Burdur

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Field	Value
type	municipality
name	Burdur
image_skyline	Burdur_manzara_-_panoramio.jpg
image_caption	View of Burdur with Lake Burdur in the background
coordinates
province	Burdur
district	Burdur
leader_party	CHP
leader_name	Ali Orkun Ercengiz
population_footnotes
population_total	95436
population_as_of	2021
postal_code	15000
area_code	0248
website
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History

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Burdur_Museum_3224.jpg" caption="[[Burdur Archaeological Museum"] ::

Ancient history

Whilst there is evidence of habitation in the province dating back to 6500 BC, the earliest sign of habitation in the city itself dates to Early Bronze Age. Artifacts from this period have been found in the site of today's railway station. In antiquity, the area was part of the region of Pisidia. It has been proposed that the city of Burdur has changed location a number of times; the ancient city of Limnombria ("Lake City") was closer to Lake Burdur than the modern city. It is known that in the Byzantine era, the city existed with the name Polydorion (), from which the current name is derived. No remains of Polydorion survive to this day. Burdur may also occupy the site of a town called Praetoria.

Turkish settlement and the Hamidids

The history of the urban development of Burdur is generally held to begin with the Turkish settlement after the Seljuq victory at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. In the late 11th century, the Kınalı tribe of the Oghuz Turks captured the Burdur area and settled there. Turks became the majority of the population of the area after 1211, establishing a number of villages in addition to expanding the town. The first Turkish settlement was in an area known as Hamam Bendi that had a lower elevation than today's city but was farther to the lake than the ancient town of Limnombria. These residents used the site of today's Grand Mosque of Burdur as an open marketplace, known as Alanpazarı. Realising the high incidence of malaria in the area they had settled, these residents then moved uphill, away from the lake. The town remained under the undisputed sovereignty of the Sultanate of Rum between 1206 and 1260, when it was captured by the Mongol Empire. Developing commerce in the port of Antalya increased the significance of Burdur as a centre of commerce. Tragacanth obtained from the mountains of Psidia, wine from Kütahya, wax, wood and tar from many parts of Anatolia passed through Burdur, in exchange of which Egyptian spices, cotton and sugar was traded.

In 1300, the Hamidids under Dündar Bey captured Burdur. Dündar Bey had the Grand Mosque of Burdur built around a hilly area in 1300, and the town subsequently developed around the mosque. The Hamidids administered Burdur as a district under the town of Eğirdir. The Ilkhanate then captured Burdur in 1324 under the governor of Anatolia, Timurtash. Dündar Bey's son, İshak Çelebi, recaptured Burdur in 1328.

Burdur was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1391, when Bayezid I conquered the Hamidids. It was initially a district centre and a small town under the Sanjak of Hamid. As of 1478, Burdur had four quarters, three being Muslim and one being Christian. The largest of these was the Cami ("Mosque") quarter of the Muslims.

There was a small Greek population living in the city until the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey. An abandoned Greek church in the city has been turned into a museum with a giant dinosaur fossil a few years ago.

Climate

Burdur has a hot summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa) or a temperate oceanic climate (Trewartha climate classification: Do). It has chilly, wet and often snowy winters and hot, long and dry summers.

|metric first= Yes |single line= Yes |location= Burdur (1991–2020, extremes 1932–2023) | Jan record high C = 16.8 | Feb record high C = 23.4 | Mar record high C = 27.8 | Apr record high C = 30.7 | May record high C = 35.4 | Jun record high C = 38.7 | Jul record high C = 41.0 | Aug record high C = 41.6 | Sep record high C = 39.0 | Oct record high C = 33.6 | Nov record high C = 26.5 | Dec record high C = 20.5 | year record high C = 41.6 | Jan high C = 7.1 | Feb high C = 9.4 | Mar high C = 13.6 | Apr high C = 18.2 | May high C = 23.7 | Jun high C = 29.0 | Jul high C = 33.0 | Aug high C = 33.1 | Sep high C = 28.6 | Oct high C = 22.2 | Nov high C = 14.8 | Dec high C = 8.6 | year high C = 20.1 | Jan mean C = 2.5 | Feb mean C = 4.0 | Mar mean C = 7.4 | Apr mean C = 11.7 | May mean C = 16.7 | Jun mean C = 21.5 | Jul mean C = 25.2 | Aug mean C = 25.1 | Sep mean C = 20.5 | Oct mean C = 14.8 | Nov mean C = 8.5 | Dec mean C = 4.1 | year mean C = 13.5 | Jan low C = -1.0 | Feb low C = -0.2 | Mar low C = 2.3 | Apr low C = 6.1 | May low C = 10.4 | Jun low C = 14.3 | Jul low C = 17.6 | Aug low C = 17.6 | Sep low C = 13.2 | Oct low C = 8.6 | Nov low C = 3.5 | Dec low C = 0.6 | year low C = 7.7 | Jan record low C = -16.7 | Feb record low C = -15.0 | Mar record low C = -11.6 | Apr record low C = -7.0 | May record low C = -0.4 | Jun record low C = 3.8 | Jul record low C = 9.0 | Aug record low C = 8.8 | Sep record low C = 3.4 | Oct record low C = -2.4 | Nov record low C = -12.0 | Dec record low C = -15.3 | year record low C = -16.7 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 48.0 | Feb precipitation mm = 35.1 | Mar precipitation mm = 46.9 | Apr precipitation mm = 49.1 | May precipitation mm = 49.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 29.9 | Jul precipitation mm = 18.8 | Aug precipitation mm = 12.8 | Sep precipitation mm = 17.1 | Oct precipitation mm = 32.7 | Nov precipitation mm = 36.8 | Dec precipitation mm = 55.8 | year precipitation mm = 432.3 | Jan precipitation days = 10.43 | Feb precipitation days = 9.50 | Mar precipitation days = 10.20 | Apr precipitation days = 10.87 | May precipitation days = 11.20 | Jun precipitation days = 7.27 | Jul precipitation days = 3.63 | Aug precipitation days = 3.50 | Sep precipitation days = 4.00 | Oct precipitation days = 6.67 | Nov precipitation days = 6.80 | Dec precipitation days = 10.43 | year precipitation days = 94.5 | Jan snow days =4.14 | Feb snow days =2.71 | Mar snow days =2.14 | Apr snow days =0.14 | May snow days =0 | Jun snow days =0 | Jul snow days =0 | Aug snow days =0 | Sep snow days =0 | Oct snow days =0 | Nov snow days =0.29 | Dec snow days =1.64 | year snow days = | Jan humidity =72.9 | Feb humidity =67.6 | Mar humidity =61.4 | Apr humidity =58.2 | May humidity =56.2 | Jun humidity =49.9 | Jul humidity =42.6 | Aug humidity =43.4 | Sep humidity =48.1 | Oct humidity =57.9 | Nov humidity =65.3 | Dec humidity =74 | year humidity = | Jan sun = 115.0 | Feb sun = 142.9 | Mar sun = 181.2 | Apr sun = 214.4 | May sun = 272.2 | Jun sun = 319.3 | Jul sun = 356.6 | Aug sun = 336.3 | Sep sun = 269.9 | Oct sun = 222.0 | Nov sun = 166.7 | Dec sun = 103.2 | year sun = 2699.5 | Jand sun = 3.7 | Febd sun = 5.1 | Mard sun = 5.9 | Aprd sun = 7.2 | Mayd sun = 8.8 | Jund sun = 10.6 | Juld sun = 11.5 | Augd sun = 10.8 | Sepd sun = 9.0 | Octd sun = 7.2 | Novd sun = 5.6 | Decd sun = 3.3 | yeard sun = 7.4 | source 1 = Turkish State Meteorological Service | url = https://www.mgm.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?k=H&m=BURDUR | title = Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020) | publisher = Turkish State Meteorological Service | language = tr | access-date = 27 June 2021}} (extremes{{cite web| url =https://www.mgm.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?k=A&m=BURDUR | title = İllerimize Ait Genel İstatistik Verileri: Burdur | publisher = Turkish State Meteorological Service | language = tr | access-date = 9 April 2024}}) |source 2 = NOAA(humidity, sun 1991-2020), Meteomanz(snow days 2010-2023) |date= April 2011

Education

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Mehmet Akif Ersoy University is located in Burdur.

Notable residents

Burdurlu Dervish Mehmed Pasha Ottoman Grand Vizier 1818-1820
Burdurlu Ahmet Şükrü Pasha Ottoman Military Doctor, with major improvements in medical awards

References

[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İl Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021". [[TÜİK]].
(1992). "Burdur". Türk Diyanet Vakfı.
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Çetin, Bayram. (2007). "Burdur kent coğrafyası". [[Atatürk University]].
Atasoy, Sertan. (2013). "Burdur'un ilçelerindeki Türk dönemi eserleri". [[Pamukkale University]].
"WMO Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Burdur". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"Burdur - Weather data by months".

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