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Mount Kösedağ (Sivas)
Mount Kösedağ (), is a mountain range in the Suşehri district of Sivas province. It is known for the Battle of Kösedağ. History The battle between the Anatolian Seljuk State and the Mongols, which resulted in the defeat of the Seljuk State and its entry into the Mongol subordination, took place at the foot of the mountain. Geology and geomorphology Mount Kösedağ starts just north of Zara district and ends in Suşehri Suşehri (formerly: ''Endires'') is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Suşehri District.Mountains of Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivas Province
Sivas Province () is a province of Turkey. It is located in the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Its area is 28,164 km2 (the second largest province after Konya), and its population is 634,924 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayseri to the southwest, Kahramanmaraş to the south, Malatya to the southeast, Erzincan to the east, Giresun to the northeast, and Ordu to the north. Its capital is Sivas. Most of Sivas Province has the typical continental climate of the Central Anatolian Region, in which summer months are hot and dry, while winter months are cold and snowy. However, the northern part of the province shows some features of the oceanic/ humid subtropical Black Sea climate, while the eastern portion has influences of the Eastern Anatolian highland climate. This province is noted for its thermal springs. Districts Sivas province is divided into 17 districts (capital district in bold): History The route of the Silk R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suşehri District
Suşehri District is a Districts of Turkey, district of the Sivas Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Suşehri.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its area is 939 km2, and its population is 25,499 (2022). Composition There is one municipality in Suşehri District: * Suşehri There are 71 villages of Turkey, villages in Suşehri District:Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Köse Dağ
The Battle of Köse Dağ took place in eastern Anatolia on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol Empire, Mongol army under the general Baiju Noyan, Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later absorbed into the Mongol Ilkhanate. The Mongol Empire first achieved territorial contact with Rum in the early 1230s by conquering a large swathe of Greater Iran, western Iran, but largely left it alone over the next decade. Instead, under their general Chormaqan, Mongol armies subjugated Transcaucasia and reduced the Kingdom of Georgia to a vassal state. Relations deteriorated after the accession of to the Rum throne in 1237, and Mongol raids on Rum territory began in 1240. Two years later, Baiju, who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultanate Of Rum
The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. The name ''Rum'' was a synonym for the medieval Eastern Roman Empire and its peoples, as it remains in modern Turkish. The name is derived from the Aramaic () and Parthian () names for ancient Rome, via the Greek () meaning the Anatolia. The Sultanate of Rum seceded from the Seljuk Empire under Suleiman ibn Qutalmish in 1077. It had its capital first at Nicaea and then at Iconium. It reached the height of its power during the late 12th and early 13th century, when it succeeded in taking key Byzantine ports on the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. In the east, the sultanate reached Lake Van. Trade through Anatolia from Iran and Central Asia was developed by a system of caravanserai. Especially strong trade ties with the Genoese forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires, largest contiguous empire in human history, history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, mounting invasions of Southeast Asia, and conquering the Iranian plateau; and reaching westward as far as the Levant and the Carpathian Mountains. The Mongol Empire emerged from the unification of several nomad, nomadic tribes in the Mongol heartland under the leadership of Temüjin, known by the title of Genghis Khan (–1227), whom a council proclaimed as the ruler of all Mongols in 1206. The empire grew rapidly under his rule and that of his descendants, who sent out Mongol invasions, invading armies in every direction. The vast transcontinental empire connected the Eastern world, East with the Western world, West, and the Pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zara, Turkey
Zara is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Zara District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 11,636 (2022). The mayor is Fatih Celik (MHP). The town is 70 km. (appr. 45 miles) away from downtown Sivas. History In antiquity, Zara () was a town in the northern part of Armenia Minor, or perhaps more correctly in ancient Pontus, Pontus, on the road from Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea to Satala, and on the road from Arabissus to Nicopolis (Pontus), Nicopolis.Economy Historically, silver was extracted from lead in Zara. Coal, asbestos, and arsenic were also produced in the area.Climate Zara has a dry-summer humid contin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suşehri
Suşehri (formerly: ''Endires'') is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Suşehri District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 15,960 (2022). The mayor is Ahmet Ayhan Kayaoğlu ( (Turkey), MHP), since 2024. Suşehri Municipality. Retrieved 2 June 2023. Name The first localization of Suşehri is 2 km east of the city centre. After the country, called Bulahiye, had collapsed by earthquakes started to grow with the name of Andıryas at the place where it is now. In Kurdish languages, Kurdish the known as Bilekan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doğa
Doğa (meaning ''nature'' in Turkish) or Birdlife Turkey is an organisation which defends the rights of nature in Turkey, both birds and biodiversity in general. It is the Turkish partner of BirdLife International, and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Erciyes University helped with the national bird observations database Kuşbank, which is part of eBird. See also KuzeyDoğa KuzeyDoğa (Northeastern Nature) is a Turkish conservation non-governmental organization operating primarily in the far eastern section of the country, with a focal area ranging from the shores of the Black Sea to Mount Ağrı (Ararat). Histor ... References {{Reflist Nature conservation organizations based in Turkey BirdLife partners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
