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    The Central Anatolia region (Turkish: İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara, the capital of...
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    Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost...
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    ruled parts of Anatolia in the 12th and 13th centuries. According to Ahmet Nezihî Turan the first Kurdish settlement in Central Anatolia was named Kürtler...
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    established in 1393. Its capital was first Ankara in central Anatolia, but then moved to Kütahya in western Anatolia. Its reported area in the 19th century was...
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    Georgia in the north, the Central Anatolia Region in the west, the Mediterranean Region in the southwest, the Southeastern Anatolia Region and Iraq in the...
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    Qutalmish in 1077, just six years after the Byzantine provinces of central Anatolia were conquered at the Battle of Manzikert (1071). It had its capital...
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    Area Inner Central Black Sea Area Eastern Black Sea Section Eastern Black Sea Coast Area Upper Kelkit - Çoruh Gully Area Central Anatolia Region Konya...
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    northwest of Adana. Stretching inland from the Aegean coastal plain, the Central Anatolia Region occupies the area between the two zones of the folded mountains...
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  • The history of Anatolia (often referred to in historical sources as Asia Minor) can be roughly subdivided into: Prehistory of Anatolia (up to the end...
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    earliest representations of culture in Anatolia can be found in several archaeological sites located in the central and eastern part of the region. Stone...
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  • following is a list of regions of Ancient Anatolia, also known as "Asia Minor," in the present day Anatolia region of Turkey in Western Asia. Alasiya...
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    Kangal in Sivas Province, the easternmost province of the Central Anatolia Region in central Turkey. The coat colour varies from pale fawn to wolf grey...
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    The Central Anatolia Region (Turkish: Orta Anadolu Bölgesi) (TR7) is a statistical region in Turkey. Kırıkkale Subregion (TR71) Kırıkkale Province (TR711)...
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  • HDP in the general election in June 2015. Kurdish tribes Kurds of Central Anatolia Çelikhan Sincik van Bruinessen, Martin (2016). "The Kurds as objects...
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    was an Anatolian beylik of Salur tribe origin, centered in South-Central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Province. From the mid 14th century...
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    Yedikır Dam Yenihayat Dam Yusufeli Dam There are 75 dams in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Turkey. 4 Eylül Dam, Sivas Ağcaşar Dam, Kayseri Akhasan...
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    The Central East Anatolia Region (Turkish: Ortadoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) (TRB) is a statistical region in Turkey. Malatya Subregion (TRB1) Malatya Province...
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  • history of Asia Minor Eastern Anatolia Region, a region in Turkey Central Anatolia Region, a region in Turkey Southeastern Anatolia Region, a region in Turkey...
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    Classical Anatolia is Anatolia during classical antiquity. Early in that period, Anatolia was divided into several Iron Age kingdoms, most notably Lydia...
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    Sumerian and Aramaic languages The Hattians occupied the land of Hatti in central Anatolia and are documented at least as early as the empire of Sargon of Akkad...
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    Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million...
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  • government is seated in the central district (merkez ilçe). For non-metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of...
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    Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe...
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    2011), similar to neighbouring Bulgaria, to 27.9 per 1,000 in Southeast Anatolia (TFR 3.53) (27.1;3,42 in 2011), similar to neighbouring Syria. Similarly...
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    Μαλακοπή; Latin: Malacopia) is a town in Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Derinkuyu District. Its population...
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    to Anatolia or non-native. Hattian rulers were gradually replaced by Hittite rulers. The Hittite kingdom was a large kingdom in Central Anatolia, with...
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    Hattians (category Ancient peoples of Anatolia)
    an ancient Bronze Age people that inhabited the land of Hatti, in central Anatolia (modern Turkey). They spoke a distinctive Hattian language, which was...
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    found. The impressive and dangerous aurochs survived into the Iron Age in Anatolia and the Near East and were worshipped throughout that area as sacred animals;...
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    -ˈdoʊkiə/; Turkish: Kapadokya, Greek: Καππαδοκία) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It is largely in the provinces of Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray...
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    2nd millennium BC. The Hittites formed a series of polities in north-central Anatolia, including the kingdom of Kussara (before 1750 BC), the Kanesh or Nesha...
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