GÜNAL, Veysi Harran Üniversitesi, Osmanbey Kampüsü - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey , ġAHiNALP, M.Sait Harran Üniversitesi, Osmanbey Kampüsü - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey , GÜZEL, Abdulkadir Harran Üniversitesi, Osmanbey Kampüsü - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey

The Impact of Geographical Environment on Urban Place Names: Case of ġanlıurfa City

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This study which holds Şanlıurfa city’s place names consists of three chapters. First, the factors that impact streets and district names are being held. Also, development of names is examined and classified. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of geographical environment on naming of streets and districts. Natural environment characteristics have an impact on urban naming. City’s areal extension and an increase in population, national and local historical events, social and economic structure have an impact on urban place names too. While naming, the political party which includes mayor and councilors has an important mission. In this concept, there are a lot of places which have been named after person’s names, sites and historical-political events. Out of 149 names, 78 of it have taken its names after human activities. In the human activities based names (78), person’s names have an outstanding place (60). And in those names, governmental-military-political names (24) and religious person’s names come into prominence. In the city there are 22 natural environment names, 6 streets and 14 districts. There are a lot of urban places’ names which have been named after economic activities. These activities have given names to 36 districts and streets. Names which unknown the origin and others are 13.

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Şanlıurfa , urban place names , street names , districts names , geography

Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences

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