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Nizip (Medieval Greek: Nisibis or Nisibina; Ottoman Turkish: نزيب) is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 944 km2, and its population is 148,386 (2022).
It is located 45 km from the city of Gaziantep, 95 km from Şanlıurfa (Edessa), and 35 km from Karkamış.
Demographics
In early 20th century, the town housed 15,000 people and was mostly inhabited by Turks.
Composition
There are 109 neighbourhoods in Nizip District:
Notable people
Cahit Tanyol (1914–2020), Turkish sociologist
Mehmet Ali Yaprak (1949–2004), Turkish businessman and drug trafficker
Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K.
Mehmet Görmez (born 1959), former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs and as such legally the highest level Islamic scholar in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Zihni Çakır (born 1969), journalist and author
Ali Şahin (born 1970), Turkish politician who has been Deputy Minister of European Union Affairs since January 2016.
Abdulhamit Gül (born 1977), Turkish politician
Gallery
See also
Battle of Nizip
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pertempuran Nezib
- Kecelakaan Bus Turki 2022
- Daftar kota di Turki
- Pembagian administratif Turki
- Nizip
- Korucak, Nizip
- Keklik, Nizip
- Hancağız, Nizip
- Tanır, Nizip
- Yarımtepe, Nizip
- Çatalca, Nizip
- Mağaracık, Nizip
- Yağmuralan, Nizip
- Çanakçı, Nizip
