Düziçi

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Düziçi
Location in Turkey
Location of Osmaniye Province
Overview
Region Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Province Osmaniye Province
Area 460 km²
Elevation 440 m
Coordinates NA
Area code 0328
Licence plate code 80

Düziçi is a town and a district of Osmaniye Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is located in a small plain in the foothills of the Nur Mountains and 440 m above from the sea level.

Düziçi is on a route from the Middle East to Anatolia and has seen numerous armies and campaigns throughout the centuries. There is a castle built by Abbasid caliph Harun Rashid following his capture of the area from the Byzantines in 797.

[edit] History

Following the battle of Malazgirt in 1071 Turks began to move into Anatolia and these hills were settled by the Avşar (Afshar tribe of the Turkmen, the last groups of Turks to arrive in Anatolia from Central Asia. The Ottomans took control in 1516 during the campaign against Egypt of Sultan Selim I. In the Ottoman period the town was known as Haruniye.

Düziçi is one of many places in the Çukurova area that claims association with the legendary 17th century folk-poet Karacaoğlan.

The town was occupied by the French forces after the First World War until the Turkish War of Independence.

[edit] Düziçi today

This is a farming district, growing peanuts, corn and wheat, irrigated by Berke reservoir.


[edit] Places of interest

  • The castle of Harun al-Rahshid.
  • The Haruniye hot springs.
  • Mount Düldül, a peak in the Nur Mountains


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