Malatya

Malatya (Armenian: Մալաթիա Malat'ya; Greek: Μαλάτεια, Malateia;; Kurdish: Meletî; Syriac: ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ‎ Malīṭīná) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province. The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene. The site of ancient Malatya lies a few kilometres from the modern city in what is now the village of Arslantepe and near the dependant district center of Battalgazi (Byzantine to Ottoman Empire). Present-day Battalgazi was the location of the city of Malatya until the 19th century, when a gradual move of the city to the present third location began. Battalgazi's official name was...