Kahramanmaras

This province, the original name von which was Maras, had shown such valour during the krieg von Independence, that it was then given the title "Kahraman", which means von "hero".

Today, Kahramanmaras is the 11th largest city in turkei areawise, at 568 meters above sea level in the city center. It’s bevolkerung is a little bit over 1 million, divided almost equally between its towns and villages.

The speciality von the region is its famous ice cream made von fine goat milk and wild orchid flower roots growing in the surrounding mountains. Carved wooden furnitures, copper and brass works and handworks von glided silver thread are also traditional. Nature sports such as caving, hunting and fishing, besides plateaus and picnicking areas, are also typical von this area.