Erzurum: Turkey

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. It is surrounded by Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the south, Erzincan and Bayburt to the west, Rize and Artvin to the north and Ardahan to the northeast.
Geography
The surface area of Erzurum is the fourth biggest in Turkey. The majority of the province is elevated. Most plateaus are about 2,000 m (6,500 ft) high from sea level, and the mountainous regions beyond the plateaus are 3,000 m (9,800 ft) and higher. Depression plains are located between the mountains and plateaus. (more…)

Erzincan: Turkey

Erzincan: Turkey
Erzincan is a small city in the East Anatolian region of Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingol, Elazig, Malatya, Gumushane, Bayburt and Giresun. The city is located at the point where 39° 45’ 12� North-parallels and 30° 20’ 28� east meridians intersect. The altitude of the city is 1185m. The population is around 300000. Erzincan is located on a seismically very active fault zone and was struck by several severe eathquakes in the history. The last major earthquake was in 1992. The city is very famous for the special cheese called “Tulum Peyniri� in Turkish.

Edirne: Turkey

Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Variations on the name of the city, founded as Hadrianopolis, include Adrianople, Edreneh, and Odrin. Conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1362, the city served as the Ottoman capital from 1365 until 1453. Edirne is the capital of Edirne Province and its estimated population in 2002 was 128,400.
The Selimiye Mosque, built by Sultan Selim II in 1575 and designed by Ottoman master architect Sinan, has the highest minarets in Turkey, at 70.9 meters.
The area around Edirne is also the site of no fewer than 15 major battles or seiges, from the ancient Greeks to the Romans modern day Turks, the last such encounter happening during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.

Edirne: Turkey

Edirne: Turkey
Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Variations on the name of the city, founded as Hadrianopolis, include Adrianople, Edreneh, and Odrin. Conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1362, the city served as the Ottoman capital from 1365 until 1453. Edirne is the capital of Edirne Province and its estimated population in 2002 was 128,400.
The Selimiye Mosque, built by Sultan Selim II in 1575 and designed by Ottoman master architect Sinan, has the highest minarets in Turkey, at 70.9 meters.
The area around Edirne is also the site of no fewer than 15 major battles or seiges, from the ancient Greeks to the Romans modern day Turks, the last such encounter happening during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.

Diyarbakir: Turkey

Diyarbakır: Turkey
Diyarbakir is a city in Turkey, situated on the banks of the River Tigris. The city’s population is 1,244,273 (2005), but including the slums surrounding the estimated population is above one and half million.
Nicknamed “The Paris of the East�, it is capital of the Diyarbakir Province.
The city is the unofficial capital of the Kurdish regions of Turkey and it is also the capital of the great Kurdistan. Situated in the fertile crescent, it is a city of great antiquity having been inhabited for at least 5,000 years. It was the capital of the ancient Armenian empire, then known as the Armenian name Tigranakert. It was known as Amida in Roman times, and was renamed Diyarbakir (tr. Bakr’s Dream) after being captured by the Arabs in 629. (more…)