Karkamis Guide - Travel Information

Gaziantep, Turkey, Europe
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Karkamis, aka Kargamis, next to the site of ancient Karkemish, is a town and district of Gaziantep Province in southeastern Turkey.
The River Euphrates runs east of Karkamis southwards into Syria. At this place, a railway bridge of 870 m that was built between 1911-1913 by German engineers as part of the Istanbul-Baghdad Railway, crosses the river parallel to the border line.
One of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), the Karkamis Dam and hydoelectric power station is located 4.5 km upstream from the border crossing of Euphrates.
In March 2011, the Turkish military base which included Karkemish ruins was cleared of mines. Archaeologists from Italy and Turkey have begun excavations in the town in September 2011.


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