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Tarsus pictures - Turkey

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I quote heavily from the Enc. Brit.: Tarsus is an ancient city, on the alluvial plain of ancient Cilicia. It’s the birthplace of St. Paul. Excavations show that, with some interruptions, settlements had existed there from Neolithic to Islâmic times. Tarsus' prosperity between the 5th century BC and the Arab invasions in the 7th century AD was based primarily on its fertile soil, its commanding position at the southern end of the Cilician Gates (the only major pass in the Taurus Range), and the excellent harbour of Rhegma, which enabled Tarsus to establish strong connections with the Levant. The first historical record of Tarsus is its rebuilding by the Assyrian king Sennacherib (705–681 BC). Thereafter, Achaemenid and Seleucid rule alternated with periods of autonomy. In 67 BC Tarsus was absorbed into the new Roman province of Cilicia. The famous first meeting between Mark Antony and Cleopatra took place there in 41 BC. And of course Paul of Tarsus was born here. During the Roman and early Byzantine periods, Tarsus was one of the leading cities of the Eastern Empire, with an economy based on agriculture and an important linen industry. Modern Tarsus continues to be a prosperous agricultural and cotton-milling centre.

A viewer contributed: In medieval times, Tarsus had a stirring history: in 831 the Byzantines lost the city to the Abbasid caliph Al Ma’mun. In 882 the Tulunids (from Egypt) took over, and some decades later the Hamdanids (from Syria). In 965 Nicephorus Phocas restored the Byzantine rule over the region for the next century.
After the Byzantine defeat against the Seljuk Turks in Manzikert (1071), the majority of Byzantine land in Central and South-Anatolia was overrun by the Turks, including the Tarsus region. The First Crusade (1097) drove them away, and Tarsus was handed over to a Byzantine garrison.
In 1132 a new chapter of Tarsus’ history opened, when the Armenian princes of Cilicia established themselves as independent rulers. Tarsus became one of their capital cities; when the Rhoebenian prince Lewon II was crowned ‘King of Lesser Armenia’ in 1198 (the title was granted to him by the Holy Roman - German - emperor Henri IV, and confirmed by the Byzantine emperor Alexios III), this important event took place in the cathedral of Tarsus.
The city experienced a period of great prosperity that ended in 1266, when the Arabs destroyed the royal palace and the cathedral. The Armenian king Osjin (1308-1320) managed to retake the city, and had himself crowned here, but half a century later Tarsus was lost definitively to the Ramazanoğulları, who acted in name of the Mamluk sultan of Egypt (1359). In 1515 the whole region became Ottoman, under Selim I.
These two centuries of Armenian rule (1132-1359) explain the prominent presence of Armenian churches in Tarsus, and the important Armenian minority in the city’s population up to 1915.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: (amongst others) ‘Guides Bleus: Turquie’ – Edition 1986 & Wikipedia.

TARSUS

Büyük oranda Brittannica Ansiklopedisi’nden alıntı yapıyorum: Tarsus eski Klikya’nın alüvyal ovasında tarihi bir şehir. Aziz Paul’un doğum yeri. Kazılar göstermektedir ki; belli boşluklar dışında, Neolitik Çağ’dan İslami döneme kadar orada hep yerleşim olmuştur. Tarsus’un MÖ 5. yüzy&#

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Old houses all over town
Old houses all over town
St. Pauls church in Tarsus
St. Pauls church in Tarsus
The Ulu Camii in Tarsus
The Ulu Camii in Tarsus
Yeni Hamam
Yeni Hamam
Gravesite of the Prophet Daniel
Gravesite of the Prophet Daniel
The Old Mosque or Eski Camii
The Old Mosque or Eski Camii
Tarsus's museum
Tarsus's museum
Roman road in Tarsus
Roman road in Tarsus
St. Paul's well
St. Paul's well
Tarsus's Bedesten
Tarsus's Bedesten
Bilal Mescit
Bilal Mescit
Tarsus 4418
Tarsus 4418
Müftü Mescidi
Müftü Mescidi
Kubad Paşa Medresesi
Kubad Paşa Medresesi
Tarsus 4342
Tarsus 4342
Tarsus 4407
Tarsus 4407
Tarsus 4398
Tarsus 4398
Tarsus 4399.jpg
Tarsus 4399.jpg
Tarsus 4400
Tarsus 4400
Tarsus 4402
Tarsus 4402
Tarsus 4403
Tarsus 4403
Tarsus 4405
Tarsus 4405
Statue of Kutalmışoğlu Süleiman Şah
Statue of Kutalmışoğlu Süleiman Şah
Tarsus 4425
Tarsus 4425
Tarsus 4426.jpg
Tarsus 4426.jpg
Cleopatra's Gate
Cleopatra's Gate
Tarsus 092007 0548.jpg
Tarsus 092007 0548.jpg
Tarsus 092007 0552.jpg
Tarsus 092007 0552.jpg
Felah Oğlu Muhammet Nurretin mausoleum
Felah Oğlu Muhammet Nurretin mausoleum
Tarsus dec 2008 7502.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7502.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7503.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7503.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7504.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7504.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7514.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7515.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7516.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7517.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7518.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7521.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7522.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7523.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7524.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7525.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7526.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7527.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7529.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7532.jpg
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Tarsus dec 2008 7533.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7574.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7574.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7575.jpg
Tarsus dec 2008 7575.jpg
Tarsus 2010 1973.jpg
Tarsus 2010 1973.jpg
Tarsus 2010 1974.jpg
Tarsus 2010 1974.jpg
Tarsus 2010 1975.jpg
Tarsus 2010 1975.jpg
Tarsus Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii 0952.jpg
Tarsus Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii 0952.jpg
Tarsus Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii 0953.jpg
Tarsus Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii 0953.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0954.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0954.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0955.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0955.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0956.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0956.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0962.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0962.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0963.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0963.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0985.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 0985.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 1011.jpg
Tarsus December 2011 1011.jpg
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