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Commemorate the Battle of Marash
- After 1973, Maraş was officially named Kahramanmaraş with the prefix kahraman (Turkish word meaning "heroic") to commemorate the Battle of Marash.
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Maraş was called Germanicia Caesarea (Ancient Greek: Γερμανίκεια, Germanikeia) in the time of the Roman and Byzantine empires, probably after Germanicus Julius Caesar rather than the German people.
Today, Kahramanmaras is the 11th largest city in Turkey areawise, at 568 meters above sea level in the city center. It's population is a little bit over 1 million, divided almost equally between its towns and villages.
Kahramanmaraş Province (Turkish: Kahramanmaraş ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 14,520 km 2, [2] and its population is 1,177,436 (2022). [1] Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, and the traffic code is 46.
The epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on 6 February was in Kahramanmaras. More than 44,000 people are confirmed to have lost their lives in south-eastern Turkey and northern...
Mar 17, 2023 · Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. Last Updated on March 17, 2023. The southeastern city of Kahramanmaraş (map) is known for its long name, its agriculture, and its ice cream. For most of the city's long history it was known simply as Marash (mah-RAHSH, alt. 568 meters/1864 feet, pop. 250,000).
Feb 10, 2023 · In Kahramanmaras, a sports hall has been turned into a makeshift morgue. Bodies wrapped in blankets and bags lie on the floor as relatives hunch over them, trying to identify their loved ones.
Kahramanmaras was known as "Markasi" or "Maraj" in earliest ages. Located 78 kilometers north of Gaziantep, the province stands as a site of history, having a long past filled with numerous invasions. It was once the capital of Gurgum, a Hittite State in the 12th century BC.
