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File:Kahramanmaras KibrisMeydani TrabzonCaddesi.jpg

A view from Kahramanmaraş (Around Intersection of Kibris Meydani and Trabzon Caddesi)

Kahramanmaraş is the capital city of Kahramanmaraş Province in southeastern Turkey. The city lies on a plain at the foot of the Taurus Mountains and has a population of 326,198 as of 2000. The region is known for its salep and dondurma.

Historical Background

Kahramanmaraş was a Hittite city-state ca. 1000 BC. The city was called Germanicia Caesarea in the time of the Roman Empire. It is historically also known as Maraş and Marash.

File:Kahramanmaras Night.jpg

Night View of Kahramanmaras

The city's name was first called Maraş or Marash, then later changed to Kahramanmaraş (Hero-Maras in English) by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on October 7th, 1973 for it's heroic people's winnigs against the armies of countries like France, Armenia and Greece in the Turkish War of Independence. Heroes like Sütçü İmam are well known heroes of the Kahramanmaraş History.

Kahramanmaraş is also the only city in the world to have a Hero City Gold Medal

Industry

Kahramanmaraş's industry is mainly based on textile and ice cream. Kahramanmaraş is one of the biggest textile industry cities of Turkey. Companies like Kipaş and Bozkurt are one of the richest companies in the city. Also, many of the American clothing companies like Aéropostale and American Eagle are supplying their yarns from Kahramanmaraş. Some of the internationally-known ice-cream companies like Mado, Yaşar Pastanesi, EDO and Ferah Pastanesi are started their business in this ice-cream city and thousands of people from all around the world are visiting Kahramanmaraş, just because of it's ice-cream (dondurma in Turkish).

Sports

The city has a local football team called; Kahramanmaraşspor which is currently in Turkish Super League, 2nd Division Category B Group C. Kahramanmaraşspor plays it's home games in Hanefi Mahçiçek Stadium Some Turkish super-star players like Mehmet Özdilek and Kemalettin Şentürk were played in Kahramanmaraşspor for some time.

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