Karkamış Bridge
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karkam-bridge-266-6187364
title:
Karkamış Bridge
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The Karkamış Bridge is a Parker-truss bridge carrying the Baghdad Railway across the Euphrates in southeastern Turkey. The bridge was built by the Baghdad Railway between 1911 and 1913 in the Ottoman Empire and played an important role for transporting troops and supplies during World War I, as it was the only permanent crossing of the Euphrates in the area. After the war, the bridge and the railway fell under British military control until the Allies withdrew their forces from Turkey. The Frenc
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Bridge in Gaziantep Province and Çiçekalan, Şanlıurfa Province
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkam%C4%B1%C5%9F_Bridge
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2023-05-22T14:59:46Z
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