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Zile, anciently known as Zela (Greek: Ζῆλα) (still as Latin Catholic titular see), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Zile District . [ 2 ] Its population is 33,557 (2022). [ 1 ]
Zile District is a district of the Tokat Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Zile . [ 1 ] Its area is 1,480 km 2 , [ 2 ] and its population is 53,315 (2022).
The battle took place near Zela (modern Zile), which is now a small hilltop town in the Tokat province of northern Turkey. The battle ended the ambitions of king Pharnaces who wanted to expand his rule over Asia Minor .
After the proclamation of the republic on 29 October 1923, the governor of the city was charged with the duties as deputy mayor. With the municipality act of 3 April 1930, the title of mayor was abandoned and the governor of Istanbul province took over the duties of the mayor.
A view from the 2000-year-old historical castle column piece in Zile, Turkey where Julius Caesar said "Veni, vidi, vici".. Veni, vidi, vici (Classical Latin: [ˈu̯eːniː ˈu̯iːd̪iː ˈu̯iː.kiː], Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈveːni ˈviːd̪i ˈviː.t͡ʃi]; "I came; I saw; I conquered") is a Latin phrase used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory.
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe).In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, [when?] the corresponding unit was the kaza.
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
This is a list of notable Turkish people, or the Turks, (Turkish: Türkler), who are an ethnic group primarily living in the republic of Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities have been established. They include people of Turkish descent born in other countries whose roots are in those countries.