Turkey is a historical land which has influenced the world history so much. Both European and Asian history owes much to Turkey. When the Ottoman Turks seized Constantinople and resulted in the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453 CE, land route between Orient and Europe was closed down. It was then the European nations patronized sea explorers to find out new sea routes to carry on their trade with the Oriental countries. Thus Turkey and its people have been responsible for the European sea explorations. It is noteworthy that much before these Europeans, the Chinese under Zheng He had already done some of the memorable sea explorations. But now the Europeans started roaming the high seas when only their land trade was closed down.

The city of Gaziantep is the capital of Turkish province of Gaziantep. It is one of the oldest inhabited regions of the world. The city spans for about 2950 square miles and is the 6th biggest city of the nation. The population is about 1, 352,450. The growth in population has also increased the real estate sale Gaziantep in recent years.

The city is economically prosperous. It has the largest organized industrial sector and is ranked first in export –import business in the whole nation. The specialties of this region are variety copper ware products and “Yemeni” slippers. Gaziantep is also famous for its machine made carpets. There are several carpet manufacturing units in the city which export world class carpets all over the world. Every year the average export is about $ 600 million USD. The economic activities have offered much employment options to different categories of people. Thus newcomers in large numbers come and settle down here. They buy home Gaziantep near mostly their workplace. Again many students who come here to study in the educational institutions like Gaziantep University and Middle East Technical University prefer to stay at rent flat Gaziantep as these flats are low priced and can be shared with friends.

The city is well famous for its distinct cultural activities and tourism too. The city is the home to notable personalities like poet Ahmet Umit, politician Dogu Perincek, singer Edip Akbavram and 2010 Miss Turkey Gizem Memic.