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Gaziantep

Gaziantep, also called Antep and formerly called Ayintap, is located in southeastern Türkiye, less than 50 kilometers west of the Firat (Euphrates) River. It has a population of about 1.4 million.1 The tallest building is Merve Sitesi, a residential tower.2

External references

Gaziantep Castle

Footnotes

1. Calculation, 2010, in world-gazetteer.com, accessed 8/31/2010. Its population in 2000 was less than 900 thousand.
2. According to emporis.com, accessed 9/3/2011.