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SİVAS
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GENERAL
INFO
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The
province of Sivas is located at the eastern part of
the Central Anatolian Region and is located on the course
of the historical Silk Road and the Kings Road. The
province of Sivas provides interesting vacation possibilities
for visitors with its natural beauties, historical background
and thermal springs.
Districts : Sivas (center), Akıncılar, Altınyayla,
Divriği, Doğanşar, Gemerek, Gülova, Gürün, Hafık, İmranlı,
Kangal, Koyulhisar, Suşehri, Şarkışla, Ulaş, Yıldızeli,
Zara.
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Museums
Atatürk
Congress and Ethnography Museum :
The structure in which the Sivas Congress was held between the dates
4 - 11 September 1919 was used as Sivas High School until 1981.
The official meetings of the Sivas Congress were held between the
dates 4 - 11 September 1919 at the hall which was used as a headquarter
by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Heyet-i Temsiliye (Representative Committee)
for three and a half months. The structure was rearranged as a museum
in 1990.
İnönü Museum : This structure is a typical Sivas house in
which the second president of the Turkish Republic İsmet İnönü had
accommodated during his senior school education career between 1891
-1897. There are historical weapons, copper hand crafts, coins shawls
of Gürün district, three skirt dresses, hand crafted ethnographic
creations and the photographs and equipment used by İnönü while
staying in the house are on exhibit.
Aşık Veysel Museum : The house of the great folk singer Aşık
Veysel was nationalized in 1979. The building was restored and entered
into service as a museum in 1982. The museum contains the private
property, photographs and the poems of Aşık Veysel.
Caves
Demiryurt Caves :
There are approximately 50 caves located at the vicinity of the
Zara district Demiryurt village. Some of these caves are side by
side while some are layered. These caves were constructed by mankind
and used as a shelter during and after the spreading of the Christianity.
Sporting Activities
Hunting
:
As the province is located at the borders of three different geographic
regions, and the roughness and the sternness of the area varies
the natural habitat. It is possible to find hunting animals like
partridge, quail, mountain goat and wild rabbit.
Line Fishing : The swamps and the marshy areas at Hafik,
Çukurbelen, Merkez İlçe, Seyfebeli localities inhabits wild ducks,
wild gooses are encountered in each lake and crane birds are encountered
at the two islands on the Tödürge Lake. The Kızılırmak and Yıldızırmak,
Çaltı Creek and other various sized creeks and the lakes as Tödürge,
Hafik, Lota, Gürün and Gökpınar are available sweet waters for line
fishing.
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