately after the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923.
According to the statistics released in 2002, Giresun is comprised of 16 provincial districts including the central district, 17 townships and 536 villages.
www.giresun.pol.tr /ge1.htm   (317 words)

  
 Tunceli Belediyesi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1935, Tunceli Province was established with its temporary center in Elazığ.
The Munzur Mountains and Karasu are in the north, the Bingol Mountains and the Peri brook in the east, Keban Dam Lake in the south and the Euphrates in the West.
Tacar, Hozat, Geyiksuyu (Deşt brooks), Munzur brook, Pülümür stream, and Peri brook are the principal waterways of the province.
www.tunceli.bel.tr /english_dt.asp?ID=41   (953 words)

  
 Arslanian Family History - Where From?
The former Ottoman Empire vilayets (provinces) of Van, Bitlis, Erzerum, Diarbekir, Kharput (Harput), and Sivas comprised the heart of western Armenia.
Sergevil is located at 39° 26' N 38° 43' E in present-day Erzincan province, Turkey.
Dersim was a "no-man's land of winding valleys and tiny upland plateaus," populated by rugged Armenian mountaineers.
www.arslanmb.org /arslanian/WhereFrom.html   (1476 words)

  
 Toprak Home Page
Like the other Anatolian cities, Erzincan's history starts with the Hittites but the importance of the city rose after the Turks conquered it.
The tremendous diversity of the eastern and southeastern lands surprises travellers : the red-ochre plateau of Erzurum; the forests, waterfalls, and green pastures of Kars and Agri; the permanent snow-cap on biblical Mount Agri (Ararat); the vast Lake Van with its deep blue waters.
The highly decorated and hand - fashionedcopper vessels and wares of Erzincan maintain a long traditionof the area's fame in metalwork.
web.deu.edu.tr /atiksu/turkiye/erzincan.html   (516 words)

  
 Emeğin Partisi - EMEP - The Party of Labour
The Criminal Court for Major Crimes in the Erzincan province has accepted that there was sufficient proof to open a public trial and decided, 'such a trial should be settled'.
Erzincan Criminal Court for Major Crimes evaluated the objection and decided that a public trial should be opened.
This development is extremely important since it is also opening the way for public officers who are responsible for the death of people in OHAL region to be put on trial.
www.emep.org /docs/article/Ekrem.html   (519 words)

  
 One killed as strong quake jolts eastern Turkey - smh.com.au
It was also felt in the nearby provinces of Erzincan, Erzurum and Sivas.
Three other people were injured in Erzincan province also after jumping out of windows, Anatolia reported.
Tunceli province, about 1,200km east of the capital Ankara, is a mountainous area and is not heavily populated.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/27/1043534004070.html   (363 words)

  
 Seventeen wounded in bomb attack in eastern Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The bomb exploded in a heavy truck parked outside a police station in the province city of Igdir, according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu.
But the province where the attack occurred is on the border with Armenia, an area that has been spared attacks by Kurd rebels in the past.
Just hours before, a freight train in the eastern Turkey province of Erzincan was derailed by explosives mounted on the train track.
news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/printer_1204347.php   (159 words)

  
 Four killed in fresh violence in Turkey's southeast-Kurdistan
Meanwhile, a PKK militant was killed when a group of rebels clashed with the army in the mountainous province of Tunceli, the local governor's office said, adding that the security operation in the area was continuing.
A second rebel was shot dead in Van province, close to the border with Iran, Anatolia reported.
Suspected PKK guerrillas also attacked a gendarme station in Erzincan province, leaving two soldiers injured, the agency said.
www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/9/turkeykurdistan316.htm   (374 words)

  
 HRW - Letter to Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (November 1998)
October 11, 1992: In the Uludere district of Sirnak province, PKK forces killed eleven individuals in a rocket attack against the homes of village guards.
July 5, 1993: In a raid against the Basbaglar village of Erzincan province, PKK forces executed thirty persons and burned fifty-seven houses.
May 15, 1994: PKK forces raided the Edebuk village of Erzincan province and murdered nine individuals, including a three-year-old child.
www.hrw.org /press98/nov/italy-apendix.htm   (641 words)

  
 Yeni Sayfa 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The national highway, the great trans-Anatolian axis road, is the most direct route between Ankara and the Iranian border, and passes through Sivas, Erzincan, Erzurum, Agri and Dogubayazit.
The highly decorated and hand-fashioned copper vessels and wares of Erzincan maintain a long tradition of the area's fame in metalwork.
Karanlik Bogaz near Kemaliye is one of the best places for photo-safaris, canoeing and rafting.
m.domaindlx.com /markomax/east/erzincan.html   (218 words)

  
 Erzincan Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erzincan Province is a province on the Eastern region of Anatolia, and home to Erzincan, a city which was destroyed and rebuilt after a 7.8 earthquake on December 26, 1939.
Erzincan province is divided into 9 districts (capital district in bold):
This article about an Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey location is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erzincan_Province   (94 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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)

  
 Erzincan and Surroundings
Erzincan, the principal city of its province, lies 688 km eastof Ankara on a fertile plain.
The highly decorated and hand-fashioned copper vessels and wares of Erzincan maintain a long traditionof the area's fame in metalwork.
At Tercan, the round 12th-century mausoleumof Mama Hatun with its beautifully carved stone portal is wortha detour off the main road.
www.about-turkey.com /tourism/erzincan.htm   (211 words)

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