[MANUSCRIPT HAND-COLOURED MAP OF SYRIA - PALESTINE - TRANSJORDAN] Suriye - Filistin - Transjordan.

[MAJOR] HALIT ZIYA [TÜRKKAN] (?), (Turkish cartographer, scientist, specialist of cadaster), (1886-1966). Manuscript Map., [ca. 1929]. Original manuscript color map of Middle East including Syria, Palestine and Transjordan. Signed by cartographer. 28x20 cm. In Turkish (with Latin letters). The Mapping Department, which moved to Ankara from Istanbul after the Independence War, settled in the Attar Basi Khan in Koyunpazari and the press section also started its studies in the building which is the Art School in Ulus today. In 1924, the department, which is still inside the General Directorate Garrison, moved to the hut-shaped buildings with single floor between the Military Sewinghouse and the General Directorate. On the other hand, the production of maps and plans, which were to be used in development services carried out in parallel to the revolutions starting with the declaration of the Republic and following each other, was considered to be based on a legal arrangement. Because of th