Editing Batman, Turkey (section)

==Transportation==
Batman is connected by highways and railway with the nearby cities of [[Diyarbakır]] and [[Kurtalan]] and with the capital Ankara. The distance (using highways) to Istanbul is {{convert|1465|km|0|abbr=on}}, to Ankara {{convert|1012|km|0|abbr=on}}, and to İzmir {{convert|1520|km|0|abbr=on}}. There is also a regional [[Batman Airport|airport]] outside of Batman at {{coord|37.929481|N|41.118021|E}}, which provides direct flights to İzmir, Ankara and Istanbul.<ref name="brit" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111223063741/http://www.kultur.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-33020/nasil-gidilir.html Batman. Nasıl Gidilir?], kultur.gov.tr, 19 February 2007</ref> The airport is combined with the military Batman Air Base. The base was renovated after the US-Turkey agreement in 1982 to make the base available for US tactical aircraft acting within [[NATO]] forces. This allowed them to patrol the region of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran without refueling.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Research Division|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzzYk_gzpJ0C&pg=PA358|title=Turkey: A Country Study|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|year=2004|isbn=978-1-4191-9126-8|pages=358–}}</ref> The base was then used for aid delivery and rescue missions in Iraq during the 1991 [[Gulf War]].<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/batman.htm Batman Air Base, Turkey]. globalsecurity.org</ref><ref>Darrel D. Whitcomb (2006) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928085514/http://aupress.au.af.mil/digital/pdf/book/Whitcomb_Combat_Search_And_Rescue.pdf Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm], Air University Press, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama</ref>