Adana Photos

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The Grand Mosque (Adana)

Halil Bey had it constructed in the period of Ramazanoglu Lordliness in 1507. It was enlarged with a building extention in 1541. Halil Bey's Tomb is here. The Grand Mosque was constructed with the shaped stones.
The monumental portal , on which there are a line of inscriptions with large text - writing framed, is curved and oister niches. The minaret next to portal with eight corners is an interesting sample of its time.

The Grand Clock - Tower (Adana)

It has been on the street of Ali Munif. It's construction was started by the governer Ziya Pasha in 1881. The Governer Abidin Pasha had it completed in 1882. The tower was built the shaped stones.

Stone Bridge (Adana)

It's over the River Seyhan. It was constructed by the Roman Emperor Hadrianus in the 4th century (385). It was an important bridge between Europa and Asia for centuries. Harun Resit (766-809) joined it to Adana Castle with some addings. At the beginning of the 9th century, Memun, who was Harun Resit's son and the 7th Abbasian caliph had it repaired. It was repaired by 3th Ahmet (1713), Kel Hasan Pasha (1847), Ziya Pasha, the Governor of Adana Province (1789) at different times. The epigraphs of these three repairings are present today. The last repairing was constructed in 1949.
It is 319 metres long and 13 metres high. The 14 out of the 21 bridges are still standing. Two lion relieves can be seen on the big bridge in the middle. It's known that it's the oldest bridge of the world which is still in use.

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BOTH THE CRADLE AND THE MEETING POINT OF CIVILIZATIONS

No thorough archeological excavations are yet con-ducted in Adana but records show that
Zalpa Kingdom has gathered the most an-cient "known-by-name" community in Adana. A
seal of Ishputahshu, the King of Kizzuwatna, (a religious kingdom) dated from 1650 BC, is
regarded to be one of the most precious items of Adana Museum.
The reigns of Louvians, Kue (Quve), Hittites, Assurians, Cilicians (Synessis Period), Late
Hittite Principalities (small states each ruled by a prince), Persians, Hellenic Term,
Seleucids, Autonom Adana, Pirates Term, Romans, Byzantines, Palmyrians, Caliphate
(Ha-roun Al-Rashid and successors who settled turks in and around Adana), Byzantines
again, Seljukes, Armenians (given reign by the First Crusaders), Mon-gols, Mamlouks
(Ramazanoglu) and Ottomans. Colonies of Summerians, Accadians (As Sargon mentiones),
Phoenicians and Egyptians as well as Venetians and Genoesians have taken part to influence
the over all mosaic of Adana Culture.

Adana's Climate

Mediterranean Climate dominates from the sea shore up to 400-600 mt highs. Adana City
receives no snow except appearance of some flying flakes for a few minutes throughout the
year. Taurus Mountains, however, receive plenty of snow, which is regarded to be the main
source of the thou-sands of the springs forming a web of streams and rivers.

The following averages are recorded (in C ):It is worthy to note that it takes about 40-50 minutes drive to both the warm beaches in the
south and the snow-ball play grounds at the Taurus Mountains, in the north.

Adana's Geography

The location is described by the "Latitude 38 North and the Longitude 35,2 East". The
coastal plain cal-led "Çukurova" has been created by conversion of the delta which was
receiving the rivers Berdan, Çakıt, Körkün and Ceyhan, all saturated with alluvial
materials especially during the late winter and the spring rains. The lagoon, which was known
as the "Regma Sea", had by the time been shrinking by the forward movements of the delta.
Today, Akyatan, Agyatan, Yumurtalik and Tuzla Lagoons are still surviving but they are
incomparably smaller; these are called to be the grand-grand children of Regma, the mother
lagoon. Finally, the very well graded plain counts 452.540 hectares.
As it is now, Adana possesses a shore of about 160 km on the Mediterranean Sea.
River Seyhan, the Sarus of antique times, is the longest one spilling to the Mediterranean Sea
from Turkey. It is 560 km long and fed by a catchment area of 20.000 sq. km. Prior to the
construction of an earth-fill dam of 1,6 billion m3 accumulation capacity, which was inaugurated on the 8 April 1956, the river was every year and then flooding either latewinter or mid spring, leaving behind a very rich alluvial sedimentation over the entire plain.
No big floods have been recorded after the dam was put into operation but within a few
consecutive years it was ascertained that despite the possibility of an efficient irrigation the
yield was decreasing gradually. In fact, this was the result of giving an end to every year ref-
reshed reinforcement by the floodcarried alluvium and modern farming by consuming
adequate fertilizers was then adopted.
In the mean time, the irrigation net work enlargement has been a continual work carried out
by the State Hydraulic Department, which has finally come to such a level that almost the
entire plain is now irrigated from the same source.
The dam has served also as the reservoir for a hydro-power plant of three units, 20 MW each.
Immediately at the up streams of this reservoir, another dam and hydro-power plant, both
about 3 times bigger in capacity compared to the old dam and plant, called Çatalan, is now serving.

ADANA

Reputed most with its extraordinarily fertile lands and certainly broad range of agricultural
products, Adana is the center of a region called "Cukurova", the agricultural coastal
lowlands.
It is said that the history of the city dates back to 8000 years, hosting more than 40
civilizations. In fact, throughout the history, the city itself and its surroundings have been
highly attractive places for several reasons beyond the rich flora, such as , for
Instance, the mild weather, rich underground and running water resources, its position to
take place at the only passway to Mesopotamia on South Anatolia, broad
possibilities of mining including rich silver mines.
Adana, one of the large towns of Asia Minor, about 40 kilometers from the sea, is ranking the
fourth largest city of Turkey with its nearly 1,500.000 inhabitants. It is the center of the
province called by its name, Adana, the territories of which go up from the south to north. The
Taurus Mountains, forming the northern border-lines of the province, exhibit altitudes as high
as over 3000 meters, like Guzeller Tepesi (3461 mt), Turasan Dagi (3336 mt), Karanfil
Dagi (3095 mt), Beydag (3075 mt), Tahtali Daglar (3054 mt).
Up to 700-800 meters, land is mostly covered with maquis and fruit trees of many kinds and
species. Al-most all the fruits and vegetables of Adana are famous with their taste and
regarded in general to be the "most delicious ever tested".