Kayseri (Ottoman Turkish:??????: Greek: ?????????/Kaisareia), named in the antiquity Mazaka or Mazarca, Eusebia, Caesarea Cappadociae, and later Kaisariyah, is a large and industrialized city in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It is the seat of Kayseri Province. The city of Kayseri, as defined by the boundaries of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, is structurally composed of five metropolitan districts, the two core districts of Kocasinan and Melikgazi, and since 2004, also Hac?lar, ?ncesu and Talas. In conjunction with the addition of new districts and first stage municipalities into the metropolitan area, the city's population, which was 690,000 in 2000, is currently estimated by the official census department as being around 1,094,000. Kayseri is marked by the Mount Erciyes which towers in the horizon south of the city. Its inhabitants (Kayseril