Location of Batman Province Batman is a Turkish province in the predominantly Kurdish[1][2] southeast of Anatolia, with a population of slightly less than 500,000. The Batman River flows though the area. The province is important because of its oil reserves and production. The oil refinery was founded in 1955. There is a 494 kilometers long oil pipeline from Batman to the Turkish town of Iskenderun. Cotton is the main agricultural product. A railway line connects Batman with Diyarbakır and Elazığ. The name is short for the Bati Raman mountains. Image File history File links Batman_Turkey_Provinces_locator. ...
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Provinces of Turkey are called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i). ...
Anatolia lies east of the Bosphorus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Anatolia (or Anatolian Peninsula) is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asiatic portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion, the Thrace. ...
The Batman River is a tributary of the Tigris in southeast Turkey. ...
İskenderun, formerly known in the west as Alexandretta or previously as Scanderoon (Arabic Ø§ÙØ¥Ø³ÙÙØ¯Ø±ÙÙ al-ʼIskandarÅ«n), is a city in the Turkish province of Hatay. ...
Cotton ready for harvest. ...
Diyarbakır (Ottoman Diyar-i Bekr Ø¯ÛØ§Ø±Ø¨Ú©Ø± land of the Bekr as derived from Arabic[1]; Kurdish Amed; Syriac ; Greek Amida; Armenian Ô±Õ´Õ«Õ¤ Amid) is a major city in southeastern Turkey situated on the banks of the River Tigris, and the seat of Diyarbakır Province. ...
Location of ElazÄ±Ä Province ElazÄ±Ä Province is a province of Turkey with its seat in the city of ElazıÄ. This province is also the source of the Euphrates river. ...
Batman (246,700 inhabitants)[citation needed] is the provincial capital. Batman (short for Batı Raman Mountains), also known as Elih or Iluh, is a city on the Batman River in the predominantly Kurdish[1][2] southeast of Turkey. ...
The province is also of interest from an archaeological point of view. Sights include the Imam Abdullah Dervish monastery and the bridges of Camiü‘r Rızk and Hasankeyf. Hasankeyf on the Tigris River Hasankeyf is in Batman Province, southeast Turkey â an area mainly settled by Kurds. ...
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The Kurds are an Iranian-speaking ethnic group who consider themselves to be indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. ...
See also The Ilısu Dam Campaign is a UK based campaign working to stop the construction of the Ilısu Dam on the river Tigris in south east Turkey. ...
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Batman (short for Batı Raman Mountains), also known as Elih or Iluh, is a city on the Batman River in the predominantly Kurdish[1][2] southeast of Turkey. ...
BeÅiri is a district of Batman Province, Turkey. ...
GercüŠis a district of Batman Province, Turkey. ...
Hasankeyf on the Tigris River Hasankeyf is in Batman Province, southeast Turkey â an area mainly settled by Kurds. ...
Kozluk is a district of Batman Province, Turkey. ...
Sason is a district of Batman Province, Turkey. ...
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