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Calala, New South Wales

Calala is a suburb of the Northern New South Wales city of Tamworth, administered by Tamworth Regional Council. In the 2016 census, Calala had a population of 3,927.

The suburb is 4.5 km southeast of the CBD of Tamworth and is connected to the city by Calala Lane, which continues through the suburb to form its main street. Calala Lane often becomes flooded in times of heavy rain, usually isolating the residents from the rest of the city but generally only for several hours at a time. Further along Calala Lane past the residential area of Calala is Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School and the New South Wales Department of Agriculture plant research institute.

Commercial area
A commercial shopping complex opened in 2006 which now serves the residents of Calala. The complex contains an IGA supermarket, fish and chip takeaway shop, bottle shop, butcher, pharmacy and Northwest Health GP clinic. Following an extension to the complex in late 2017, a Domino's pizza outlet is also part of this shopping centre. Calala also contains a smaller shopping centre consisting of a bottle shop, a takeaway shop and a small hippie clothing and giftware store.

Schools

 Carinya Christian School
 Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School, located just outside Calala

History 

The name "Calala" originates from the local aboriginal name for this area on what is now known as the Peel River. Various anglicised spellings of this name have been used, including "Kalala", "Kilala", "Kallala, and "Callala". The first house in the Calala area, built for Charles Hall in 1834, was named "Killala". An historical marker has been constructed on the northwest outskirts of Calala to recognise this construction.

References

Suburbs of Tamworth, New South Wales
Şenkaya

Şenkaya is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,381 km2, and its population is 16,035 (2022). The mayor is Yavuz Bedir (AKP).

Composition
There are 71 neighbourhoods in Şenkaya District:

 Akşar
 Aktaş
 Alıcık
 Aşağı
 Aşağıbakraçlı
 Atyolu
 Aydoğdu
 Balkaya
 Bereketli
 Beşpınarlar
 Beykaynak
 Çamlıalan
 Çatalelma
 Değirmenlidere
 Deliktaş
 Doğanköy
 Dokuzelma
 Dolunay
 Dörtyol
 Esence
 Esenyurt
 Evbakan
 Gaziler
 Gezenek
 Göllet
 Göreşken
 Gözalan
 Gözebaşı
 Gülveren
 Hoşköy
 İçmesu
 İğdeli
 İkizpınar
 İnceçay
 Kayalısu
 Kaynak
 Kireçli
 Köroğlu
 Köşkköy
 Kürkçü
 Nişantaşı
 Ormanlı
 Oyuktaş
 Özyurt
 Paşalı
 Penek
 Sarıkayalar
 Sarıyar
 Şenpınar
 Sındıran
 Söğütler
 Susuz
 Tahtköy
 Tazeköy
 Teketaş
 Timurkışla
 Turnalı
 Tütenocak
 Uğurlu
 Yanıkkaval
 Yaymeşe
 Yazılı
 Yelkıran
 Yeşildemet
 Yeşilkaya
 Yoğurtçular
 Yukarı
 Yukarıbakraçlı
 Yünören
 Yürekli
 Zümrütköy

References

 
Populated places in Erzurum Province
Districts of Erzurum Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Şenpazar

Şenpazar, formerly Şarbana, is a town in the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Şenpazar District. Its population is 1,609 (2021).

References

Populated places in Kastamonu Province
Şenpazar District
District municipalities in Turkey
Şereflikoçhisar

Şereflikoçhisar, formerly known as Koçhisar, is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,155 km2, and its population is 33,140 (2022). It is 148 km south of the city of Ankara. Its average elevation ranges between 900 and 1,200 m, with the highest point being Mt. Karasenir at 1,650 m.

The area is a flat dry plain, the only water being Hirfanlı reservoir and the salt lake Lake Tuz. The countryside is inhospitable, with minerals extracted from the salt lake being a major source of income. Therefore, the rural population is migrating to nearby towns or abroad.

Demographics

Name
The name derives from the Seljuk Turkish castle of Koçhisar. The prefix Şerefli meaning "honourable" was added by Atatürk in recognition of the men of the town lost at the battle of Gallipoli.

History

Şereflikoçhisar is believed to have been inhabited since the time of the Hittites and was a thriving town in the Seljuk and Ottoman Empire periods.

Composition
There are 64 neighbourhoods in Şereflikoçhisar District:

 Acıkuyu
 Acıöz
 Akarca
 Akin
 Akseki
 Aktaş
 Aliuşağı
 Bağobası
 Baltalı
 Boğaziçi
 Büyükdamlacık
 Büyükkışla
 Çalören
 Çatçat
 Çavuşköy
 Çayırönü
 Cıngıl
 Cumhuriyet
 Deliller
 Devekovan
 Doğankaya
 Ekici
 Eley
 Emek
 Fadıllı
 Geçitli
 Gülhüyük
 Hacıbektaşlı
 Hacıenbiya
 Hamzalı
 Haydarlı
 Hürriyet
 İstiklal
 Kacarlı
 Kadıncık
 Kadıobası
 Kale
 Karabük
 Karamollauşağı
 Karandere
 Küçükdamlacık
 Mehmet Akif Ersoy
 Mustafacık
 Musular
 Odunboğazı
 Palazobası
 Parlasan
 Sadıklı
 Sanayi
 Şanlıkışla
 Sarıkaya
 Şekerköy
 Şereflidavutlu
 Şeyh Kuyusu
 Şeyhli
 Seymenli
 Tuzla
 Üzengilik
 Yalnızpınar
 Yazısöğüt
 Yeni
 Yeşilova
 Yeşilyurt
 Yusufkuyusu

References

External links
 District governor's official website 
 
 District municipality's official website 

 
Populated places in Ankara Province
Districts of Ankara Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Şiran

Şiran () is a town in Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Şiran District. Its population is 11,539 (2022). It is one of the points of passage between Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea regions of Turkey, in the sense that the western road departing from Erzincan towards the Zigana Pass (the key pass between the two geographies) has its last urban stop in Şiran. The town lies at an elevation of

See also
İncedere

References

External links
 Road map of Şiran and environs
 Local city forum website 

Populated places in Şiran District
District municipalities in Turkey
Handymax

Handymax and Supramax are naval architecture terms for the larger bulk carriers in the Handysize class. Handysize class consists of Supramax (50,000 to 60,000 DWT), Handymax (40,000 to 50,000 DWT), and Handy (<40,000 DWT). The ships are used for less voluminous cargoes, and different cargoes can be carried in different holds. Larger capacities for dry bulk include Panamax, Capesize and Very Large Ore Carriers and Chinamax.

A handymax ship is typically  in length, though certain bulk terminal restrictions, such as those in Japan, mean that many handymax ships are just under  in overall length. Modern handymax and supramax designs are typically 52,000  in size, have five cargo holds and four cranes of around 30 tonnes working load, making it easier to use in ports with limited infrastructure. The average speed depends on size and age. 

The cost of building a handymax is driven by the laws of supply and demand. In early 2007 the cost building a handymax was around $20 million.  As the global economy boomed, the cost doubled to over $40 million, as demand for vessels of all sizes exceeded available yard capacity. After the Global Economic Crisis in 2009, the cost fell back to $20M. As of 2018, the average price was £23 million.

References

External links 
Ship sizes 

Ship types
Ship measurements
Chile men's national basketball team

The Chile national basketball team is controlled by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. It is affiliated to FIBA, under the zone confederation of FIBA Americas.

In the 1950s, Chile had one of the finest national basketball teams in the world. In more recent years team has primarily competed regionally at the FIBA South American Championship.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA AmeriCup
yet to qualify

Pan American Games

 1951 : 5th
2019 : Did not qualify
2023 : Qualified as host

FIBA South American Championship

Team

Current squad
Source: Official website

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Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend
Club – denotes current club
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National team rosters
Chile national basketball team rosters

Past head coaches

  Juan Manuel Córdoba: 2023-

See also
Chile men's national under-18 basketball team
Chile men's national under-17 basketball team
Chile women's national basketball team

References

External links 
 FIBA Chile
 www.febachile.cl
 Archived records of Chile team participations

Videos
Chile v Marquette University 1972
Chile v Peru - Game Highlights 2016 South American Championship

 
Men's national basketball teams
1935 establishments in Chile
George F. Shafer

George F. Shafer (November 23, 1888August 13, 1948) was an American politician who served as the 17th Governor of North Dakota, serving from 1929 to 1932.

Biography
Shafer was educated in Mandan's public school system and attended the University of North Dakota.  He married Frances Kellog on September 1, 1915, and they had three sons, George F. Jr., Richard K., and Charles D.; and one daughter, Virginia H. McCormick.

Career
Shafer pursued a career in politics and became the State's Attorney for Mckenzie County from 1915 to 1919.   Serving as the Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1923, he took on a more prominent role in 1923 when he became the North Dakota Attorney General.  He served this position until 1929, after defeating incumbent Walter Maddock in the 1928 gubernatorial election. He served as the 16th Governor of North Dakota from 1929 to 1933. During his term, many profound events in the history of North Dakota occurred. The most severe problems facing the state during Shafer's administration were drought and low prices for agricultural products. To his credit, the State Mill and Elevator showed a good profit for the state under Shafer's direction, despite the weather and economic conditions. In 1930, the state capitol (former territorial capitol) burned down. A capital commission was formed to oversee the design and construction of the new capitol, and he was at the groundbreaking ceremony in 1932.

Death
Shafer retired from public life after losing the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate against incumbent Gerald P. Nye in 1932. He died in Bismarck, North Dakota, on August 13, 1948, at the age of 59.  He is buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Bismarck, North Dakota.

References

External links
 
National Governors Association

1888 births
1948 deaths
Republican Party governors of North Dakota
North Dakota Attorneys General
People from Mandan, North Dakota
Independent Voters Association state governors of the United States
20th-century American politicians
Marlyn Glen

Marlyn Glen (born 30 September 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician.  She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region from 2003 to 2011.

Glen was born in Dundee and educated at Kirkton High School. She attended the University of St Andrews and the University of Dundee, and has also completed several Open University degree courses. Prior to her election to Holyrood, she worked as a teacher in Liverpool, Ayr, Irvine and Dundee and is a member of the Educational Institute of Scotland trade union. She was also a Dundee District Council councillor. Her husband, Neil Glen, was also a councillor and died in 2004. She was also an Honorary Vice President of English-Speaking Union Scotland.

Glen is on the left of the Scottish Labour Party and remains a supporter of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. She is also a member of Campaign for Socialism that backed John McDonnell's then Jeremy Corbyn's bids for the leadership of the UK Labour Party.

References

External links
 
Marlyn Glen Personal website
Marlyn Glen MSP Old blog

1951 births
Living people
Alumni of the Open University
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of the University of Dundee
Scottish schoolteachers
Politicians from Dundee
Scottish anti-nuclear weapons activists
Labour MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011
Female members of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Labour councillors
Councillors in Dundee
Women councillors in Scotland
Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Female

The Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female is an annual recognition granted to female actresses in India.  The selected actress is chosen by a distinguished jury as part of the annual Stardust Magazine. The award honours a star who has made an impact with her acting and who represents new talent.

Past award winners and the films for which they won:

See also 
 Stardust Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

References 

Stardust Awards
Taraklı

Taraklı, formerly known as Dablar is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 292 km2, and its population is 6,894 (2022). It is a historic town, surrounded by forest and located approximately midway between Istanbul and Ankara. The district governor is Burak Serttaş, and the mayor is İbrahim Pilavcı (MHP).

A former member of the Cittaslow movement, Tarakli features cobblestone streets and architecture dating back to the Ottoman Empire.  The town has undergone extensive renovations and has gained attention as a tourist destination. A local bazaar offers handmade crafts like wooden combs and spoons. Nearby attractions include thermal springs, the Karagöl Plateau, and Hark Canyon and Cave.

The Yunus Pasha Mosque, built in 1517 by Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan, lies at the center of Tarakli. It was built with molten lead and heated from below with steam from an adjacent public bath.

Composition
There are 22 neighbourhoods in Taraklı District:

 Akçapınar
 Aksu
 Alballar
 Avdan
 Çamtepe
 Dışdedeler
 Duman
 Esenyurt
 Hacıaliler
 Hacımurat
 Hacıyakup
 Harkköy
 İçdedeler
 Kemaller
 Mahdumlar
 Pirler
 Tuzla
 Uğurlu
 Ulucami
 Yenidoğan
 Yeniköy
 Yusufbey

References

Populated places in Sakarya Province
Districts of Sakarya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Picea meyeri

Picea meyeri (Meyer's spruce; ) is a species of spruce native to Nei Mongol in the northeast to Gansu in the southwest and also inhabiting Shanxi, Hebei and Shaanxi.

It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 30 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m. The shoots are yellowish-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence. The leaves are needle-like, 13–25 mm long, rhombic in cross-section, bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines. The cones are cylindric, 7–11 cm long and 3 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5–7 months after pollination, and have stiff, smoothly rounded scales.

It is closely related to the dragon spruce from western China.

It is occasionally planted as an ornamental tree; its popularity is increasing in the eastern United States, where it is being used to replace Blue Spruce, which is more disease-prone in the humid climate there. The wood is similar to that of other spruces, but the species is too rare to be of economic value.

References

External links

Gymnosperm Database: Picea meyeri

meyeri
Plants described in 1914
Trees of China
Endemic flora of China
Taşkent

Taşkent, formerly Pirlerkondu, is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 457 km2, and its population is 5,768 (2022). Its name literally means Stone City.

Composition
There are 15 neighbourhoods in Taşkent District:

 Afşar Tepecik
 Afşar Yukarı 
 Balcılar Orta
 Balcılar Veliler
 Balcılar Yukarı
 Bektaş
 Bolay
 Çetmi Cömeşpınar
 Çetmi Yeni
 Hıra
 Ilıcapınar
 Keçimen
 Kongul
 Sazak
 Şıhlar

References

External links
 District governor's official website 
 District municipality's official website 

 
Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Taşköprü, Kastamonu

Taşköprü ( "stone bridge") is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Taşköprü District. Its population is 17,048 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of .

The town takes its name from the stone bridge constructed in the 13th century by the Chobanids over the Gök River. The 68 meter span is supported on seven arches and still carries automobile traffic. Taşköprü is 42 km from Kastamonu. It is noted for its garlic; the name Taşköprü Sarımsağı is a protected designation of origin (PDO).

History
In its history, the district has been one of the important settlements of several civilizations. In 64 BC it became part of the Roman Empire. During Ottoman rule, Taşköprü was part of Kastamonu Eyalet, and later Kastamonu Vilayet.

See also
 Pompeiopolis

References

Further reading
 Latife Summerer, Pompeiopolis-Taşköprü. 2000 Years between Metropolis and County Town (İstanbul 2017).

Populated places in Kastamonu Province
Taşköprü District
District municipalities in Turkey
Paphlagonia

la:Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia
Duygu Ulusoy

Duygu Ulusoy (aka: Duygu Gül Ulusoy; born April 24, 1987, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany), is a female Turkish skier competing in the alpine discipline. She represented Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, becoming the first female Turkish Alpine skier in the Olympic Games.

Duygu, born to a Turkish family living in Germany, started skiing in her age of six. She attended ski courses for three years in her hometown Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and drew soon her trainer’s attention with her talent. In her short sports career, she received more than 30 medals in her age’s categories of skiing.

In summer 2004, she decided to compete for Turkey after her club in Germany demoted her following an ankle injury. During a summer holiday in Darboğaz, Niğde in Turkey, where her parents come from, she used the chance to apply for the Turkish national ski team, and was accepted immediately in reference to her 40th place in the world rank with 85 FIS points in slalom and 93 FIS points in giant slalom.

In her first race in Turkey, Ulusoy received gold medal in the juniors’ category at the Turkey Ski Championships. Her only concern is to be alone in Turkey during the camps, however she hopes her family will be returning to Turkey soon.

She participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics as the only female skier in the Turkish alpine ski team.

References
 News in German
 

1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
Turkish female alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Turkey
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
German female alpine skiers
Taşlıçay

Taşlıçay (, ) is a town in Ağrı Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Taşlıçay District. Its population is 6,140 (2021). It is located in the valley of the Murat River on the road from the city of Ağrı to Doğubeyazıt and Turkey's border with Iran. Its altitude is 1,660 m. The mayor is İsmet Taşdemir (AKP).

Taşlıçay is surrounded by high mountains (2,000m plus), including; to the north Perili, Balıkgölü (3,159 m) and Ziyarettepe (1,800 m) of the South Aras range; and to the south the Aladağlar, including Muratbaşı (Koçbaşı) (3,510 m) and Kandil (2,750 m).

History

A burial mound (höyük) to the south of Taşlıçay and numerous other ruins in the district indicate a long and varied human presence in the region. There is an Urartu temple and an Armenian monastery on the hill above the village of Taşteker.

References

Populated places in Ağrı Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
District municipalities in Turkey
Taşova

Taşova is a town in Amasya Province of the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Taşova District. Its population is 11,248 (2021). The altitude of the town is 230 meters. The mayor is Bayram Öztürk (AKP). 

Taşova stands on a green and fertile plain, on the banks of the River Yeşilırmak.

Climate
Taşova has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa).

History
The first of many cultures and civilisations to settle on the plain were the Hittites who by 1650 BC were spread throughout Anatolia. Then came the Phrygians (1200 - 700 BC), Cimmerians, Medes and Persians. 

The Ancient Macedonians of Alexander the Great came to Anatolia in 331 BC and upon their dispersal rule of the Amasya region including Taşova passed to the Kings of Pontus (in 291 BC), who remained in control until the arrival of the Romans. The plain was part of the Roman Empire until 395 AD and for centuries more belonged to Byzantium. The Arab armies of early Islam came through in 712.

Following the victory of the Seljuk Turks over Byzantium at Malazgirt in 1071, Turkish peoples spread into Anatolia taking the Byzantine cities one by one. The plain of Taşova was conquered by Danishmend lords in 1075, who were based in nearby Amasya. The area was taken over by the Seljuk lord Kılıçarslan II in 1174, and following much more invasion and warfare was finally brought within the Ottoman Empire in 1425. 

Under the Ottomans the plain Taşova remained a rural village with a Turkish population. The village was attacked by Greek bandits at the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence but these were pushed out of the area by the newly formed Turkish army.

Economy
The local economy depends on agriculture and has suffered recently from the closure of the tobacco factory.

References

External links
Local news website, having a photograph section

Populated places in Amasya Province
District municipalities in Turkey
Taşova District
Tatvan

Tatvan (; ) is a city on the western shore of Lake Van, in Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Tatvan District. Its population is 79,214 (2021), making it the most populous municipality of the province. The current mayor is Mehmet Emin Geylani (AKP).

The town is populated by Kurds of the Bekiran tribe.

History 
The citadel of Eski Tatvan possibly dates back to the Urartian period; it was used at least until the 17th century. Sayf al-Dawla, the Arab Hamdanid emir of Aleppo, visited Tatvan in 939/40; while he was here, he received the submission of the Armenian prince Ashot III of Taron. The town was historically a stage on the route from Van to Bitlis. By the 20th century, though, Tatvan had dwindled to a mere village, little more than "a cluster of houses by a jetty". It only developed back into a town when transport links improved around mid-century, with the construction of the railway in the 1950s and the improvement of the road to Van in 1964. In the 1980s, T.A. Sinclair wrote that the Denizcilik Bankası (Shipping Company) ran a good hotel on the south side of town, which was often full; the other hotels at the time, he wrote, were in the town center and were not good.

Transport 
The Tatvan Pier railway station, which is the eastern terminus of the railway line between Ankara and Teheran, with freight and passenger trains. It is connected eastwards to Van, 100 km away, and westwards to the rest of Turkey, by State Road D300. There is also a train ferry across the lake Van. The ferry was upgraded in 2015.

There is no railway around the lake to Van; it is intended eventually to build one but to date there are no plans. This would actually create an unbroken rail link between Europe and the Indian subcontinent, as Van is effectively the western terminus of the Iranian railway network.

There is a bus station about 500 meters from the train station.

Climate

See also 
 Turkish State Railways
 Islamic Republic of Iran Railways

References

External links 

 Mayor's web site
 Tatvan in brief

Tatvan District
District municipalities in Turkey
Populated places in Bitlis Province
Kurdish settlements in Bitlis Province
Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Male

The Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male is chosen by a distinguished jury as part of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting and represents new talent.

Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

See also 
 Stardust Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

References 

Stardust Awards
Tavas

Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one breath Kale-Tavas).

History
The area has been occupied for a long time, proven by the presence of the mound of Medet Höyük, which appears to date back to the Bronze Age (but which has not been thoroughly excavated or researched). Many civilizations have settled here including the Hittites, Phrygians, Persians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.

In antiquity this land south of the Menderes River was part of the region of Caria and was controlled from the nearby castle of Kale (known as Tabae in antiquity).

In the 18th century emigrants from Circassia settled in Garipköy and Sarıabat villages.

Tavas was reported as having a timber industry in 1920.

Composition
There are 50 neighbourhoods in Tavas District:

 Akıncılar
 Akyar
 Alpa
 Altınova
 Avdan
 Aydoğdu
 Baharlar
 Bahçeköy
 Balkıca
 Çağırgan
 Çalıköy
 Çiftlikköy
 Damlacık
 Denizoluğu
 Dereağzı
 Derinkuyu
 Ebecik
 Garipköy
 Gökçeler
 Gümüşdere
 Güzelköy
 Hırka
 Horasanlı
 Karahisar
 Kayaca
 Kayapınar
 Keçeliler
 Kızılca
 Kızılcabölük
 Kozlar
 Medet
 Nikfer
 Orta
 Ovacık
 Pınarlar
 Pınarlık
 Samanlık
 Sarıabat
 Seki
 Sofular
 Solmaz
 Tekkeköy
 Ulukent
 Vakıf
 Yahşiler
 Yaka
 Yeni
 Yeşilköy
 Yorga
 Yukarıboğaz

Tavas today
Like in Denizli, there are textile and clothing industries in the area, and the town also produces leblebi (dried chick peas). This is a rural area and many of the young generation have migrated to the Aegean coast or to larger cities in search of careers (they have a reputation for canny business nous). The remaining people are mainly aging and conservative, there are a great number of mosques on the skyline.

Tavas is a small town providing a bank and other essential facilities to the surrounding villages. There is little in the way of entertainment or social amenities (a few cafes and a couple of internet cafes), although the local pizza pide is much admired.

People commonly deal with agriculture. Tobacco and chickpeas are most planted products.

There is a well-known folk dance Tavas Zeybeği, which is always performed at wedding parties in the town.

Tavas is one of the leading places in grain cultivation in Turkey's agriculture.

References

 
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Tavşanlı

Tavşanlı is a city in Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tavşanlı District. Its population is 73,306 (2022).

Tavşanlı is a typical Aegean town where a government-owned coal mine company attracted thousands of settlers from surrounding cities and villages.

The town is also famous for its notable number of jewellery shops and is also famous for popular snack called "leblebi" (roasted chick peas).

Name
Tavşanlı was told to be named after a hunting party held by the Ottoman prince Bayezid I, in which he is said to have hunted 7 rabbits. Thus the name Tavşanlı meaning "the place with rabbits" was given to the area.

Places of interest
 west of Kütahya lies the ancient town of Tavşanlı with a notable 12th-century Seljuq mosque called Ulucami.  to the north in a side valley of the Adronos stream stands a Phrygian rock monument Dikilitaş, a huge volcanic partly smoothed rock with geometric designs.

Archaeology 
Tavşanlı Höyük is a massive mound of more than 40 hectares, located in the centre of the Tavşanlı Plain. It is the largest mound in this region, located near the Orhaneli river (:de:Orhaneli Çayı). The settlement started during the Neolithic Period, but most of the remains belong to the Bronze Age.

The excavations here started in 2017, as part of the “Prehistoric Periods Survey of Eskişehir and Kütahya Provinces (EKAR)” project. They revealed that most of the mound occupation belongs to the Early Bronze Age II (2700-2400 BC), after which there was a great fire outbreak during the Early Bronze Age III period.

The mound contains remains from the Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, and Early Iron Age. Early Bronze Age pottery is mostly concentrated on the eastern and north-eastern parts of the mound.

Tavşanlı Höyük city building layout is somewhere in between the “Anatolian Settlement Plan”, as defined by M. Korfmann, and the layout that was common in the coastal zone of Western Anatolia and in the Aegean Islands. But Tavsanli is actually somewhat closer to Inland Western Anatolia in this regard.

The “Anatolian Settlement Plan” also known as the “Inland Western Anatolian Settlement Model” represents "an enclosed system where the houses open to a common courtyard facing each other, or where the backsides of the houses function as an enclosure wall." On the other hand, the Aegean-coastal settlements were in the form of "clusters of houses (insulae) around the streets and alleys".

4,200-year-old hazelnuts, as well as the marble figurines were found by the excavators in 2022.

Mycenaean type seal and a dagger were also discovered here in 2022.

Notable people
 Mustafa Kalemli, physician and politician
 Kemal Zeytinoğlu, engineer and politician

References

External links
 Pictures from private source of the city

 
Populated places in Tavşanlı District
District municipalities in Turkey
Tekman

Tekman, (), is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,102nbsp;km2, and its population is 23,195 (2022). The mayor is Mustafa Ergin (AKP).

Geography
The south of the district is surrounded by the Bingöl Mountains.

Composition
There are 71 neighbourhoods in Tekman District:

 Ağcakoca
 Akdağ
 Akdamar
 Akpınar
 Alabayır
 Aşağıhanbeyi
 Aşağıtepecik
 Aydınlı
 Aydınlık
 Beşdere
 Beyköy
 Çağlar
 Çatak
 Çatkale
 Çayırdağı
 Çevirme
 Çiçekdağı
 Cihan
 Çukuryayla
 Dalsöğüt
 Deliler
 Dengiz
 Düzyurt
 Erence
 Geçitköy
 Gökoğlan
 Gözlüce
 Gülveren
 Gümüşlük
 Gündamı
 Güneşli
 Gürgür
 Güzeldere
 Hacıömer
 Hamzalar
 Hürriyet
 Hüseyinağa
 Ilıgöze
 İncesu
 Işıklar
 İsmetpaşa
 Kalaycı
 Karapınar
 Karataş
 Karatepe
 Karlıca
 Katranlı
 Kayaboğaz
 Kazancık
 Kırıkhan
 Koçyayla
 Körsu
 Küllü
 Kuruca
 Mescitli
 Mollamehmet
 Şakşak
 Susuz
 Taşkesen
 Toptepe
 Turnagöl
 Vatan
 Yalınca
 Yerköy
 Yeşilören
 Yiğitler
 Yoncalı
 Yücepınar
 Yukarıhanbeyi
 Yukarıtepecik
 Yuvaklı

References

Populated places in Erzurum Province
Districts of Erzurum Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Melio Bettina

Melio Bettina (November 18, 1916–December 20, 1996) was a professional boxer who was briefly the Light Heavyweight World Champion.

Amateur career
Bettina won the 1934 Intercity Golden Gloves at light-heavyweight (2nd Div.) by decision over Tony Zale.

Pro career
According to local legend Melio changed to a southpaw stance after he couldn't find any amateur challengers. Bettina was recognized as World Light Heavyweight champion by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1939. Bettina won the title on February 3, 1939, when he scored a 9th-round TKO over favorite Tiger Jack Fox at Madison Square Garden in New York. Bettina lost the title in his first defense, when he lost a unanimous decision to National Boxing Association champion Billy Conn on July 13. Later that same year, on September 25, he lost another unanimous decision to Conn at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.

In 1940 he lost a decision to Middleweight champion Fred Apostoli, which he would revenge by stopping Apostoli in the 12th round. Other highlights in 1940 included a loss to Al McCoy, and wins over Solly Krieger and Gunnar Barlund. On January 14, 1941, Bettina faced Anton Christoforidis for the vacant National Boxing Association Light Heavyweight title in Cleveland, Ohio. Christoforidis won a unanimous decision.

Legacy
In 1996, Bettina was inducted into the World Boxing Hall Of Fame in Los Angeles. In 1998, he was inducted into the High School Athletic Hall of Fame in his hometown of Beacon, New York.

References

External links

1916 births
1996 deaths
Boxers from New York (state)
People from Beacon, New York
American male boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
Tomarza

Tomarza, formerly known as Dumarza (Armenian: Դումարզա), is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,405 km2, and its population is 21,100 (2022). The mayor is Davut Şahin (AKP).

Tomarza is a famous city for its pumpkin seeds production. According to Gida Tarim, Tomarza is one of the important pumpkin seed production centers in Turkey. While 60 percent of the snack pumpkin seeds produced in Turkey are met by Kayseri, 25 percent of the production in Kayseri comes from the city of Tomarza. Pumpkin seeds will be planted on 40 thousand acres of land. In 2020, 5 thousand 500 tons of harvest were obtained from the pumpkin seeds for snacks planted on 40 thousand acres of land in Tomarza. Other important activities are potato production, and sheep, goat and cattle-raising.

Composition
There are 54 neighbourhoods in Tomarza District:

 Akdere
 Akmezar
 Arslantaş
 Avşarsöğütlü
 Bektaş
 Böke
 Bostanlık
 Büyükcanlı
 Büyüksüvegen
 Çanakpınar
 Çayinli
 Cücün
 Çukurağaç
 Çulha
 Cumhuriyet
 Dadaloğlu
 Dağyurdu
 Ekinli
 Emiruşağı
 Göktepe
 Gülveren
 Güzelce
 Güzelsu
 Hacıpaşa
 İcadiye
 İmamkullu
 İncili
 Işıklar
 Kaleköy
 Kapıkaya
 Karamuklu
 Karaören
 Kesir
 Kevenağıl
 Kızılören
 Koçcagız
 Kömürköy
 Köprüköy
 Küçükcanlı
 Kurtuluş
 Melikören
 Pusatlı
 Sarımehmetli
 Şeyhbarak
 Şiraz
 Söğütlü
 Tahtakemer
 Tatarköy
 Toklar
 Turanlı
 Üçkonak
 Yavuz Selim
 Yeni
 Yeşilbağ

Climate
Tomarza has a warm summer continental climate (Dfb) with cold winters and very warm, dry summers with cool nights. Rainfall occurs mostly during the spring and early summer.

References

External links
Official website of the Municipality of Tomarza
Official website of the Governor of Tomarza

Populated places in Kayseri Province
Districts of Kayseri Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Tonya, Turkey

Tonya (Ancient Greek: Thoania, Θωανία; Ottoman Turkish: طﻮﻧﻴﻪ, romanized as Tonya) is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 176 km2, and its population is 13,457 (2022). The mayor is Osman Beşel (AKP).

Composition
There are 22 neighbourhoods in Tonya District:

 Biçinlik
 Büyükmahalle
 Çamlı
 Çayıriçi
 Hoşarlı
 İskenderli
 Kalemli
 Kaleönü
 Kalınçam
 Karaağaçlı
 Karasu
 Karşular
 Kayacan
 Kösecik
 Kozluca
 Melikşah
 Ortamahalle
 Sağrı
 Sayraç
 Turalı
 Yakçukur
 Yenimahalle

References

External links
District governor's official website 
District municipality's official website 
Tonyahaber website http://www.tonyahaber.net  
 Tonya

Populated places in Trabzon Province
Districts of Trabzon Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Torbalı

Torbalı is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 577 km2, and its population is 207,840 (2022).

An ancient Ionian city, Metropolis, is found in the district. It was famous for its wines and religious sites, and had three sanctuaries in marble dedicated to the Roman Emperor Augustus and his foster child Germanicus, in an ancient theatre which dominates the valley.

Pieces of art found during the excavations are now exhibited in İzmir and Ephesus museums. The town has the remains of an old port and a few holiday complexes, and is set attractively against a pine forest.

Composition
There are 60 neighbourhoods in Torbalı District:

 19 Mayıs
 Ahmetli
 Alpkent
 Arslanlar
 Atalan
 Atatürk
 Ayrancılar
 Bahçelievler
 Bozköy
 Bülbüldere
 Çakırbeyli
 Çamlıca
 Çapak
 Çaybaşı
 Cumhuriyet
 Dağkızılca
 Dağteke
 Demirci
 Dirmil
 Düverlik
 Eğerci
 Ertuğrul
 Fevziçakmak
 Gazi Mustafa Kemal 
 Göllüce
 Helvacı
 İnönü
 İstiklal
 Kaplancık
 Karakızlar
 Karakuyu
 Karaot
 Karşıyaka
 Kazım Karabekir
 Kırbaş
 Kuşçuburun
 Muratbey
 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
 Naime
 Ormanköy
 Ortaköy
 Özbey
 Pamukyazı
 Pancar
 Sağlık
 Saipler
 Şehitler
 Subaşı
 Taşkesik
 Tepeköy
 Torbalı
 Tulum
 Türkmenköy
 Yazıbaşı
 Yedi Eylül
 Yemişlik
 Yeniköy
 Yenimahalle
 Yeşilköy
 Yoğurtçular

Excavations 
In June 2021, archaeologists announced the discovery of a well-preserved 1,800-year-old marble statue of a woman standing on a pedestal in Torbalı district. The head and two arms of the statue were missing.

References

 
Populated places in İzmir Province
Districts of İzmir Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Stardust Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award is chosen by the readers of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting and represents new talent.

Multiple wins

Awards 
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

References

See also 
 Stardust Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

Stardust Awards
Tortum

Tortum () is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,463 km2, and its population is 15,259 (2022). The current mayor is Muammer Yiğider from the Great Unity Party (BBP).

History
Tortum was part of the area known as Diaueni, Tayk or Tao and was ruled by Hayasa-Azzians, Diauehi, Urartians, Iberians, Armenians, Romans, Persians and Byzantines. Tortum was a part of some proto-Armenian states (Hayasa-Azzi; Urartu), proto-Georgian Kingdom of Iberia (4th - 2rd centuries BC) and Kingdom of Greater Armenia (2nd century BC - 5th century). Between the 9th and 16th century it was part of the Kingdom of the Iberians, Kingdom of Georgia and Georgian principality of Samtskhe-Saatabago. It was first an Ottoman vassal in the early 16th century and was annexed in 1550. The area of Tortum  was contested by the Safavids and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th-17th century but remained Ottoman after 1625. Georgians and Armenians made up the vast majority of the population in Tortum. During Georgian rule, half of the ethnic Armenian population became Chalcedonians and joined the Georgian Orthodox church, while the rest of the Armenians remained part of the Armenian church. Armenian cleric Hakop Karnetsi recorded in the 1650s that a man named Mullah Jaffar took census and placed heavy taxes in the region, causing the Armenian Chalcedonians to convert en-masse to Islam. Tortum was a sanjak in Erzurum Eyalet. The region was in the early Ottoman period largely Christian but acquired a Muslim majority in the mid 18th century, as Georgian population fled in inner provinces of Georgia. During World War I, Ottoman troops crossed Tortum in the disastrous Battle of Sarikamish. Then the Russians occupied the town and held it between 1915 and 1917. After the February revolution of 1917 they left it to the Armenians. The Ottoman army advanced some time later and captured Tortum on 16 March 1918. The town has a ruined citadel.

The Muslim Armenians continued to speak Armenian well into early the 19th century when they were Turkified.

Economy
As of 1920, Tortum was producing coal.

Composition
There are 58 neighbourhoods in Tortum District:

 Akbaba
 Aksu
 Aktaş
 Alapınar
 Alpaslan
 Arılı
 Aşağı Serdarlı
 Bağbaşı
 Bahçeli
 Ballı
 Çakıllı
 Çamlıca
 Çardaklı
 Çataldere
 Çaylıca
 Çiftlik
 Cihanlı
 Çivilikaya
 Demirciler
 Derekapı
 Derinpınar
 Dikmen
 Doruklu
 Esendurak
 Gökdere
 Hamidiye
 İncedere
 Kaleboynu
 Kaledibi
 Kapıkaya
 Karlı
 Kazandere
 Kemerkaya
 Kireçli
 Kırmalı
 Konak
 Meydanlar
 Pehlivanlı
 Peynirli
 Şenyurt
 Serdarlı
 Sögütlü
 Suyatağı
 Taşbaşı
 Taşoluk
 Tatlısu
 Tipili
 Tortumkale
 Uzunkavak
 Vişneli
 Yağcılar
 Yamankaya
 Yavuz Sultan Selim
 Yazyurdu
 Yellitepe
 Yukarı Sivri
 Yumaklı
 Ziyaretli

See also 
Cağ kebabı
Khakhuli Monastery
Tortum Waterfall

References

External links 

Populated places in Erzurum Province
Historical regions of Georgia (country)
Districts of Erzurum Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Trish Godman

Patricia Godman (née Leonard; 31 October 1939 – 21 July 2019) was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2011. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Renfrewshire constituency from 1999 to 2011.

Background
The daughter of Martin Leonard and Cathie Craig, Godman was a Glasgow City councillor before entering the Scottish Parliament.

After leaving St Gerard's Senior Secondary School, Glasgow aged 15, Godman worked with a charity for some time, as a waitress, in a bar, insurance collector and a house mother in a list 'D' school. She later attended Jordanhill College where she trained as a social worker. She worked as a social worker working in the East End of Glasgow from 1979 to 1989.

From 2003 until 2011, Godman was a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. In 2008, it was revealed she charged the taxpayer around £30,000 for hotel bills although she was renting a flat from her son Gary Mulgrew. She did not qualify for the rental expenses allowance as her main residence in Glasgow was too close to Holyrood to qualify, but claimed rent rather than hotel expenses. She was entitled to an overnight expenses allowance that permitted MSPs to recoup expenses for each night, which she had paid for the rent of the apartment. It was confirmed that she had neither broken the Parliamentary rules, nor benefited in any way.

On her final day in parliament, Godman wore a Celtic F. C. shirt in Holyrood. A few days later, a bomb addressed to her office was intercepted, with similar devices being sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Paul McBride, Lennon's legal representative. It was believed that Godman was targeted for wearing the shirt. Trevor Muirhead and Neil McKenzie were later convicted for sending the bombs.

Personal life
Godman married her second husband Norman Godman in 1981, who was a Member of Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde and its predecessor seat from 1983 to 2001. She had three sons by her first husband, from whom she separated aged 22 due to his infidelity. One, Gary Mulgrew, was one of the NatWest Three. Her experience with his extradition inspired her to take an active role in opposing Gary McKinnon's extradition to the United States in a similar case.

Godman died on 21 July 2019 in Clydebank, after fighting with a terminal illness.

References

External links 
 

1939 births
2019 deaths
People from Govan
Scottish social workers
Scottish Labour councillors
Female members of the Scottish Parliament
Labour MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011
Deputy Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament
20th-century Scottish women politicians
Women councillors in Glasgow
Torul

Torul is a town in Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Torul District. Its population is 5,794 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

See also 
 Zigana Pass

References

External links

 Municipality's official website 
 Road map of Torul and environs
 Ardassa

Populated places in Gümüşhane Province
Torul District
District municipalities in Turkey
Tosya

Tosya (), previously called Theodosia (Greek: Θεοδοσία) or Doceia (Greek: Δοκεία) under the Byzantine Empire, is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tosya District. Its population is 28,963 (2021). It is the home town of the famous Boyner family and the birth place of Markos Vafeiadis (1906–1992), a famous Greek politician.

The North Anatolian Fault is located in this area.  This caused a major earthquake in 1943.

References

External links

 Tosya Municipality 

Populated places in Kastamonu Province
Tosya District
District municipalities in Turkey
Tufanbeyli

Tufanbeyli is municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 851 km2, and its population is 16,400 (2022). It is 196 km north-east of the city of Adana, on an uneven, sloping plateau high in the Tahtalı range of the Taurus Mountains. It has been bounded economically to Kayseri, 178 km far. Its neighbors are Sarız from North, Göksun from east, Saimbeyli from south, Develi from south-west and Tomarza from west.

Tufanbeyli is reached by crossing one of three high mountain passes. It's a struggle to reach but the views are incredible. The river Göksu, a tributary of the Seyhan runs across the plateau. The climate is hot dry summers and cold winters. The mountains are forested but these are steadily being consumed by the local people.

History

During the Bronze Age, the area was part of the kingdom of Kizzuwatna. In classical antiquity, the region of Tufanbeyli was in the southwestern corner of Cappadocia (while the parts of the Adana region south of Tufanbeyli were in Cilicia). The city of Comana was situated near Şarköy, some kilometers north of Tufanbeyli.

The area is now settled by descendants of Turks from the Caucasus and the Avşar (Afshar tribe; the former having come to Anatolia as a result of the Russian influx into the Caucasus in the 18th and 19th centuries. The latter being one of the group of Turkish migrants from Asia that have preserved their clan identity in Anatolia. The Avşar played a key role in the Turkish conquest of the Çukurova region and remained a local authority right up until the 19th century, especially in mountain strongholds like Tufanbeyli. Its former names were Höketçe before 1923 and Mağara between 1923 and 1967. It became a district in 1958 by separating from Saimbeyli.

Composition
There are 35 neighbourhoods in Tufanbeyli District:

 Akçal
 Akpınar
 Ayvat
 Bozgüney
 Çatalçam
 Çukurkışla
 Cumhuriyet
 Damlalı
 Demiroluk
 Doğanbeyli
 Doğanlı
 Elemanlı
 Evci
 Fatih
 Fatmakuyu
 Güzelim
 Hanyeri
 İğdebel
 İstiklal
 Karsavuran
 Kayapınar
 Kayırcık
 Kirazlıyurt
 Koçcağız
 Mehmet Akif Ersoy
 Ortaköy
 Pekmezli
 Pınarlar
 Polatpınarı
 Şarköy
 Taşpınar
 Tozlu
 Yamanlı
 Yenicami
 Yeşilova

Power station
Mercury air pollution from the coal-fired power station has been estimated at over 500 kg/year.

References

External links
 Tufanbeyli District Governorship
 Tufanbeyli Municipality
Short introduction to the area
Website about the Avşar culture

 
Populated places in Adana Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Districts of Adana Province
Oriental Pearl

Oriental Pearl may refer to:

MS Oriental Pearl, a cruise ship
Oriental Pearl Tower, a building in Shanghai, China
Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media, Chinese company

See also
 Pearl of the Orient (disambiguation)
Stardust Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award is chosen the readers of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting and represents new talent. 

Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

References

See also 
 Stardust Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

Stardust Awards
Film awards for supporting actress
Tutak, Turkey

Tutak (), is a town in Ağrı Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tutak District. Its population is 7,059 (2021). It is located on a small plain surrounded by high mountains and watered by the Murat River, on the road from the city of Ağrı to the district of Patnos. Its altitude is 1,535 m. The mayor is Bülent Duru (AKP). 

Tutak is a small town providing schools, a hospital and other basic amenities to this impoverished rural district. The main source of income in the district is grazing livestock on the mountainside. 

Winters are long and hard with a lot of snow, summers are hot and dry.

Notable people 
 Halis Öztürk, politician

See also
Yazidis in Turkey

References

Populated places in Ağrı Province
Yazidis in Turkey
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
District municipalities in Turkey