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Sivas (sĭväs`), city (1990 pop. 219,122), capital of Sivas prov., central Turkey, on the Kizil Irmak. An important trade and manufacturing center, it has cement, textile, and rug factories. Iron ore is mined nearby. Known as Sebaste, Sebastia, or Cabira in ancient times, it was an important city of Asia Minor under the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Seljuk Turks. Part of the Seljuk empire of Rum in the late 12th cent., Sivas fell to the Mongols and later (15th cent.) to the Ottoman Turks. In 1919, Kemal Atatürk held an important nationalist congress there. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sivas says the ink used for a 3 by 5 inch tattoo contains 1-23 micrograms of lead, versus the 0. Patients with chronic sinusitis who had been medically treated for at least 3 months with broad-spectrum antibiotics and local steroids and had undergone endoscopic sinus surgery in the Otolaryngology Department of the Sivas Kizilay Medical Center (Sivas, Turkey) were selected for this study. Tokat, Yozgat, and Sivas seem to be the epicenter of the outbreak (Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, unpub. |
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