Düziçi

Düziçi is a town and district of Osmaniye Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is located in a small plain in the foothills of the Nur Mountains and 440 m above the sea level. Düziçi is on a route from the Middle East to Anatolia and has seen numerous armies and campaigns throughout the centuries. There is a castle built by Abbasid caliph Harun Rashid following his capture of the area from the Byzantines in 797. Following the battle of Malazgirt in 1071 Turks began to move into Anatolia and these hills were settled by the Avşar (Afshar) tribe of the Turkmen, the last groups of Turks to arrive in Anatolia from Central Asia. The Ottomans took control in 1516 during the campaign against Egypt of Sultan Selim I. In the Ottoman...