15 OLDEST CITIES IN THE WORLD

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OLDEST CITIES IN THE WORLD

Humanity has begun to live in communities since the transition to settled life. These communities formed villages and then cities. Cities with more than six thousand years of history are among the most important legacies of humanity. Here are the 15 oldest cities where people live constantly, many of them in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

Gaziantep, Turkey

Gaziantep is one of the oldest cities in the world with permanent settlement. Gaziantep, one of the oldest known settlements in Anatolia, has traces of many civilizations. Traces of humanity in Gaziantep M.He. It dates back to 10,000 years.

Zadar, Croatia

The Croatian tourist town of Zadar, on the Adriatic Sea coast, is also noted for its history. The history of the city goes back 2900 years.

Biblos, Lebanon

Biblos, one of the oldest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, is also one of the oldest settlements of humanity. The city, where Greeks exported papyrus paper in history, is one of the oldest cities where people have lived for about 9 thousand years

Athens, Greece

Athens, the capital of Greece, has a historical identity, especially with the Akrapol region. The city’s history dates back 6,000 years.

Aleppo, Syria

Aleppo, which has suffered major destruction due to Syria’s civil war, is one of the oldest cities in the world. The history of this important city dates back 6,500 years.

Damascus, Syria

Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the oldest settlements of humanity, just like Aleppo. the first settlements in the city date back to 12 thousand years ago.

Varanasi, India

Varanasi, a city considered sacred in India, is also one of the oldest cities on earth. This city on the banks of the Ganges river is a place of purification for Hindus.

Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, has a history of 5,000 years. Beirut, once one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean, is a city with high tourism potential.

Sus, Iran

Susa, located in Khuzestan province, Iran, was the capital of Elam state in history. The history of the city, which is also mentioned by the Sumerians, dates back 4,400 years.

Sayda, Lebanon

Another city in Lebanon on the list is Sayda. The history of the city dates back 2,500 years.

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv (Plovdiv), one of the oldest cities constantly inhabited by people on the European continent, comes under Roman, Eastern Roman and Ottoman rule after the city was founded by the Thracians.

Jerusalem, Isreal

Jerusalem, the holy city of the three religions, is also one of the oldest cities in which people live. The history of the city goes back five thousand years.

Mtskheta, Georgia

This hard-to-pronounce Caucasian settlement is one of the oldest in the region. Mtskheta has a history of about 3000 years

Cadiz, Spain

Cadiz, one of Spain’s historic cities, dates back 3,100 years.

Jericho, Palestine

Located on the banks of the Jordan River, Jericho is one of the oldest settlements known in the world. For 11 thousand years, people have lived continuously in Jericho within the borders of Palestine.

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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.

Physician's Resume:

Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.

Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.

In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.

Awards:

Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.

Certificates:

Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .

Professional Members:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.

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