Sivas

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Sivas is a historic city in central Turkey that served as an important political, commercial, and cultural center in Anatolia, especially during the Seljuk and Ottoman periods.

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Sivas canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
administrativeDivision Central district of Sivas Province
climate continental climate
continent Asia
country Turkey
demographics predominantly Turkish population
elevation about 1285 meters
event Sivas Congress of 1919
formerName Cabira
Megalopolis
Sebaste
surface form: Sebastea

Sebaste
surface form: Sebastia
governedBy Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanids

Ottoman Empire
Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
hasLandmark Gök Medrese
surface form: Buruciye Medrese

Gök Medrese
Sivas Congress Building
Sivas Grand Mosque
Çifte Minareli Medrese
hasUniversity Sivas Cumhuriyet University
historicalEra Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine period

Ottoman period
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman period

Seljuk Rum period
surface form: Seljuk period
historicalRegion Anatolia
isCapitalOf Sivas Province
knownFor Ottoman architecture
Seljuk architecture
caravanserais
madrasas
thermal springs
language Turkish
locatedIn Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia

Sivas Province
locatedOnRiver Kızılırmak basin
population hundreds of thousands
regionSpecialty Sivas kangal dog
Sivas köfte
religionHistory important center of early Christianity
seat of a bishopric in late antiquity
roleInEvent center of Turkish National Movement in 1919
timeZone TRT (UTC+3)
transport Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport
railway junction
wasImportantAs commercial center in Anatolia
cultural center in Anatolia
political center in Anatolia

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