Nizip ( gkm, Nisibis or Nisibina; ota, نزيب) is a town and district of

Gaziantep Province Gaziantep Province ( tr, ) is a province in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region. Its capital is the city of Gaziantep. It neighbours Ad ...

of southeastern

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. As of 2010, the population of the city is 96,229. It is located 45 km from the city of

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

, 95 km from

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(

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), and 35 km from

Karkamış Karkamış is a town and district of Gaziantep Province in southeastern Turkey, next to the site of ancient Karkemish. The population of the town was 2,998 in 2010. It is a border checkpoint on the road to Jarabulus in Syria. In 2004, 8,071 v ...

, which is an old city also known historically as

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Notable people

Cahit Tanyol Hüseyin Cahit Tanyol (1914 – 11 August 2020) was a Turkish writer, poet, and sociologist, often regarded as the father of Turkish sociology. Early life and education Hüseyin Cahit was born in 1914 in the town of Nezib, then located in the vil ...

, Turkish sociologist * Celal Doğan (1943*), former mayor of

and president of

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, lawyer, and politician *

Mehmet Ali Yaprak Mehmet Ali Yaprak (1949 in Nizip – 4 January 2004) was a Turkish businessman and drug trafficker, who was involved in the Susurluk scandal. He died in Kartal Prison in January 2004 after falling into a diabetic coma. Yaprak was kidnapped on 25 ...

(1949-2004), Turkish businessman and drug trafficker *

Mustafa Cengiz Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Early life Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, southeastern Tu ...

(1949-2021), businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. *

Mehmet Görmez Mehmet Görmez (born 1959) is the former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs ( tr, Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı from November 2010 to 31 July 2017, commonly known as ''Diyanet'') and as such legally the highest level Islamic scho ...

(1959*), former President of the

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and as such legally the highest level

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scholar in Turkey and the

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. *

Zihni Çakır Zihni Çakır (born 1969, Nizip) is a Turkish journalist and author known for publishing several books on the Ergenekon organization. Background Çakır was born in 1969 in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, and graduated from Ankara University Facult ...

(1969*), journalist and author * Ali Şahin (1970*), Turkish politician who has been Deputy Minister of European Union Affairs since January 2016. *

Abdulhamit Gül Abdulhamit Gül ( tr, Abdülhamit Gül; born 12 March 1977) is a Turkish politician and former Minister of Justice. He is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey from Gaziantep. He was previously the General Secretary of the Justice ...

(1977*), a Turkish politician. Currently, he is the

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. He is a member of the

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from

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Populated places in Gaziantep Province Districts of Gaziantep Province Aleppo vilayet {{Gaziantep-geo-stub

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