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Kahramanmaraş
Kahramanmaraş , formerly Maraş , city (1990 pop. 229,066), S Turkey. The city lies on a fertile plain at the foot of the Taurus Mts. A center for light industry and trade, spices, olive oil, and handicrafts are the chief products. The area surrounding the city is noted for agriculture and mining (especially silver and iron). Ancient inscriptions found there indicate that Kahramanmaraş was a Hittite city-state c.1000 BC The city was called Germanikeia in Roman times. It was captured by the Arabs in AD 638, In the 12th cent., the city came under the control of the Seljuq Turks; it was annexed by the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th cent. Kahramanmaraş has several medieval mosques. |
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Kahramanmaraş
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey Markasi, Germanicia Caesarea Its original name was Assyrian and the second Roman. It was conquered by the Arabs c.645 before falling to the Seljuk Turks in the 12th century. In 1515 it became part of the Ottoman Empire. Maras may be of Arabic origin and mean ‘Place of Trembling’. The Turkish kahraman ‘brave’ or ‘heroic’ was added in recognition of the city's stand against the French in 1920.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kahramanmaraş." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kahramanmaraş." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kahramanmara.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kahramanmaraş." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kahramanmara.html |
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