Osmaniye

Osmaniye is a metropolis within the Cukurova place of Turkey, the capital of Osmaniye Province. Located on the japanese fringe of the Cukurova undeniable within the foothills of the Nur Mountains, the gateway among Anatolia and the Middle East, Osmaniye is at the Silk Road, a place of strategic importance and has been a agreement for numerous civilizations consisting of the Hittites, Persians and Romans.

The Islamic presence in the place turned into first set up with the aid of the Abbasid Caliph Harun Rashid, auxiliaries in his military being the primary Turks to combat in Anatolia. They obviously took a shine to the location and following the Turkish victory over the Byzantines at Malazgirt in 1071 waves of Turkish conquest started out. The Nur Mountains were settled by the Ulasli tribe of the Turkmens.

The Ulasli remained the local power through into the length of the Ottoman Empire and have been even concerned inside the Celali uprisings, in the course of a period of unsure Ottoman rule within the 17th century. Eventually, in 1865 the Ottoman widespread Dervis Pasa changed into charged with bringing law and order to Cukurova. He set up his headquarters in the Osmaniye villages of Dereobasi, Fakıusagı, Akyar and taken the Ulasli down from the high mountains to the village of Haciosmanli.