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Batman
One of the southeastern Anatolian cities, Batman, is a little province which
takes its name from the river flowing on its west. The Batman river, spanned by
the old Malabadi Bridge, draws the province's border with Diyarbakir, and then
joins Tigris (Dicle) passing through the land. The southeastern extensions of
the Taurus Mountains on the other hand, stand on the eastern side of the region,
together with the 1288 m high Raman Mountain. Here is one of the main crude oil
production centres of Turkey, and the refinery at Batman was the first founded
one in the country.
The history of the province reaches back to antiquity, and the land saw numerous
dynasties throughout its long history. Once a part of the province of Siirt, the
district was especially eminent during the time of Abbasid Caliphate. Hasankeyf,
once the capital of a Seljuk state and a geopolitical center, being near the
Tigris, is now one of the city's districts, carrying the traces of a 2000 years
old history. On the Dicle River there is the old Hasankeyf Bridge. Other
significant places to visit are the tomb of Veysel Karani, a famous Islamic
religious thinker, and site of pilgrimage for thousands, and the Carsi Mosque.
Besiri, Kozluk, Sason and Gercus are other towns of Batman, and the city today
is a beautiful province with its natural, historical and cultural wealth, and
rapid industrial and economic development.
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