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	Sivas, Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sivas is the provincial capital of Sivas Province in Turkey.
		The Sivas Congress, which laid the foundations of the modern Turkish Republic, was held in this city on 4 September 1919.
		Sivas first appears in history as Sebaste : the name derives from Greek Î£ÎµÎ²Î±ÏÏÎ·, a translation of Latin Augusta in honor of the emperor Augustus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sivas

	Genocide1915.info - The Armenian Genocide History Chronology
		In Sivas Province the population in all the Armenian villages is disarmed.
		The mass arrest of Armenian political leaders is carried out in Sivas and other provinces.
		The Ittihadist Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda, the vice-governor of Seghert, is appointed governor-general of Bitlis Province.
	www.genocide1915.info /history_chronology.asp

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Sip-Sk)
		Sivas is a city in central Turkey, capital of Sivas Province, on the Kizil Irmak River.
		Sissili is a province of southern Burkina Faso.
		Siquijor is an island province in the Philippines 32 km south of Sebu.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GS2B.HTM

	Chronology of the Armenian Genocide -- 1915 (January-March)
		In Sivas Province the population in all the Armenian villages is disarmed.
		In Sivas Province a general attack is reported on many Armenian villages accompanied by raping, looting, and an increasingly larger number of killings.
		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 /1915-1.html

	Sivas
		In Sivas province are the famous spas Sicak Cermik (warm) and Soguk Cermik (cold).
		Sivas, an important commercial center stood, during the Middle Ages, at the junction of the caravan routes to Persia and Baghdad.Between 1142 and 1171, it was the capital of the Danismend Emirs and a vitally important urban center during Seijuk rule.
		In 1919, the decision to liberate Turkey from the occupying foreign powers was made by the National Congress which had convened in Sivas.
	www.homemadetravel.com /html/sivas.htm

	Sivas
		The province of Sivas contains the city of Kangal, famous for the sheep dog known as the "Kangal." The province also contains the village of Balikli Kaplica, where bubbles up a spa of warm water saturated with magnesium and calcium.
		Sivas was of the acropolis type of village, the citadel situated atop a rocky hill in the center of town.
		The village of Sivas is still important as a trade route inland from the Black Sea, and still processes iron ore. Agriculture is not overly important here, as the season is short.
	www.ancientroute.com /cities/sivas.htm

	History of Armenians in Sivas (Sepastia)
		The people of the city of Shabin Karahisar, in the Sivas province, took refuge in the old citadel of the town and fought for a whole month and were overcome only because of starvation.
		Sivas, the provincial capital of Lesser Armenia was built during the Roman ascendency by Queen Pudotoris of Capadocia during the first quarter of the first century B.C. and was named Augustus or Sevastia in honor of the Caesar Augustus.
		In the Sivas district, about 10,000 of them, after being disarmed, were used as laborers and craftsmen in the area of the Sivas vilayet until June 1916.
	www.distancelearning.am /remembrances/sivas/abridgment.htm

	SIWARD, EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA - LoveToKnow Article on SIWARD, EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA
		~i1echithar, the founder of the Mechitharists (q.v.) and of the famous monastery at Venice, was born (1676) at Sivas.
		In 1021 Senekherim, king of the Armenian province of Vaspuragan (Van), ceded his dominions to Basil II., and became the Byzantine viceroy of Sebasteia and the surrounding country.
		The climate is good, the average elevation of the province being over 3500 ft., and the soil fertile.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIWARD_EARL_OF_NORTHUMBRIA.htm

	Central Anatolia, Turkey, Ýç Anadolu Bölgesi
		The carpets and kilims of Sivas have a fame surpassing the borders of Turkey, and they are known for the originality of their colors and designs, superior quality and matchless workmanship.
		Sivas, which is on the route of international trade roads, is very rich in historical and tourist assets.
		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

	Sivas
		Lucy Arivian/Hagopian was born in the village of Perkenik in the Vilayet of Sivas in 1875/76
		Besides being the capital of Ruminli, the former Seljuk province of Cappadocia, it is the place of residence for a French and American consular representative, and an agent of the Russian government for the collection of the war indemnity, stipulated in the treaty of '78.
		Sivas was connected to Ankara in 1930 and Samsun and the black Sea in 1932.
	www.maggieblanck.com /Azarian/Sivas.html

	Sivas - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sivas
		Ancient Sivas stood on the main caravan route to Persia and Baghdad, and was an important trading station for its Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Turkish overlords.
		Sivas contains an outstanding collection of Seljuk mosques and seminaries, built in the 13th century during the height of its medieval prosperity.
		The Mongols occupied the city from the late 13th century until the arrival of the Ottomans in 1396; although permanent control was not achieved by the Turks until 1408.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sivas

	Sivas, Turkey, Pictures
		Sivas, city in central Turkey, capital of Sivas Province, on the Kizilirmak River.
		In the late 12th century Sivas was part of the Seljuk empire of Rum; it fell to the Mongols before being incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
		In 1919 Sivas was the site of a nationalist congress held by the Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk).
	www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Turkey/Sivas_city.html

	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Sivas Museum
		Sivas Main Room: The main room, where guests were entertained in Sivas mansions in Ottoman Period, has been arranged as it was in old times with the stove - heating system, ornamented curtains, divan, mattress, pillow sitting places and sherbet cups.
		Documents belonging to all decisions taken in Sivas during and after Sivas Congress, Presidency Mansion - Atatürk Special Archive, Special Archive of General Staff Presidency Military History Commission and attaché, the samples of the documents in the archives of Atatürk Research Center Presidency are exhibited in the museum.
		On November 1st 1983, Sivas Museum has been moved to the high school building, where the historical congress has been held on September 4th 1919, and Buriciye Madrasa has been repaired in order to be used as Archeology and Stone Works Museum.
	www.kultur.gov.tr /portal/arkeoloji_en.asp?belgeno=3054

	S^W$S [IX:689b]
		The factory established in Sivas for the construction and repair of locomotives and waggons remains one of the major industrial enterprises of the province.
		However, even though Sivas had originally been selected as a meeting-site because it was considered one of the safest places in Turkey, in the end Ankara with its rail connections, became the seat of the National Assembly.
		Andreas Mordtmann, Sen., visited Sivas in the middle of the 19th century, but although he paints a rather pessimistic picture, he estimated the population at approximately 50,000.
	www.encislam.brill.nl /data/EncIslam/S8/SIM-7078.html

	LATEST FIGURES
		The province centers with highest particulate mater concentration in the same period are; Rize, Sakarya, Sivas, Bayburt, and Zonguldak.
		Province centers with highest decreaese of particulate matter are Bilecik (Bozuyuk) (46 %), Bingol (43 %), Kahramanmaras (42 %), Erzincan (41 %), and Bilecik (Merkez), Erzurum, and Kýrýkkale (31 %).
		Province centers with highest decreaese of sulphurdioxide (SO2) concentration are; Samsun (Merkez) and Nigde (Merkez) (49 %), Corum (32 %), Aydin (30 %), Erzincan (29 %), and Kahramanmaras (28 %).
	www.die.gov.tr /ENGLISH/SONIST/CEVRE/250196.html

	ernk-interview-january-1996.txt
		Interview With Dogan Roj, ERNK European Representative In the province of Sivas in central Turkey, 450km east of Ankara, there has been intense fighting over the past few days between units of the ARGK, the armed wing of the PKK, and the Turkish army.
		Sivas is a stronghold of the Islamic Welfare Party (Refah), which received about 22% of the vote and was thereby the winner in the recent early general election.
		In Sivas, many people are loyal to the Turkish state.
	www.etext.org /Politics/Autonome.Forum/Kurdistan/PKK.ERNK.ARGK/ernk-interview-january-1996.txt

	BACK TO THE GOLDEN RULE
		In modern times, its population was 133,000 in 1970 and it is the capital of Sivas province.
		Sivas, about 300 miles east of Ankara, was first known as the Roman city of Sebasteia near the end of the 3rd century and remained an important provincial capital under the Ottoman Empire.
		Considering that Mehmet Emin, the ancestor who came to Istanbul from Sivas in 1830, was an Imam and the son of an Imam, the family may have had several Imams over the generations.
	www.geocities.com /aileermutlu/yediemir.html

	WJ Childs on Kangal Dogs, c. 1917
		Sivas province contains the district of Kangal, and it was and is the center of Kangal Dog territory.
		This excerpt describes his travels through Sivas province, accompanied by his "insolent" Turkish guide and an araba (horse-drawn wagon) with driver.
		Kayadibi now is a small town about 40 km southwest of the city of Sivas, and 100 km or so northeast of the town of Kangal.
	www.beautdogs.com /Childs-Kayadibi.html

	Sivas_TurhanAkca.html
		Sivas City (Province) is a very old and historical.
		Sivas is one of the riches city for Seljuk monuments.
		The province is as big as Suis for land.
	www.khm.de /projects/worldvideo/Portrait/Places/Sivas_TurhanAkca.html

	Republic of Turkey Governorship of Sivas
		At first,Karate in Sivas began to be done at a historical building Taþhan.Later the trainings began to be done at ‘’Gençlik ve Spor Ýl Müdürlüðü Halls’’(Province Youth and Sport Directions Halls) where trainings were accelerated.There are 89 licensed sporters and one honorory trianer at this branch.
		In Sivas, at amateur league level, football is played by young men and adult men in two divisions (first and second divisions) and for the aged group 13-16 it is played in one division.
		Inhabitants of Sivas have got all these neccessary descriptions.There are more successful runners at distance running than technical branch.This sport is done by 144 licensed sporters in Sivas.
	www.sivasemniyet.gov.tr /ENG/SOCIAL/SPO.htm

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results
		The landslide struck the village of Sugozu near the town of Koyulhisar in central Anatolian Sivas province early in the morning, an official in the local governor's office in Koyulhisar said.
		Sivas province is some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of Ankara.
		Hasan Canpolat of Sivas told the Anatolia news agency that 21 houses were buried in the landslide...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=Sivas&refid=ency_botnm&COOKIE=NO&token=E044CA485AB7462784DB7EF254CB6EB8

	Ataman Hotel - Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriði
		It is bordered on the east by Ýliç, in Erzincan province; on north and west by Ýmranlý and Kangal, both in Sivas province; on the south by Hekimhan, in Malatya province.
		Divriði is a county seat in Sivas province located in eastern Anatolia.
		During the reorganization of Sivas in 1922, it became a county seat.
	www.atamanhotel.com /whc-divrigi.html

	Türk Pediatri Arþivi
		The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage in pretem infants aged between 28-37 gestational weeks in Sivas province.
		Peri-Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Preterm Infants in Sivas Province
		The study was carried out on 47 preterm infants in the unit of neonatology of Cumhuriyet University Hospital.
	www.turkpediatriarsivi.org /summary_en.php3?id=168

	Press Release
		These new attacks on the Kurds of Sivas, coming at a time when the PKK has adhered to a unilateral cease-fire, show that the Turkish government is determined to resolve the Kurdish question by way of force alone.
		They said: "People are under pressure and abandoning their homes." (Reuters World Report, February 7, 1996.) According to a CHP report, Turkish troops have arrested almost 500 villagers and 75 village leaders in the last four months.
		The people living in these villages are Kurdish Alewites, followers of a moderate Islamic faith considered too liberal by fundamentalists and too supportive of the Kurdish liberation movement by the Turkish state authorities.
	www.kurdistan.org /AKIN/021296.html

	Character of the Massacres
		West of Sivas, in the ancient province of Cappadocia, is the city of Cesarea.
		It is said to be a fact, that the Kaimakim (Governor) of Gurun telegraphed to the Vali (Governor-General of the Province) at Sivas, saying in effect, ‘ You may rest assured that there is not an Armenian left in Gurun.’ The Armenians at Gurun made some resistance to being butchered and suffered worse for it.
		It is the capital of the province and the trade centre of a large section.
	armenianhouse.org /bliss/turkey/25-massacres.html

	Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Divrigi district in Sivas province in Eastern Anatolia
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=358

	Journal of Political and Military Sociology: Ordered to Die. A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War
		This excerpt, that combines the input of the military commander of the Special Organization contingent of Sivas province and the imprimatur of that province's civilian governor-general, is a classic example of the ease and frivolity with which military and civilian Turkish officials throughout the war framed and compiled reports of this nature.
		Thirty thousand Armenians from Sivas province avowedly had launched a rebellion in the thick of the war.
		Furthermore, in Sivas were headquartered the reserve units of the Xth army Corps of the Third Army.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3719/is_200301/ai_n9197749/pg_3

	N5.htm
		The province with the best situation along the track of the eclipse is Sivas which will be full of amateur and professional observers.
		The Sivas Province Director of Tourism said that 200 Japanese scientists and astronomy enthusiasts have begun checking out possible reservations in the city.
		Sivas Director of Tourism, Vahap Sumbuloglu, also said that while the number of tourists coming to Sivas was not normally over 400 daily, (including those visiting 17 regional districts) they welcomed this surprise that nature had presented to them.
	www.byegm.gov.tr /yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/1997/3/N5.htm

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