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Kahramanmaras
Kahramanmaras is located inside the borders of Eastern Anatolia Region. The province is famous with its peculiar ice cream. Kahramanmaras has an important tourism potential with its caves, Kulliye of Eshab-i Keyf and its plateaus.
The findings obtained from the excavations and researches at the caves located in the Tekir Valley, Dongel Village had stated that the foundation of settlements in the region had initiated in the Upper Paleolithic Age and continued in the Neolithic, Calcolitic and Early Bronze Ages. The city was founded by the Hittites. In the following periods, the city had entered under the dominance of Asurians, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabians, Seljukians, Memlukians, Dulkadirogullari and Ottomans.
The city of Maras is one of the rare cities having a medal in the world. The city was awarded with a medal and the title of Heroism (Kahramanlik) by TBMM in 7 February 1973 because of the resistance of the local folk against the occupying enemy forces during the Independence War and the name of the city was altered as Kahramanmaras after that particular day.