Battle of Manzikert
The Battle of Manzikert (Turkish: Malazgirt Muharebesi) was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuq Turks on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey).
Bulanık, (Kurdish: Kop), is a town and district of Muş Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The current mayor is Figen Yaşar (BDP).
Population: 31,430
Latitude: 39° 05' 11.62" N
Longitude: 42° 16' 17.69" E
The Battle of Manzikert (Turkish: Malazgirt Muharebesi) was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuq Turks on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey).
Muş Province (Turkish: Muş ili) is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8,196 km² in area, and has a population of 406,886 according to a 2010 estimate. The population was 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş.
Malazgirt (also Malâzgird; Armenian: Մանազկերտ, Manazkert; traditional English: Manzikert, Kurdish: Milazgird) is a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 (year 2000).
Mount Süphan (Turkish: Süphan Dağı, Kurdish: Sîpana Xelatê, Armenian: Սիփան լեռ, Նեխ Մասիք, Ծիպան, Սուփխան: Sipan, Negh Masik, Tzipan), is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van.
G-AGRH Zephyr was an Avro Super Trader IV cargo aircraft, which crashed on Mount Süphan in eastern Turkey on 23 April 1959. The Super Trader IV was a modified Avro Tudor IV, which had been fitted with an aft cargo door and was flown unpressurized.
Bulanık, (Kurdish: Kop), is a town and district of Muş Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The current mayor is Figen Yaşar (BDP).
The 1903 Manzikert earthquake struck Manzikert of nowadays Muş Province in eastern Turkey on 28 April. Registering a surface wave magnitude of 7.0, the earthquake originated from a highly active seismic zone. It killed 3,500 people and 20,000 animal…