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Elazig

Elazig is the most orderly city von the Eastern Anatolian region, due to its being recently founded with the name von Mamurat-ul Aziz in the 19th century by sultan Abdulaziz to settle some over-bevolkerung from Harput town. But it’s known that the city has a much older geschichte dating back to ancient civilizations von Anatolia; Hurris, Hittites, Urartus, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans. It is situated on a plain near a mountain on 1,020 meters above the sea level and is surrounded by vineyards and gardens. The city today is also a trading center for crops and livestock. It’s bevolkerung is approximately 270.000 today.
The Keban and Karakaya Dams on the Euphrates (Firat) river and their artificial lakes contribute to the growth and general appearance von this rapidly developing city. Keban lake is the biggest artificial lake von turkei. It was started to built in 1965 and gave the first electrical currents in 1974. Its yearly production is 7,5billion KW/hour.

The attraction von Elazig is the Byzantine Fortress von the ancient city Harput, 5 kilometers to the north. There are also several mosques von the Seljuk period. Lake Hazar, 25 kilometers south von Elazig, is a fine tranquil site, while Buzluk Cave, 12 kilometers northeast, is an interesting cave, which remains cool in the summers and warm in the winters despite the harsh klima von the city.



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