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State Road D750 (Turkey)
D.750 is a north to south state road in Turkey. It starts at Zonguldak at the Black sea coast and ends at the junction of D.400 near Tarsus in the Mediterranean Region. It crosses many state roads (like D.100, D.715, D.300, D.330 and D.805). Itinerary Connections to motorways There are a number of connections to motorways of Turkey. Connections to O-4 are in Bolu and Ankara provinces. Connections to O-21 are in Konya, Adana and Mersin provinces and connection to O-51 is in Mersin province. References and notes {{State roads in Turkey 750 __NOTOC__ Year 750 ( DCCL) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 750 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ... Transport in Zonguldak Province Transport in Bolu Province Transport in Ankara Province Transport in Konya Province Transport in Aksaray Province Transport in Niğde Pr ...
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Zonguldak
Zonguldak () is a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli and the coal trade remains its main economic activity. According to the 2009 census, Zonguldak has a population of 108,792. The current mayor is Ömer Selim Alan, representing the AKP. Etymology There are several different theories concerning the origin of the city's name: * That it comes from ''Zone Geul-Dagh'', the name given to the area by French and Belgian mining companies from French "zone" and a French spelling of Turkish Göldağı ('Lake Mountain'), the highest mountain in the vicinity of the Devrek district. * That the name came from Turkish which means "swamp", or . * That the name may derive from the name of the nearby ancient settlement of Sandaraca or Sandarake (in Ancient Greek Σανδαράκη). * That the name may have come from "jungle" (which the French entrepreneurs called the area due ...
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Şereflikoçhisar
Şereflikoçhisar is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 148 km south of the city of Ankara. According to 2010 census, population of the district is 35898 of which 29,091 live in the town of Şereflikoçhisar and the remainder in surrounding villages. The district covers an area of 2,034 km², and the average elevation varies between 900 and 1,200 m, with the highest point being Mt. Karasenir at 1,650 m. The area is a flat dry plain, the only water being Hirfanlı reservoir and the salt lake Lake Tuz. The countryside is inhospitable, with minerals extracted from the salt lake being a major source of income. Therefore, the rural population is migrating to nearby towns or abroad. Demographics Name The name derives from the Seljuk Turkish castle of ''Koçhisar''. The prefix ''Şerefli'' meaning "honourable" was added by Atatürk in recognition of the men of the town lost at the battle of Gallipoli. History Şereflikoçhi ...
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State Roads In Turkey
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Otoyol 51
Otoyol 51 ( en, Motorway 51), abbreviated as O-51, aka Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu ( en, Adana-Erdemli Motorway), is a toll motorway in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ..., connecting the cities Adana and Mersin. The motorway is on its full length of part of international routes as of International E-road network, European routes European route E90, E90 and E982 and Asian Highway 84. The motorway starts from the western terminus of O-52 in Central Adana, runs westward reaching the south terminus of Pozantı-Adana Motorway Otoyol 21, O-21 northeast of Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus, continues southwest to Mersin bypassing it at north and terminates in Erdemli. There are plans to extend the motorway to Silifke. Exit list ''Light blue indic ...
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Otoyol 21
Otoyol 21 ( en, Motorway 21), abbreviated as O-21, a.k.a. Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu ( en, Ankara-Tarsus Motorway), is a completed toll motorway in the Central Anatolia and Mediterranean regions in Turkey. Currently, it is connecting Otoyol 20 from Gölbaşı, Ankara with the Adana-Mersin Motorway O-51 at Tarsus in Mersin Province. On its full length, it is part of the European E90. The last part of the highway opened on 16 December 2020. Exit list See also * List of highways in Turkey The three types of intercity roads in Turkey • Motorways are controlled-access highways that are officially named ''Otoyol''. But it isn't uncommon that people in Turkey call them ''Otoban'' (referring to Autobahn) as this types of roads ent ... References External links Exit list of O-21Mersin road map< ...
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Otoyol 4
Otoyol 4 ( en, Motorway 4), named Anatolian Motorway ( tr, Anadolu Otoyolu) and abbreviated as O-4, is a toll motorway connecting the northwestern Marmara Region to the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey. It runs parallel to the D.100 for more than half of its length and then parallels the D750 for most of the eastern half. The O-4 is a major expressway in Turkey as it connects eastern Istanbul and the heavily urbanized northeastern shore of the Sea of Marmara to the nation's capital, Ankara. The O-4 also makes up part of the International E-road network E80 and E89 as well as the AH-1 of the Asian Highway Network. The O-4 is the longest completed motorway in Turkey spanning , just longer than the O-52. The partially-opened O-5 is expected to surpass the length of the O-4, when it is completed in 2019, with a total length of . but nowadays the longest motorway in Turkey is Otoyol 21 with the opening Ankara- Niğde section. Construction of the O-4 began in 1984 and was w ...
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Mersin Province
Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir. Next largest is Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. The province is considered to be a part of the geographical, economical and cultural region of Çukurova, which covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay. The capital of the province is the city of Mersin. Etymology The province is named after its biggest city Mersin. Mersin was named after the aromatic plant genus ''Myrsine'' ( el, Μυρσίνη, tr, mersin) in the family Primulaceae, a myrtle that grows in abundance in the area. The 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi has recorded in his ''Seyahatnâme'' that there was also a clan named Mersinoğulları in ...
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Pozantı
Pozantı ( gr, Πενδοσις, Pendhòsis, formerly ar, الْبَدَندُون, el-Bedendûn) is a town and a district in the Adana Province of Turkey. The town is in the highlands of Çukurova, and is a major gateway to the Mediterranean coasts. Pozantı stands in the foothills, at the bottom of one of the few passes through the mountains. The mayor is Mustafa Çay ( MHP). History Pozantı has had a number of names. In antiquity it was ''Pendonsis'' or ''Pendosis'', to the Arabs ''El Bedendum'', and finally ''Bozantı'' and ''Pozantı'' in Turkish. Standing at the entrance to a pass across the Taurus Mountains, Pendonsis was strategically important, as the gateway between the high plain of Anatolia and the low plain of Cilicia or Çukurova and the Middle East beyond. Pozantı has passed through the hands of Hittites, Persians, Alexander the Great, Rome and Byzantium. Muslim forces moved through the area in the period of the Abbasids, followed by the Turks after the Battle ...
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Adana Province
Adana Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey located in central Cilicia. With a population of 2.26 million, it is the sixth most populous province in Turkey. The administrative seat of the province is the city of Adana, home to 79% of the residents of the province. It is also closely affiliated with other Cilician provinces of Mersin, Osmaniye, and Hatay. Geography The southern and central portion of the province mostly falls within the Çukurova Plain (historically known as the Cilician Plain), to the north, the plains give way to the Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları''). The provinces adjacent to it are Mersin to the west, Hatay to the southeast, Osmaniye to the east, Kahramanmaraş to the northeast, Kayseri to the north, and Niğde to the northwest. Governance Two levels of government are involved in the administration of the Adana Province: the Central and the Provincial. Adana Governorship is the provincial branch of the Central government and Adana Pr ...
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Ulukışla
Ulukışla is a town and district of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It covers an area of 1,502 km², and the altitude is 1,427 m. Population is 22,728 of which 5,594 live in the town of Ulukışla. The town of Ulukışla lies in a valley between the Medetsiz and Bolkar ranges of the Taurus Mountains, throughout history an important crossing from the Mediterranean to the plains of Konya and other parts of central Anatolia. This is a mountainous district and minerals including gold, silver, lead, coal and limestone have been mined here over the centuries. The climate is dry and the vegetation typical of the dry steppes of central Anatolia, summers are hot and dry, winters are cold and it snows. Wheat is grown in the valley. History There are burial mounds höyük and other signs of occupation going back to the Hittites and even earlier. The area was later occupied by Phrygians, and Romans. the tomb of Faustina the Younger, wife of Emperor Marcus Aure ...
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Niğde Province
Niğde Province ( tr, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the southern part of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Population is 341,412 (2013 est) of which 141,360 live in the city of Niğde. The population was 348,081 in 2000 and 305,861 in 1990. It covers an area of 7,312 km2. Neighbouring provinces are Kayseri Province, Kayseri, Adana Province, Adana, Mersin Province, Mersin, Konya Province, Konya, Aksaray Province, Aksaray and Nevşehir Province, Nevşehir. The province is surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges: the Taurus Mountains, Mount Hasan, and the Melendiz Mountains. Districts Niğde province is divided into 6 Districts of Turkey, districts (capital district in bold): *Altunhisar *Bor (District), Niğde, Bor *Çamardı *Çiftlik (District), Niğde, Çiftlik *Niğde *Ulukışla Some of the towns within these districts are Bademdere, Bahçeli, Niğde, Bahçeli, Çiftehan, Darboğaz, Fertek and Kemerhisar. Etymology Known in antiquity as ''Nakita'' or ''Nahita'' ...
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Konya
Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it Darü'l-Mülk, meaning "seat of government". In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. As of 2021, the population of the Metropolitan Province was 2,277,017, making it the sixth most populous city in Turkey, and second most populous of the Central Anatolia Region, after Ankara . Of this, 1,390,051 lived in the three urban districts of Meram, Selçuklu and Karatay. Konya is served by TCDD high-speed train ( YHT) services from Istanbul and Ankara. The local airport ( Konya Havalimanı, KYA) is served by flights from Istanbul. Etymology of Iconium Konya was known in classical antiquity and during the medieval period as (''Ikónion'') in Greek (with regular Medieval Greek apheresis ''Kón ...
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