Nizip

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Nizip ( zazaisch Sêwrege, Kurdish Nesip ) is a town in the eastern Turkish province of Gaziantep.

History

In Nizip took place on June 24, 1839 a battle between the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mahmud II and Egypt, which had been dissolved under Muhammad Ali Pasha, the Khedive, from the Ottoman Empire instead. The Egyptian troops, who had conquered Palestine and Syria in the years before, under the command of Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali, and triumphed over the Ottoman troops under Hafiz Pasha. At the battle took Helmuth von Moltke, the future German Field Marshal, in part as a Prussian military advisor to the Ottoman army.

The impressions of his years in the Ottoman Empire has recorded in his book " Under the Crescent. Letters about conditions and events in Turkey from the years 1835-1839 " Moltke. About the battle and its history has specifically reported in detail.

Attractions

One of the special attractions in Nizip is still quite preserved church Fevkani Kilisesi. She has several small domes as a roof. The exact construction date and other important information are unknown. Its style is similar to the Byzantine churches that were built in the 11th and 12th centuries. A restoration of this heritage remained from before, because Nizip in the East has, like many other cities too little financial resources. The church served for a time as an inn and was then used as a warehouse. Beginning in early 2010 began the restoration of the church in order to use it as an attraction for tourists.