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{{Short description|Province of Turkey}}
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▲| image_caption = Mount Erciyes in Kayseri Province
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▲| map_caption = Location of Kayseri Province in Turkey
| leader_party = AKP
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▲| subdivision_name3 = [[Kayseri]]
| website = {{url|http://www.kayseri.bel.tr/}}<br>{{url|http://www.kayseri.gov.tr/}}
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▲| leader_name1 = Şehmus Günaydın
▲| area_total_km2 = 16,917
▲| population_total = 1,434,357
▲| population_as_of = 2021
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The '''Kayseri Province''' ({{langx|tr|{{italics correction|Kayseri ili}}}}) is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] and [[Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey|metropolitan municipality]] in central [[Turkey]]. Its area is 16,970 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> and its population is 1,441,523 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> It borders with [[Sivas Province|Sivas]], [[Adana Province|Adana]], [[Niğde Province|Niğde]], [[Kahramanmaraş Province|Kahramanmaraş]], [[Yozgat Province|Yozgat]] and [[Nevşehir Province|Nevşehir]] provinces.
The province is an area that has been linked with mythological stories as well as important figures in [[History of Turkey|Turkish history]]. It is located in [[Anatolia]], and surrounded by the [[Mount Erciyes]], the [[Mount Hasan]] and the [[Mount Ali]]. The Ali mountain is named like that in honor of [[Ali Baba]], who is said to have lived in the area. Locals claim that Kayseri is the most peaceful city in the world.▼
▲The province is an area that has been linked with mythological stories as well as important figures in [[History of Turkey|Turkish history]]. It is located in [[Anatolia]], and surrounded by the [[Mount Erciyes]], the [[Mount Hasan]] and the Mount Ali. The Ali mountain is named like that in honor of [[Ali Baba]], who is said to have lived in the area. Locals claim that Kayseri is the most peaceful city in the world.
==Districts==
[[File:Kayseri districts.png|thumb|Districts of Kayseri Province]]
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*[[Akkışla]]
*[[Bünyan]]
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*[[Hacılar]]
*[[İncesu, Kayseri|İncesu]]
*[[Kocasinan]]
*[[Melikgazi]]
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==History==
[[File:KayseriSelale.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Waterfalls erupting from a cliff below Aladağlar.]]
[[File:Mount erciyes.jpg|thumb|250px|Mount Erciyes ({{
[[File:At height.jpg|thumb|View from a cable car in Erciyes, Kayseri.]]
It was the residence of the Cappadocian kings and was sacked by Tigranes I, king of Armenia, in the 1st century BCE. Kayseri was first known as the city of ''Masaka''. Later, during the [[Ancient Rome|Roman period]], the province's name was changed to ''
Later on, Kayseri became a cultural mecca of poets, artists in Turkey. [[Seyyid Burhaneddin]] lived there, and so did others such as [[Kadi Burhan al-Din|Kadı Burhaneddin]] and [[Seyrani]], among many others. Seynari was born in 1807. [[Mimar Sinan|Sinan]] the Great, an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] architect, was also from Kayseri.
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According to Turkish [[mythology]], a man named [[Hasan Baba]] would cross mountains during the month of August every year and bring Ali Baba snow, which would not melt.
The province roughly corresponds to the ancient region of [[Cappadocia]].
==Modern Kayseri==
Kayseri is nowadays a province filled with modern buildings and museums. Some of Turkey's most famous [[List of statues|statues]] and monuments are located there. The modern city of [[Kayseri]] is in the Melikgazi district.
==Demographics==
Sultan Abdulaziz accommodated the [[Kabardians]] (a [[Circassians|Circassian]] tribe) in Uzunyayla (Kayseri).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kaya |first=Ayhan |date=2005 |title=Cultural reification in circassian diaspora: stereotypes, prejudices and ethnic relations |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183042000305717 |journal=Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |language=en |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=129–149 |doi=10.1080/1369183042000305717 |issn=1369-183X}}</ref> As a result, Kayseri has a significant Circassian population. In the 1965 census, 3.2% of the population reported Circassian as their first language. 23% of all [[Circassians in Turkey]] were in Kayseri.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Özgen |first=Nurettin |title=Demographic Development and Some Cultural Characteristics of Anatolian Circassians |url=https://www.academia.edu/23654746/Demographic_Development_and_Some_Cultural_Characteristics_of_Anatolian_Circassians}}</ref>
==Transportation in Kayseri==
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Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri.jpg|Kadir Has Stadium in [[Kayseri]]
File:Kadir_Has_Stadion.JPG|Kadir Has Stadium in [[Kayseri]]
File:Wild_horses1.jpg|[[Erciyes Mountains]]
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==References==
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