Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaraş ranks 5,859th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nyasvizh, and Temirtau. Memorable people born in Kahramanmaraş include Nestorius, Leo III the Isaurian, and Şeref Eroğlu. Memorable people who died in Kahramanmaraş include Richard of Salerno, Philaretos Brachamios, and Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha. Kahramanmaraş has been the birth place of many physicians, and politicians and the death place of many politicians. Kahramanmaraş is located in Türkiye.

Kahramanmaraş, historically Marash and Germanicea, is a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was officially named Kahramanmaraş with the prefix kahraman to commemorate the Battle of Marash. The city lies on a plain at the foot of Mount Ahır. Read more on Wikipedia