Car Hire Malatya - Mini guide to Malatya

The Malatya province is situated in East-central Turkey and is a part of the Taurus Mountains and lies on the fertile plains of Tohma River (Euphrates tributary).

The Malatya town date back 3000 years and was known as Milid or Maldi (“city of honey”) during the Hittite reign and Melitene in the Roman medieval era. The modern town of Malatya was founded in 1838 near the ancient sites of Milid and Melitene and is today, a thriving industrial center of Turkey.

Malatya is the regional market for agricultural goods that include fruits, vegetables, sugar beets, cotton, rice, tobacco and also mineral produce of copper, lead and chrome. Textile and cement production also form a part of Malatya’s progressive industry.

Famous for its apricots, Malatya’s produce totals 50% of fresh apricots and 95% of dried apricots export around the globe, making Turkey the world’s largest apricot producer. Since 1978, every year in July, Malatya has hosted the Malatya Fair and Apricot Festivities, accompanied by sport activities, concerts and apricot competitions to promote Malatya and its industry.

Malatya also organizes the annual Cherry Festivities at Ye?ilyurt and Grape Festivities at Arapgir Districts to convene producers to meet one another.

How to reach

As a flourishing industrial town, Malatya is a key junction in Turkey’s air, rail and road network. Malatya is well connected to Ankara and Istanbul with Turkish airlines flying daily, nonstop between the three cities. You can also board a train from Ankara, Istanbul, Sivas, Elazig, Kayseri and Diyarbakir to Malatya, though the bus is faster and offers a more pleasant on-road journey.

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