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Taşköprü (Beyşehir)
Taşköprü (from the Turkish, for "Stone bridge") may refer to: Places * Taşköprü, Düzce *Taşköprü, Kastamonu, a district in Kastamonu Province, Turkey * Taşköprü, Kulp * Taşköprü, Mustafakemalpaşa * Taşköprü, Sultandağı, a village in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey *Taşköprü, Yalova, a village in Yalova Province, Turkey Buildings * Tashkopryu Mosque, a historic mosque in Plovdiv, Bulgaria * Taşköprü (Adana), an Ancient Roman bridge in Adana, Turkey * Taşköprü (Beyşehir), a historic regulator dam and bridge in Byşehir district of Konya Province, Turkey *Taşköprü (Kars) Taşköprü, or the Stone Bridge, is a stone three-arch bridge over the Kars River, northwest of Kars city center and directly south of the Castle of Kars. The bridge is 53.5 m long and 8.40 m wide. The bridge was built in 1579 of ashl ..., a bridge in Kars, Turkey * Taşköprü (Silifke), a bridge in Silifke district of Mersin Province, Turkey {{DEFAULTSORT:Tasko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taşköprü, Düzce
Taşköprü is a neighbourhood () in the Düzce District of Düzce Province in Turkey. Its population is 740 (2022). The village has a significant Circassian population, and was officially called Çerkez Taşköprü until 2023 when it was demoted from village () status, during which the ethnonym An ethnonym () is a name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and used ... ''Çerkez'' was removed. This caused controversy among the Circassian community who are currently campaigning to reverse these changes. References Villages in Düzce District {{Düzce-geo-stub Circassian communities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taşköprü, Kastamonu
Taşköprü ( "stone bridge") is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Taşköprü District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 17,048 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of . The town takes its name from the stone bridge constructed in the 13th century by the Chobanids over the Gök River. The 68 meter span is supported on seven arches and still carries automobile traffic. Taşköprü is 42 km from |
Taşköprü, Kulp
Taşköprü () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kulp, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... and had a population of 135 in 2022. References Neighbourhoods in Kulp District Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province {{Diyarbakır-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taşköprü, Mustafakemalpaşa
Taşköprü is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province Bursa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir Province, Balıkesir to the west, K ... in Turkey. Its population is 87 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in Mustafakemalpaşa District {{Bursa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taşköprü, Sultandağı
Taşköprü is a village in the Sultandağı District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... Its population is 94 (2021). References Villages in Sultandağı District {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taşköprü, Yalova
Taşköprü (literally "stone bridge") is a coastal town (''belde'') in Çiftlikköy District of Yalova Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,271 (2022). Taşköprü is situated on a peninsula. It is from Çiftlikköy on the Turkish state highway D.575. Taşköprü was founded by a group of Turkish families from Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ... (which had recently gained independence) in 1902. The name of the settlement refers to a 400-year-old Ottoman bridge at the east of the town. References Town municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Çiftlikköy District {{Yalova-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkopryu Mosque
The Tashkyopryu Mosque (; ), or the Stone Bridge Mosque, is a mosque, located in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, built by Ottoman Turks in 16th century during their 500-year rule in today's Bulgaria. It is currently the third mosque in Plovdiv which is in good condition after Dzhumaya Mosque and Imaret Mosque. It is currently inactive despite efforts and demands, mainly by Turks of Bulgaria, to give active status for it. History Tashkyopryu Mosque was built to answer the growing need of the Muslim community for worshiping places in developing Plovdiv (''Filibe'' at that time), which was a Muslim dominated city with an 80% Turkish majority in the 16th century. The mosque was built at the western skirts of the city centre as a result of the start of Turks moving to city center from surrounding villages. The mosque functioned properly until the First Balkan War. After the Balkan Wars, Tashkopryu Mosque kept its importance and activity until 1928, when an earthquake destroyed its minaret. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Bridge (Adana)
Taşköprü (, ), historically known as Ponte Sarus, is a Roman bridge spanning the Seyhan River in Adana that was probably built in the first half of the second century AD. The bridge was a key link in ancient trade routes from the Mediterranean Sea to Anatolia and Persia. Until its closure in 2007, it was one of the oldest bridges in the world open to motorized vehicles. Since 2007 it has only carried foot traffic, and now hosts social and cultural events. Among the names used for the bridge during its history are the Saros Bridge, the Bridge of Justinian, the al-Walid Bridge and Taşköprü ("Stone Bridge" in Turkish). History Taşköprü carries traces of additions and restorations by several civilizations. The History of the Hittites, Hittite king Hattusili I is reported to have built a bridge in Adana en route to a military campaign in Syria, although it is not clear whether this was Adana's first bridge across the Seyhan River (then known as the Sarus). Victor Langlois (his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Bridge (Beyşehir)
Taşköprü, translated to Stone bridge, is a combined regulator dam and bridge located in Beyşehir district of Konya Province, central Turkey. It was constructed as a flood barrier as part of the irrigational Konya Plain Project on the ground of a ruined 8–10 arched bridge between 1908 and 1914. Its completion was delayed due to repeated flooding at the Lake Beyşehir. The dam was commissioned by Albanian Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmed Ferid Pasha of Vlorë (in office 1903–1908), (). Regulated water draining off the lake contributed to the rise of the formerly droughty and quaggy Konya Plain into a "granary". Taşköprü is situated over the Beyşehir-Soğla-Apa Canal close to the Lake Beyşehir. The -long and -wide ashlar-masonry combined dam-bridge structure has two level of 15 arches and floodgates Floodgates, also called stop gates, are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. They may be designed to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Bridge (Kars)
Taşköprü, or the Stone Bridge, is a stone three-arch bridge over the Kars River, northwest of Kars city center and directly south of the Castle of Kars. The bridge is 53.5 m long and 8.40 m wide. The bridge was built in 1579 of ashlar basalt blocks as part of a program of works in Kars by Lala Mustafa Pasha, who became Sultan Murad III's grand vizier Grand vizier (; ; ) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Soko ... the following year. This bridge was subsequently destroyed by a flood, and it was rebuilt in 1719 (some records say 1725) by Karahanoğlu Haci Ebubekir Bey, one of the leaders of Kars. It was restored by the 18th Region of the Highways Directorate in 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
