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  Chronology of the Armenian Genocide -- 1915 (April-June)
Armenians are deported from the northern villages of Erzerum Province.
Armenians in the Khnus region of Erzerum Province are massacred.
Turkish refugees are settled in the emptied Armenian villages of the Tortum District of Erzerum Province.
www.armenian-genocide.org /1915-2.html   (2019 words)

  
 Kayseri Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Kayseri Province, in central (A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923) Turkey, is an area that has been linked with mythological stories as well as important figures in Turkish history.
Later on, Kayseri became a cultural (Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam) mecca of poets, artists and others of that sort in Turkey.
Kayseri is nowadays a province filled with modern buildings and (A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value) museums.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kayseri_province.htm   (441 words)

  
 Kayseri -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kayseri is an industrialized city in (A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923) Turkey that is famous for (Click link for more info and facts about Mount Erciyes) Mount Erciyes.
The city's population is around 700,000 whereas the population of the Kayseri Province is close to 1,100,000.
Kayseri lies on what was the Great Silk Route, and as such has a large amount of Islamic history, including a castle, tombs and madrasas (ancient Islamic Universities).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/K/Ka/Kayseri.htm   (251 words)

  
 Islamic Calvinists. Change And Conservatism In Central Anatolia - Reports - Turkey - ESI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
AKP's Kayseri headquarters was one of its first to be established, and in the 2004 municipal elections in Kayseri it won an overwhelming majority of 70 percent, its highest in the country.
The town of Kayseri grew from 65,488 inhabitants in 1950 to 160,985 in 1970.
The party's Kayseri headquarters was one of its first to be established, and in the 2004 municipal elections in Kayseri it won an overwhelming majority of 70 percent, its highest in the country.
www.esiweb.org /docs/showdocument.php?document_ID=69   (12583 words)

  
 KAYSER, Kayseri Serbest Bölgesi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kayseri was made a province with the Constitutions of 1924 and in the first years of the Republic, it had a population of 39500 people, it waas in ruins, small and poor, however, in the subsequent years with sudden and quick progress made, today it is among the exceptional cities in Turkey.
Kayseri has made itself accepted throughout the world with its European style broad avenues, with its abundant historical works of art, with the citadel that is preserved as a whole in the center of the city, and with its industry and commerce.
Kayseri is located on a flat and broad plain with the magnafiticent Mt.Erciyes in the background and with the recently completed civilian international airport, it is trying to provide services for the domestic and foreing visiters who come to visit Cappadocia.
www.kayser.com.tr   (442 words)

  
 Denizli, Turkey
Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to the west and Muğla to the south.
Mount Honaz is the highest mountain in the province, and indeed in Western Anatolia with an elevation of 2571 meters.
The cock of Denizli is a breed of cock identified with the province of Denizli, being a focus of interest with its appearance and colour, along with its prolonged and melodious crows.
creekin.net /c7059-n187-denizli-turkey.html   (2261 words)

  
 AEGEE-KAYSERI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kayseri was dominated by Anatolian Seljuks after 1169,by Eratnians after 1330,by Karamanogullari after 1400 and by Ottomans in 1463 respectively and finally it became a province in 1924,just after the foundation of the new republic.
Kayseri has produced many illustrious individuals, Turkey's most famous architect, the architect whose masterpieces are the symbol for the might and grandeur of the Ottoman Empire, Mimar Sinan, was a son of Kayseri.
Kayseri also has a very charming and educational ethnographical museum and then, of course there is the excavation site at Kültepe, the massive Hittite settlement.Kayseri also has a wonderful bird refuge which is situated in the midst of a swamp reed area and which can only be visited by boat.
www.aegee-kayseri.org /kayseri1.htm   (2063 words)

  
 Chronology of the Armenian Genocide -- 1915 (January-March)
In Sivas Province a general attack is reported on many Armenian villages accompanied by raping, looting, and an increasingly larger number of killings.
In Sivas Province the population in all the Armenian villages is disarmed.
In Aleppo, the capital of the province, Jemal Pasha falsely announces that the Armenians of Zeitun are in revolt and therefore he is instructing the military authorities, to the exclusion of the civilian government, to take measures to punish the Armenians.
www.armenian-genocide.org /chronology/1915-1.htm   (1269 words)

  
 Erzurum, Turkey
Erzurum (or Erzerum, Arzen in antiquity, Karin in ancient Armenian, Theodosiupolis or Theodosiopolis during Byzantine rule) is one of the Provinces of Turkey, in the Eastern Anatolia Region, to the east of the country.
Eastern part of the province is in the basin of the Araks river (Aras), the western part in the Karasu (Western Euphrates) basin, and the northern part in the Çoruh basin.
It was declared a province of Turkey in 1924.
creekin.net /c7063-n187-erzurum-turkey.html   (1090 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kayseri was an ancient settlement area of Central Anatolia and houses the remains of various mosques and inns of past civilizations.
Kayseri, a major Seljuk city, was an important center of learning and consequently, there are many medreses among the remaining historical buildings.
Kayseri was divided into various principalities after the defeat of Yildirim Beyazit by Tamerlane in the Battle of Ankara.
www.byegm.gov.tr /yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/1998/Jan/N8.htm   (729 words)

  
 Kayseri
It is the capital of Kayseri province with 1.1 million inhabitants (2004 estimate).
Kayseri is an administration and commercial centre of the surrounding agricultural area.
While Kayseri is well-connected with the rest of Turkey with road and railways it is the only large city within a diameter of 250 km.
i-cias.com /e.o/kayseri.htm   (387 words)

  
 Sivas_Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The province of Sivas is located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolian region of Turkey.
Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayseri to the southwest, Kahramanmaras to the south, Malatya to the southeast, Erzincan to the east, Giresun to the northeast, and Ordu to the north.
According to the written historical sources, the region of Sivas province was first inhabited during the period of the Hittite civilization by the beginning of 2000 BC and become an important settlement.
www.partsquote.com /search.php?title=Sivas_Province   (223 words)

  
 UNODC - Bulletin on Narcotics - 1950 Issue 1 - 003
In many provinces in which opium used to be produced, the poppy-plant is still being grown today, but growers are not allowed to harvest anything but the seeds, and incision of the capsules is prohibited.
The area in which the poppy-plant may be grown only for seed purposes comprises twenty-two provinces in addition to those in which opium is harvested, but in these twenty-two provinces poppy-growing, iandscaronrestricted to districts which are indicated each year in a special decree of the Council of Ministers.
The northern district comprises chiefly the province of Tokat.
www.unodc.org /unodc/fr/bulletin/bulletin_1950-01-01_1_page004.html   (7969 words)

  
 Turkish Village - Chapter 2 - by Paul Stirling
Kayseri lies in the centre of Turkey, in one of the large plains sunk in the plateau.
The broad valley in which Kayseri lies runs north-east from the town, carrying the main road and railway to Sivas and the east.
This room is the province of the wife of the household head, where she sleeps with her husband and at least her younger children.
lucy.ukc.ac.uk /TVillage/StirlingC2.html   (3145 words)

  
 Cappadocia, Turkey, Nevsehir, Kayseri
Nevsehir Province is at the center of the volcanic plateau, Kirsehir Province is to the north, Kayseri Province is to the east, Nigde Province is to the south and Aksaray Province is to the west.
Kayseri Province, located on the plains at the northern foot of Erciyes Mountain to the east of Nevsehir, is one of the most important industrial centers of the Central Anatolia Region.
There are numerous historical sites in Kayseri Province belonging to the Beylics, Seljuk and Ottoman Periods, as is the case in the other Anatolian cities.
www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/capadocia.htm   (612 words)

  
 Central Anatolia, Turkey, İç Anadolu Bölgesi
Nevsehir, Aksaray, Kirikkale and Kirsehir Provinces are entirely within the borders of the region, while some sections of other provinces are partly in the Black Sea, Mediterranean, and Eastern Anatolia Regions.
The thermal spring waters, at a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, gush from the source, accompanied by fish that are 2 cm to 10 cm in length.
Karaman Province to the south of Konya is an important center from the aspect of Turkish history and language.
www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/central.htm   (864 words)

  
 Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Kayseri Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is located in the Center Melikgazi District of the Kayseri province at no. 2 Kışla Caddesi in Gültepe neighbourhood, in a building on plot no. 17 in block no. 1200.
It is located in Kağnıpazarı section of the Kayseri center, in the medrese built by Hunat Hatun, the wife of Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad.
From this we can surmise that craftsman from Bursa worked in Kayseri and as this house was one of those belonging to a wealthy members of the Kayseri community, it is very likely that craftsmen from Bursa were involved in its construction.
www.kultur.gov.tr /portal/arkeoloji_en.asp?belgeno=3027   (2494 words)

  
 Genocide1915.info - The Armenian Genocide History Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Ittihadist Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda, the vice-governor of Seghert, is appointed governor-general of Bitlis Province.
Previously undisturbed Armenian schools and churches in Sivas Province, together with many private residences, are requisitioned by the Turkish army for use as barracks.
Sabit, the governor-general of Kharput Province, informs the Interior Ministry that all the road are filled with the bodies of women and children and time cannot be found to bury them.
www.genocide1915.info /history_chronology.asp?ArmeniaDiaspora.com   (7257 words)

  
 Kayseri Province Article, KayseriProvince Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Kayseri Province, in central Turkey, is an area that has beenlinked with mythological stories as well as important figures in Turkish history.
She died of a disease at a young age, requesting for this hospital to be built and named after her.Construction of the hospital was completed in 1206.
Apart from taxi and bus transportation, Kayseri has a modern jet airport, Kayseri International Airport is served by AirBerlin, Aero Lloyd and localairline Turkish Airlines.
www.anoca.org /modern/built/kayseri_province.html   (345 words)

  
 LATEST FIGURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The province centers with highest particulate mater concentration in the same period are; Sakarya, Denizli, Rize, Sivas and Hatay (Iskenderun).
Province centers with highest decreaese of sulphurdioxide (SO2) concentration are; Bolu (Duzce) (80 %), Kahramanmaras and Nevsehir (61%) Corum (58 %), Nigde (Bor) (40 %), and Istanbul (39 %).
Province centers with highest decreaese of particulate matter are Kahramanmaras (81 %), Yozgat (56%) Bilecik (Bozuyuk) (54 %), Bingol (53 %), Bilecik (45 %).
www.die.gov.tr /english/SONIST/CEVRE/291195.html   (165 words)

  
 Anatolia.com
At the foot of Mount Erciyes are the Sultan Marshes, 50 kms south of Kayseri.
In the town of Develi are the old Seljuk buildings of Ulu Mosque, Seyid-I Serif, and Develi tomb; on the Sivas road 46 kms north of Kayseri is the Sultan Han, a caravanserai constructed during the reign of Alaeddin Keykubat.
Notable sites of the province of Kayseri also include the Haci Kilic Mosque of 1249, the Kosk Medresse of the Mongol period, the Archeological Museum, the Ethnographical Museum and the "bedesten" (covered bazaar).
www.anatolia.com /anatolia/destinations/kayseri   (537 words)

  
 LATEST FIGURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The province centers with highest particulate mater concentration in the same period are; Rize, Sakarya, Denizli, Sivas, and Bitlis.
Province centers with highest decreaese of sulphurdioxide (SO2) concentration are; Bayburt (97 %), Kocaeli (Gebze) (71 %), Muþ (67 %), Kocaeli (Gölcük)) (62 %), and Balýkesir (51 %).
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)

  
 USEFUL INFORMATION - National Parks of Turkey by Turkish Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the province of Aydin, where Mt. Samsundagi plunges into the sea is a park of river valleys, flora, fauna, beaches and cliffs.
In the province of Balikesir 18 km south of Bandirma is a bird preserve with over 200 species; it is an important stopover and rest area for many European species.
In the province of Tunceli, this park has -streams full of trout, springs, flora and fauna.Camping, picnicking and fishing are possible.
www.turkishtravel.com /useful13.htm   (1369 words)

  
 Emeğin Partisi - EMEP - The Party of Labour
Despite the police barricades, labourers in Adana (an important industrial and agricultural province in the South Region of the country; it is also the province where the US Incirlik military base is situated) marched to the city centre.
In spite of all the efforts -in some places there were outright threats- of the employers, administrators and the police forces to obstruct the manifestations, the labourers protested the forces supporting the war and drew special attention to the fact that the only force capable of stopping this brutal war is the labourer people.
In some of the provinces our Party participated as a part of the Labour, Peace and Democracy Bloc and in others -where this was not possible- it participated on its own.
www.emep.org /docs/press/27march3.html   (1275 words)

  
 Emeğin Partisi - EMEP - The Party of Labour
On the other hand, Selcuk Atalay, an administrator of ATO stated that Bush was a fatal germ and that as the doctors of Turkey, theysaw it as their duty to warn the public about this germ.
KESK members gathering in one of the central spots of Giresun (province situated in the Black Sea region of the country)stated that the US aims to seize the resources of the Middle East under the name of the "Greater Middle East Project".
In Usak (a province situated in the Inner Aegean region), in Kayseri (a province situated in the Central Anatolian region), in Kocaeli (a province situated in the Thracian region, nearby to Istanbul) and in Northern Cyprus various big and small demonstrations were organized by the people against the NATO Summit.
www.emep.org /news/antinato3.html   (405 words)

  
 Kayseri
City in Turkey with 540,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate) at an elevation of 1,050 metres above sea level on the foot of the extinct volcano Mount Erciyes.
Kayseri has 3 covered bazaars, the oldest from the 15th century, which are all very much active.
Near Kayseri lies the ancient Hittite-Assyrian city of Kanesh, dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE, which holds thousands of clay tablets with cuneiform inscriptions, telling us about the economic life of the period.
www.i-cias.com /e.o/kayseri.htm   (387 words)

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