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Kilis kebabı or "tepsi kebabı", a kind of Turkish kebab.
A picture from Kilis 7 Aralık University Campus
French Occupation Army in Kilis, 1918-22.
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Kilis, Turkey · Asia

About Kilis

Kilis sits on the route: 10 minutes from Çukuroba, 45km from İmam Çağdaş.

Kilis is in Turkey, with about 110,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Çukuroba, about 6 km away.

Kilis is a city in southernmost Turkey, near the border with Syria, and the administrative centre of Kilis Province and Kilis District. Its population is 112,187 (2022). On 6 February 2023 Kilis was badly affected by the twin Turkey-Syria earthquakes.

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Within an hour or so of Kilis: İmam Çağdaş (45 km).

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Kilis is in Kilis, Turkey, about 6 km from Çukuroba.

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Quick Information

Population
111,648
Continent
Asia
Country
Turkey
Region
Kilis
Timezone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
36.7161, 37.1150

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Turkey

Police
155
Ambulance
112
Fire
110
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right
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Worth the detour from Kilis

1 notable place within an hour's drive.

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İmam Çağdaş

A Gaziantep kebab and baklava house on Uzun Çarşı, trading since 1887 and regarded as the benchmark for pistachio baklava and Ali Nazik kebab. Downstairs is a working baklava kitchen.

45 km · about 50 min drive

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45 km awayPop. 2,222,415

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🇹🇷 Turkey

45 km awayPop. 11,527

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