Niğde
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Niğde is a city and is located in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Niğde Province and Niğde District. Its population is 170,511. It lies at an elevation of 1,276 m.
View from Niğde Castle
Statue from Köşk Höyük in the Niğde Archaeological Museum.
An old photograph of Niğde center
Late Hittite stele fragment from Andaval, plaster cast in the Niğde Archaeological Museum.
Tyana
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Tyana, earlier known as Tuwana during the Iron Age, and Tūwanuwa during the Bronze Age, was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatoli
Niğde
…Byzantines and Turkic peoples. In the early Middle Ages, it was known as Magida (Greek: Μαγίδα), and was settled by the remaining inhabitants of nearby Tyana after it fell to the Arabs in 708/709. By the early 13th century Niğde was one of the largest cities in Anatolia. After the fall of the Sultanate of…
Tyana, Cappadocia, Turkey
İvriz relief, depicting Warpalawas II (smaller, on the right) worshipping the Storm-god Tarḫunzas (taller, on the left)
Artifacts from Tyana in Niğde Archaeological Museum
Tyana archeological site