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Sivas Vilayet
The Vilayet of Sivas (, ) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, and was one of the Six Armenian vilayets. The vilayet was bordered by Erzurum Vilayet to the east, Mamuretülaziz Vilayet to the south-east, the Trebizond Vilayet to the north and Ankara Vilayet to the west. At the beginning of the 20th century it had an area of , while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 996,126.Keane, A.H. (1909) ''Asia'' (2nd edition) E. Stanford, London, volume 1page 459 The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered. History The Vilayet of Sivas was created in 1867 when eyalets were replaced with vilayets under the "Vilayet Law" (Turkish: ''Teşkil-i Vilayet Nizamnamesi'') and was dissolved in 1922 by Atatürk's reorganization. From 1913 to 1916, Ahmed Muammer was the '' Vali'' (governor) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilayet
A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated by the Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856. The Danube Vilayet had been specially formed in 1864 as an experiment under the leading reformer Midhat Pasha. The Vilayet Law expanded its use, but it was not until 1884 that it was applied to all of the empire's provinces. Writing for the ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' in 1911, Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard claimed that the reform had intended to provide the provinces with greater amounts of local self-government but in fact had the effect of centralizing more power with the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sultan and Islam in the Ottoman Empire, local Muslims at the expense of other communities. Names The Ottoman Turkish ''vilayet'' () was a loanword linguistic borrowing, borrowed from Arabic language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Utah Press
The University of Utah Press is the independent publishing branch of the University of Utah and is a division of the J. Willard Marriott Library. Founded in 1949 by A. Ray Olpin, it is also the oldest university press in Utah. The mission of the press is to "publish and disseminate scholarly books in selected fields, as well as other printed and recorded materials of significance to Utah, the region, the country, and the world." The University of Utah Press publishes in the following general subject areas: anthropology, archaeology, Mesoamerican studies, American Indian studies, natural history, nature writing, poetry, Utah and Western history, Mormon studies, Utah and regional guidebooks, and regional titles. The press employs seven people full-time and publishes 25 to 35 titles per year. The press has over 450 books currently in print. Prizes The University of Utah Press awards five annual or biennial prizes for scholarly and/or literary manuscripts. *The Wallace Steg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yıldızeli
Yıldızeli is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Yıldızeli District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 6,420 (2022). Since March 2024, the mayor has been Yaşar Göktaş, ( MHP). Yıldızeli has a broad and colorful history and culture. Various social communities reside in Yıldızeli, such as Alevis, Turkmens, Circassians, etc. The district has a lot of touristic places as well as hot springs which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gürün
Gürün is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gürün District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 10,657 (2022). The mayor is Nami Çiftçi ( MHP). History Ancient history The city was inhabited during the Old Assyrian Kingdom and . Ancient rock caves dating to 2000 BC are located in the district. The caves would have ...[...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] |
Kangal
Kangal is a town in Sivas Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Kangal District.İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 8,948 (2022). The current mayor is Ahmet Kürşad Apaydın from the Great Unity Party (BBP). History Kangal was known in the time of emperor Diocletian under the name ''Euspena'' and later during the as ''Spynin''. The Byzantine general[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pınarbaşı, Kayseri
Pınarbaşı (, ) previously known as Aziziye is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. It was first established in 1863 by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, Abdülaziz. In 1863, Lozade Mahmut Efendi was appointed as the first mayor of Pınarbaşı. Its area is 3,418 km2, and its population is 21,240 (2022). History Ariarathia, Ariarateia (Greek language, Greek: ''Ἀριαράθεια''; Latin, Roman: ''Ariarátheia'') or ''Ariarátia'' (present-day Pınarbaşı in Kayseri, Turkey) was a Cappadocia, Cappadocian city founded by Ariarate IV (r. 220–163 BC), in the region at the time known as Sargarausena. It was incorporated into the Roman Empire upon the annexation of Cappadocia as a province by Emperor Tiberius. In the 4th century, more precisely during the reign of Constantine the Great, Constantine (r. 306–337), the eastern portion of Cappadocia was separated to form Lesser Armenia. In the middle of the same century, Lesser Armenia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divriği
Divriği (; ) is a town of eleven thousand people in Sivas Province, Turkey, and is the district capital of Divriği District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. The town lies on a gentle slope on the south bank of the Çaltısuyu river, a tributary of the Karasu river which flows into the . The 13th century [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darende
Darende ( ) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,482 km2, and its population is 24,588 (2022). It lies to the northwest of Malatya, south of Sivas, east of Kayseri. History Darende had been known by various names including ''Taranda/Daranda'', and ''Derindere''. It has been presumed that the district had been inhabited since 7000-5000 BC due to the estimations made for the nearby archaeological sites such as Arslantepe and Cafer Höyük. The first known administrative unit in Darende was reportedly established by Hittites. One of the Hittites remains within the district is a pair of lion statues residing around ''Arslantaş'' region, the west of Darende. In chronological order, the governance to date was controlled by Hittites, Mitanni, Assyrians, Achaemenids, Romans, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Seljuks, Danishmends, Rum Seljuks, Ilkhanids, Eretnids, Dulkadirids, Mamluks and Ottomans. Due to the configuration of the natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafik
Hafik is a town in Sivas Province of 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 .... It is the seat of Hafik District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 3,594 (2022). The mayor is Harun İsa Gültay ( MHP). References Populated places in Sivas Province[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şarkışla
Şarkışla is a town in the Central Anatolian Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Şarkışla District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 23,707 (2022). The mayor is Kasim Gültekin (Great Unity Party, BBP). Aşık Veysel, one of the most famous Turkish folk literature, Turkish folk poets and folk music singers of the 20th century were born in Şarkışla, as well as another earlier poet (19th century) named Aşık Sefil Kanberi. The well known Turkish originated female Dutch people, Dutch politician Nebahat Albayrak was born (1968) in Maksutlu village of this town as well. Şarkışla has all the characteristics of Central Anatolian climate in all seasons. The weather is mostly sunny and dry, and the clouds are hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bünyan
Bünyan is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,210 km2, and its population is 29,704 (2022). History Evidence that the history of Bunyan is very old can be understood from the existing caves and ruins in the villages near the district. It is understood that it dates back to the Hittites from 4000-1200 BC. It was Turkified during the Anatolian Seljuk State, which experienced Iranian, Assyrian and Roman cultures. The region was annexed to the lands of the Ottoman Empire by Yavuz Sultan Selim in 1515. The district, which used to be called Sarımsaklı, was removed from the Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) district of Sivas Province in 1895 and became a district by gaining the name of Bünyan-ı Hamid. This name means "The Structure of Hamid". As a result of the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in 1908, the Ottoman Sultan II. With the abdication of Abdülhamid, the name Hamid was abolished and his name continued as Bünyan. In 1912, it was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
