Why visit Tercan
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About Tercan
Tercan (formerly Mama Hatun, and Derzene; Armenian: Դերջան, Greek: Δερζηνή in the Byzantine era; Kurdish: Têrcan; Zazaki: Mamaxatune) is a town and seat of Tercan District of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It had a population of 4,846 in 2021.
From the Wikipedia article Tercan (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Originally, the main town in the region of Derzene was Pekeriç. Tercan superseded it in perhaps the early Ottoman period. In the middle ages and early Ottoman period, two routes converged at Tercan. The first was the one connecting Erzurum with Erzincan and Sivas. The second was coming from the upper Kelkit basin via the Pekeriç plain.
The 17th century Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi visited the place in 1647, calling it Mamahatun. He wrote about the Saltukid complex and described the town as "a Muslim village containing two hundred houses".
From the History section of Tercan on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Tercan
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Getting there and nearby towns
Erzurum Airport (ERZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Aşkale 31 km northeast, about 31 min by car
- Otlukbeli 37 km northwest, about 37 min by car
- Yedisu 41 km south, about 41 min by car
- Parmaksız 50 km southeast, about 50 min by car
- Pulumer 53 km southwest, about 53 min by car
- Bayburt 55 km north, about 55 min by car
- Çat 54 km east, about 54 min by car
- Cimin 58 km west, about 58 min by car
- Erzincan 76 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Erzurum 78 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Tercan,han1, Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- KERVANSARAY - TERCAN - panoramio, hüseyin yeşil, CC BY 3.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2781, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2791 merged, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2780, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2733, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2789, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2790, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2787, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2734, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2735, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2786, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2788, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2783, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2763, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2784, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan caravanserai 2785, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MAMA HATUN TÜRBESİ - TERCAN - panoramio, hüseyin yeşil, CC BY 3.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun hamam 2798, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun hamam 2797, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun hamam 2796, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun hamam 2793, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun hamam 2794, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun hamam 2795, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2739, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2757, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2748, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2768, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2761, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2750, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2749, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2766, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2759, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2747, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2760, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2746, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2768b, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2762, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2764, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tercan Mama Hatun Türbesi detail 2753, Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0
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