Kahramanmaraş Tourist Map With Attractions Visiting Places

Kahramanmaras, between the old and people with the name Maraş province and the most populous city in the eighteenth Turkey. As of 2016, it has a population of 1,112,634. Independence Medal was given to the city on April 5, 1925 by the Turkish Grand National Assembly due to the resistance to invasion during the War of Independence. Maras was renamed Kahramanmaras on February 7, 1973.

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Etymology
It was used as a capital city during the Early Iron Age and Late Hittites and it was known as Kurkuma for the Luwians and Markas for the Assyrians. It was conquered by the Assyrians in 711 BC and was officially renamed Markas. The name of Kahramanmaraş before the War of Independence was Maraş. After the War of Independence, he was awarded with the Medal of Independence and then, on 7 February 1973, with the decision of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, he was given the title of 'Hero'. At the same time, the name of Maraspor was changed to Kahramanmaraspor.

history
The finds recovered from the caves in the village of Döngel in Tekir Valley indicate that the human settlement started in the Upper Palaeolithic; Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. In 2009, during the excavations in the center of Kahramanmaraş M.S. A number of mosaics on the Germanicia Antique City dating back to 300-400 were found and work was started on them.

The city, referred to as "Markasi" or "Markas" in the Assyrian inscriptions, became the capital of the Kingdom of Gurgum, a Late Hittite state. When the Assyrians annexed the Kingdom of Gurgum in 711 BC, Markas became the center of the province. Later, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Seljuks, Mamluks, Dulkadiroğulları and Ottomans dominated the city.

Maras was given the title of Heroism by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 7 February 1973 due to the resistance of the people during the Independence War and its name was changed to Kahramanmaraş.

It remained under the sovereignty of the Turks who settled in Anatolia at the end of the 11th century. Maraş, which was occupied by the Mongols in 1243, was the Dulkadiroğulları during the reign of the Anatolian Principalities.

War of Independence
The place of Kahramanmaraş in the War of Independence is explained in more detail especially in the articles of Turkish-French Front and Maraş Defense.

Republican period
Issued in 2012 6360 by Law No. boundaries of metropolitan municipalities, which was established in Kahramanmaras in Turkey in 2014 after the provincial and territorial boundaries of local elections began to study metropolitan municipality.