Talas (Kayseri)
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Kayseri | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 41 ' N , 35 ° 34' E | |||
| Residents : | 75,098 (2008) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 352 | |||
| Postal code : | 38 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 38 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2009) | ||||
| Mayor : | Rifat Yıldırım ( AKP ) | |||
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| Talas County | ||||
| Residents : | 81,399 (2008) | |||
| Surface: | 329 km² | |||
| Population density : | 247 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Salih Bıçak | |||
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Talas is a city and a district in Central Anatolia in the Kayseri Province of Turkey . In 2008 the city had 75,098 inhabitants and the district 81,399. The district is located in the center of the province.
The history of Talas goes back to around 1500 BC. During this time different ethnic groups lived in the place. The Persians , Macedonians , Greeks and Romans conquered the place. The original name Moutaláskê was first mentioned here in 439. Talas belonged to the sphere of influence of the Byzantine Empire until the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 , in which the Seljuks defeated the Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes and occupied Anatolia . From this point on, the city was under the Sultanate of the Rum Seljuks and from 1467 under the Ottoman Empire .
After the First World War and the Turkish Liberation War in 1922, the Christian residents had to leave the city, including many Greeks and Armenians ( Treaty of Lausanne ).
The stately Greek Orthodox Marien Church, built in Ottoman times, is now used as a mosque.
The city was the site of the Talas American College until 1968 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Mari Gerekmezyan (1913–1947), Armenian artist and Turkey's first female sculptor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 19, 2009
- ↑ Gonca Buyukmihci, Zuhal Ozcan, Hale Kozlu: Three Greek Orthodox Churches from Kayseri, Turkey, and the Ethnic Composition of Ottoman Society . In: Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 51 (2007) 57-77, here 66-70.
