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Adiyaman is one of the oldest known settlements in history. Adıyaman palanlı cave in the investigations of the history of the City M.He. It is understood to date back 40,000 years. Again, historical findings in Samsat-Şereremuz Tepe M.he. 7th ed.Paleolithic until OOO, M.O. Neolithic to 5,000 years, M.He. 3.Chalcolithic to the Ooo years and M.O. Between 3.0 OO-1,200 years, it is understood that there were also Bronze Age periods. During this period, the region changed hands between the Hittites and the Mitannians and the fall of the Hittite State (m...

Afyonkarahisar is an extremely important region in terms of the Liberation War. The reasons for this can be summarized as follows: since it was the last stop of the Greeks, the national struggle for the future would begin on these lands. In addition, Afyonkarahisar achieved the unification of the congresses held in the east and the congresses held in the west by carrying out the Congress of Afyonkarahisar, which is one of the cornerstones of the civil resistance in the Aegean region, and the possible friction between the two regions was prevented by this meeting...

3) Turkish Domination In Afyonkarahisar : a) Seljuk and principalities period: After the victory of Malazgirt, the Byzantines did not recognize the treaty, the Great Turkish Sultan Alparslan, wanted the conquest of Anatolia from Kutalmışoğlu Süleyman Shah to the Aegean and Marmara. Suleyman Shah entered Anatolia at the head of the Turkish army as” commander-in-chief “and completed the conquest of Anatolia within a few years with the Raiders under the direction of such great commanders as” Artuk, Tutuk, Saltuk, Mengücek, Ebulkasım, and Atsız Bey"...

C) the Lydians (m.He. 660-546) : The Lydians who took the center of the ancient city of Sart in the province of Manisa. VII.it started to be seen from the century and the Cimmers ' M.He.With the collapse of the Phrygian rule in 660 years, the political domination of Lydia extended to Dinar, Dazkırı counties and Burdur province. M.He.After the Persians dominated Anatolia in 546, the Lydian period was also erased from history. Traces of this period can be seen in the southern part of our province...

226 m between the mountains with volcanic features in the city center. altitude, rugged, and a high Conical Hill called the Castle attracted the attention of people from the Hittites to the present the defense and although suitable for lower, middle and upper wall Sur cevrelener favorable to the defense, including three times more were brought to the location. Because of this feature, Hittites; HAPANUVA, Romans and Byzantines AKROINON, Seljuks, principalities and Ottomans karahisar-IDEVLE, KARAHISAR-I Sahib gave the name...

Folk Minstrels Karacaoğlan and Dadaloğlu are the first folk poets raised in the province. Besides these, his reputation there are also countless folk poets who do not exceed their surroundings. Take his instrument in his hand and hit Çukurova on the back of his provisions and Dadaloğlu, Aşık Yusuf, Ilbeylioğlu, Deli Boran, Aşık who started with Karacaoğlan who visited other lands Abdullah, Gündeşlioğlu, Kara Osman, Kul Halil, Kul Şeydi, Üçgözoğlu, Aşık Ali Ilhami, Aşık Ömer, Aşık Huseyin, Derdiçek,...

Folk literature and Minstrels tradition In Çukurova, the tradition of folk literature and lovers has been going on for centuries. many tales, legends, anecdotes, lamentations in research v.b. compiled. The best protection of these is love it's a tradition. Lovers in Adana, reeds(telden), reeds(dilden) are divided into two groups. Karacaoğlan, Dadaloglu is one of the most famous lovers. Apart from these in the region Aşık Yusuf, Deli Boran, Feymani, Osman Eyyubi, Aşık Abdullah, Gündeşlioğlu, Ilbeylioğlu,...

Adana Archaeological Museum The museum, originally housed in the Police Department, in 1928 Caferpaşa at the head of Taşköprü, which is now in ruins Mosque Madrasa, then the Greek Church in Kuruköprü he moved out. An ethnography Hall was added in 1935. In 1950 he moved to the present-day Ethnography building. This building was expropriated in 1960 it was. Construction of a new museum building in the Cultural Park in 1966 was introduced. In 1972, it began serving its present building. Alyanakzade...

The history of Adana province to the early ages (m.He. 3000) years it lies at. As a mansion on the banks of Adana's Seyhan River, it is presumed to have been established. The oldest written records of Adana for the first time, the most established in Anatolia it is found in the Cava inscriptions of the Hittites, which are one of their civilizations. Uru Adania from Adana and its surroundings in an inscription in these tribes It is mentioned as (Adana Town). Locality M.He. the name Danuna to the living tribes it is available in the records where it is issued...

Adiyaman In Ancient Times The Southeastern Anatolia region is a central region located between Mesopotamia in the south, Iran in the East, Eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the North, and the central Anatolian steppes in the west. The highlands of the eastern and Southeastern Anatolia region have been the scene of rare civilizations throughout human history, as they are a crossroads between the said regions of ancient civilizations that flashed away thousands of years ago (ERZEN, Afif: a history of the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia region Anatolia and Urartians-Ankara 1984 p...