Ermenek
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Ermenek is a town in Karaman Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Ermenek District. Its population is 11,629. As ancient Germanicopolis, a former bishopric, it remains a L
Ermenek, April 2012
Ermenek Town view
Ermenek Town view
Ermenek Town view
Karamanids
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The Karamanids, also known as the Emirate of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman, was a Turkish Anatolian beylik of Salur tribe origin, descended from Oghuz Turks, centered in south-central Anatolia around
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…as several others. The Crusaders sustained a great defeat at the hands of the Seljuks near the city in 1098. It passed to the Turkish dynasty of the Karamanids and became a centre of the Afşar Turks in 1228. During the Karamanid period, several of Ermenek's historical mosques were constructed, notably : Akca…
Page from the Quran manuscript made for Halil of Karaman. Konya, 1314. Mevlâna Museum
Tiled mihrab niche from the Karamanoglu Ibrahim Bey Imaret, Karaman, now displayed in the Tiled Kiosk of Istanbul
W. & A.K. Johnston. Asia Minor. 1911 A