Talas

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Talas, Turkey

Talas is a town in central Anatolia and a district of Kayseri Province in Turkey. The population of Talas city was 40,122 in 2000, while the district of Talas as a whole counted 60,925 people. It is located about 7km from the city of Kayseri.

History

The history of Talas, which hosted several civilizations, goes back to 1500 BC. The region saw the invasions of the ancient Persians, Greeks, and the Romans. Talas, was known as Dalassa (Greek: Δάλασσα) under Roman and later Byzantine rule, and was the hometown of the powerful Dalassenos family. It remained under the Byzantines until the battle of Manzikert in 1071, when the Seljuk Turks defeated Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes and entered Anatolia. From then on the city came first under the rule of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate, and from 1467 on, of the Ottoman Empire.

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Talas, Kyrgyzstan

Talas is a town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in the Talas River valley between two mountain ranges. Its geographical location is 42°31′N 72°14′E / 42.517°N 72.233°E / 42.517; 72.233 and its population is 32,886 (as of 2009). It is the administrative headquarters of Talas province. The town was founded by East Slavic settlers in 1877. To the south is the Besh-Tash (five rocks) valley with the Besh-Tash National Park.

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Its economy has traditionally been oriented towards the ancient city of Taraz (once named Talas and Dzhambul) in present day Kazakhstan. The Talas valley has suffered severely from the imposition of rigid border controls by Kazakhstan following the demise of the Soviet Union, as transport and trade links to the rest of Kyrgyzstan are now constrained by the mountains separating it from the Chuy Valley and Bishkek. The only driveable road to Bishkek and the rest of the country rises to a height of more than 3500 meters above sea level over the Ötmök Pass before descending to the Chuy Valley and Bishkek.