Place:Gaziantep, Turkey

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NameGaziantep
Alt namesGaziantepsource: Wikipedia
Gaziantep Ilisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Gaziantep Vilayetisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Gażiantepsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-60
Gażiantep provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates37.0°N 37.333°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoGüneydoğu Anadolu,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Carchemish
Inhabited place
Akçakoyunlu
Alahan
Araban
Barak
Burç
Elbeyl̇i
Fevżipaşa
Gażiantep
Güldüzü
K̇il̇is
Oğuzeli
Ċinġife
İslâḣiye
Ṅiżip
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Gaziantep Province 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. Its neighbours are Adıyaman to the northeast, Şanlıurfa to the east, Syria and Kilis to the south, Hatay to the southwest, Osmaniye to the west and Kahramanmaraş to the northwest.

An important trading center since ancient times, the province is also one of Turkey's major manufacturing zones, and its agriculture is dominated by the growing of pistachio nuts.

In ancient times, first under the power of Yamhad, then the Hittites and later the Assyrians controlled the region. It saw much fighting during the Crusades, and Saladin won a key battle there in 1183. After World War I and the Ottoman Empire's disintegration, it was invaded by the forces of the French Third Republic during the Turkish War of Independence. It was returned to Turkish control after the Treaty of Lausanne was signed, formally ending hostilities between Turkey and the Allies of World War I.

Originally known as Antep, the title gazi (meaning veteran in Turkish) was added to the province's and the provincial capital's name in 1921, due to its population's actions during the Turkish War of Independence.

Kilis Province was part of Gaziantep Province until it separated in 1994. Turks are the majority in the province.

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