GAZİANTEP
AREA: 7.642 km²
POPULATION: 1.140.594 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 27
The province of Gaziantep is one of the
oldest culture centers of Southeastern
Anatolian region. The history of the city
extends to 4000 B.C years and most of the
civilizations were founded on the
surrounding lands. The city is located
between Mesopotamia and Mediterranean and is
at the intersection point of the roads
connecting east to south and north to west
and is also located on the historic Silk
Road. The province of Gaziantep hosts
findings, creations and structures of
Paleolithic, Neolithic and Calceolithic
Ages, Bronze Age, Hittite, Median, Asurian,
Persian, Alexander the Great, Selefkos,
Roman, Byzantine, Abbasi and Seljuk
civilizations periods. Beside its cultural
riches, Gaziantep is a tourism paradise with
its natural beauties, geography, rich
variety of food and shopping possibilities.
DISTRICTS: Gaziantap (center), Araban,
İslahiye, Karkamış, Nizip, Oğuzeli, Nurdağı,
Şahinbey, Şehitkamil, Yavuzeli.
SITES OF INTEREST: Düllükbaba forest
recreation area, Zincirli, Gedikli, Tilmen,
Kırışkal and Sakçagözü (Sakçagöze) tumuluses,
Dolikhe (Dülük), Kuzeyne, Korus, Belkıs and
Karkamış (Kargamış) settlement ruins from
antiquity Yesemek statutes, Gaziantep,
Tilbaşar, Rumkale, Karacaören and Ravanda
castles, Ömeriye, Boyacı (Kadı Kemaleddin)
Eyüpoğlu, Esenbek (İhsan Bey), Ali Nacar (Annacar),
Ali Dola (Ala'üd Devle), Tahtalı, Ağa,
Handaliye, Alaybey, Şeyh Fethullah, Şirvani
(İki Şerefeli), Akcurun, Canbolat Bey,
Şeyh,Şeyhler, Hindioğlu and Çalık mosques,
Ramazaniye (Ahmed Çelebi) old theological
school (medrese), Şeker, Pasha, Hışva, Emir
Ali, Millet, Kürkçü and Belediye Inns,
Zincirli and Kemikli bazaars, Eski, Pasha,
Şıh, Pazar, Naip, Tabak, Hoca, Hasan Bey and
Tuğlu baths, Şeyh Abdullah Efendi Lodge,
Debbağhane, Aynülleben, Yazıcık, Babilke and
IV. Murad bridges, Gaziantep Museum.
For more information
click here (REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY
OF CULTURE AND TOURISM)
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