Osmaniye Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and central district in Turkey
About Osmaniye
Osmaniye is in the southeastern corner of the Cilician Plains, at the foothills of the Nur Mountains, so it shared the fortunes of that region. In the 12th century BCE, after the collapse of theHittite Empire, the area came under the rule of a number of associated polities collectively named "Neo-Hittites". During theMiddle Ages, it was the power base of the Armenian Kingdom ofCilicia, allied with theCrusaders, who left their mark in numerous castles across the region. The Turkish settlement, mainly by nomadic tribes, began in the 11th century. The winters of the Cilician Plains are an eternal spring, but in summers the region slides into a scorching inferno, thenmalaria-stricken. So these nomads overwintered in the plains, and fleed to the balmy respite of the surrounding mountains as the
Top Attractions in Osmaniye
Explore the best things to see and do in Osmaniye:
- ★Ala Mosque
- ★Castabala-Hierapolis
- ★Central Park
- ★City Museum
- ★Clock Tower
- ★Enverül Hamit Mosque
- ★Gökçedam
- ★Kadirli
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