İngilizce Adana Tanıtım

Modern Era

From the end of the Renaissance to the modern era (1517–1918), the Ottoman Empire ruled the area

In the 1830s, in order to secure Egypt’s independence for the Ottoman Empire, the army of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the viceroy of Egypt, invaded Syria on two occasions, and reached the Adana plain The subsequent peace treaty secured Egypt’s independence, but (at the insistence of Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia) required the evacuation of all Egyptian forces from Syria, and its return to Ottoman sovereignty In the aftermath, Adana was established as a province in its own right

In 1909 Adana was the location of the Adana massacre[5] Turkish scholars and some others refer to the event as the Adana rebellion, based on a thesis of its underlying causesf orumdasnet

After World War I, the Ottoman government surrendered control of the city to French troops, and an Armenian troop equipped by French was sent to occupy the city During the Turkish War of Independence, Adana was strategically important Mustafa Kemal came to the city on October 31, 1918, and stayed there for eleven days As a result, he decided to fight against the Allies, and the idea of Kuvayi Milliye was born

Turkish nationalists fought against Allied forces, and on October 20, 1921, the Treaty of Ankara was signed between France and the Turkish Grand National Assembly Based on the terms of the agreement, France signified the end of the Cilicia War; afterwards French invasion troops together with the Armenian volunteers[7] withdrew from the city on January 5, 1922

On 30 January 1943, Adana played host to Winston Churchill, determined to secure Turkey’s entry into the Second World War on the side of the Allies, for a conference with the President İsmet İnönü (Adana Conference) The Turkish neutrality and İnönü’s policy based on rationing concessions to both sides meant that the conference remained without substantial results

Adana today

Adana has become an international metropolis, stretching and swallowing its neighbors Adana is the marketing and distribution center for the Çukurova agricultural region, where cotton, wheat, corn, soy bean, barley, grapes and citrus fruits are produced in great quantities The main industries of the city are textile manufacturing, leather tanning, and wool processing The houses in Adana have flat tops, and the roofs serve as bedrooms for the inhabitants during the hot summers

The city of Adana today is administered by three district council authorities: Seyhan, Yüreğir, and Karaisalı Seyhan is the more developed part of the city on the west bank of Seyhan river, Yüreğir is located on the east bank Karaisalı is best-known for growing myrtleberries (myrtus communis)

Adana KebabThe city is also famous for its cuisine, including; the Adana kebab; şalgam, a salty fermented juice made from turnips; Şırdan a kind of home-made sausage stuffed with rice, and eaten with cumin; paça, boiled sheep’s feet; bicibici (pronounced as bee-jee-bee-jee) made from diced semolina, rose water and sugar and served with crushed ice, consumed especially in summer time Furthermore, the city has a number of famous desserts, such as Halka Tatlı a round shaped dessert and Taş Kadayıf a bow shaped dessert Several types of fruit, including the apricot, are native to this area

NATO’s Incirlik Air Base is located in town of İncirlik, 12 km (7 mi) east of Adana Shopping in Adana is enhanced the ‘American bazaar’ a street market selling new and second-hand goods that have seeped out of the Incirlik Air-base

Mr Aytaç Durak has been the mayor of Adana for two terms: 1984 – 1989, 1994 – present He is a member of AK Parti

Sightseeing

Stone Bridge, built in part during the 6th-century reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, the oldest extant bridge in the world which is still in use

Yilanlı Kale The ruins of a castle dating from 782

Büyük Saat (The Great Clock), a large clock tower, was built by the local governor of Adana in 1882 Unfortunately, it was damaged during the French occupation but it was rebuilt in 1935, and its image can be found in the city’s coat of arms There are many historical buildings and tombs of local governors next to the Büyük Saat

The old bazaar, Kazancılar Çarşısı (Bazaar of Cauldron-Makers), founded around Büyük Saat, where Çarşı Hamamı (Bath of the Bazaar), a Turkish bath built in 1519 can be found

Bebekli Kilise (Church of Babies) is an old Catholic church located in the city center There are many historic houses in the street where the church is located