Touring Balaban in Turkey
Balaban in the region of Şanlıurfa is located in Turkey - some 335 mi or ( 539 km ) South-East of Ankara , the country's capital city .
Time in Balaban is now 08:52 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Aleppo, Damascus, Tyre, Beirut, and Yukarikarabas. Being here already, consider visiting Aleppo . Check out our recommendations for Balaban ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Çaltepe, Manavgat
Çaltepe, Manavgat is a village in the District of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey.
Located at 37.31 38.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Rumkale
Rumkale was a powerful fortress on the river Euphrates, 50 km west of Şanlıurfa. It is called Hromkla or kela zêrîn in Kurdish, Qal'ah Rumita in Syriac, Qal'at al-Rum (قلعة الروم) in Arabic Rumkale in Turkish, Հռոմկլա ('Hromkla) in Armenian; the name means "Roman Castle (by extension also Byzantine)" in all cases. Its strategic location was already known to the Assyrians, although the present structure is largely Hellenistic and Roman in origin.
Located at 37.27 37.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Elif, Gaziantep
Elif (or more popularly Elifköy) is a town in Araban district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. It is only 3 kilometres to River Fırat (Euphrates) at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:37|23|N|37|53|E||| | |name= }}. The distance to Araban is 30 kilometres and to Gaziantep is 70 kilometres . The population of the town is 3,409s of 2011. In the 2nd or 3rd century the town was a Roman settlement named Sugga. The mausoleum in the town is a Roman building.
Located at 37.38 37.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Kızılin, Besni
Kızılin is a village in the District of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey.
Located at 37.43 38.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Seleucia at the Zeugma
Seleucia epi tou Zeugmatos (Seleucia at the Zeugma) – Greek: Σελεύκεια επί του Ζεύγματος, also transliterated Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos, – was a Hellenistic city - or rather, fortified town - in the present Republic of Turkey, on the left, or south, bank of the Euphrates, across from ancient Samosata and not far from it. It is mentioned in isolated incidents: Antiochus III the Great married a Pontic princess there in 221 BC; the Oxford Classical Dictionary ascribed this to Zeugma.
Located at 37.43 38.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
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