Korkuteli

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FieldValue
typemetro district
nameKorkuteli
image_skylineKorkuteli; Blick auf die Stadt.jpg
image_captionKorkuteli; east view of the city from the dam.
image_mapAntalya location Korkuteli.svg
map_captionMap showing Korkuteli District in Antalya Province
coordinates
provinceAntalya
leader_partyCHP
leader_nameSaniye Caran
area_total_km22433
elevation_m1020
population_footnotes
population_total56285
population_as_of2022
postal_code07800
area_code0242
website
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| type = metro district | name = Korkuteli | image_skyline = Korkuteli; Blick auf die Stadt.jpg | image_caption = Korkuteli; east view of the city from the dam. | image_map = Antalya location Korkuteli.svg | map_caption = Map showing Korkuteli District in Antalya Province | coordinates = | province = Antalya | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Saniye Caran | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 2433 | elevation_m = 1020 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 56285 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = 07800 | area_code = 0242 | website = Korkuteli is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,433 km2, and its population is 56,285 (2022). It is 56 km north-west of the city of Antalya. It was previously called İstanoz or Stenez.

Etymology

Its modern name comes from Korkut, an Ottoman prince, who was murdered by his brother Selim I while trying to hide in a cave in the district.

Geography

Korkuteli is an area of small plains and hills in the Bey Dağları, the western range of the Taurus Mountains, overlooking the Mediterranean sea. There are two distinct geographical areas of Korkuteli, of equal size: the lowland area nearer the coast has a hot Mediterranean climate, while the larger area of lakes higher up is cooler and less humid. The high country is covered with pine forest, while the lowland is used for agriculture; crops include grains, pulses and vegetable oil-seeds. There are trout in Korkuteli reservoir and other small lakes.

Until recently economic activity in this district was basically herding sheep and goats on the hillsides, but since the 1960s investment in irrigation and machinery has generated a thriving fruit-growing industry, including many roadside stalls selling fruit to travellers en route to the Mediterranean coast. This in turn has led to better buildings and infrastructure in the town of Korkuteli and the villages in the district. There is no industry or large-scale trading. Korkuteli is a small town of 15,000 people providing high schools and other basic infrastructure to the district.

The countryside is attractive and Antalya's middle-classes are building holiday homes in Korkuteli, a place to escape the summer heat on the coast. The local delicacy is 'burnt ice-cream', made of goats-milk. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Korkuteli;_Alaaddin_Keykubat_Medresesi.jpg" caption="website=MGM}}{{Weather box"] ::

| width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Korkuteli (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 8.9 | Feb high C = 10.1 | Mar high C = 13.7 | Apr high C = 17.9 | May high C = 23.2 | Jun high C = 28.5 | Jul high C = 32.2 | Aug high C = 32.4 | Sep high C = 28.4 | Oct high C = 22.6 | Nov high C = 16.0 | Dec high C = 10.6 | year high C = 20.4 | Jan mean C = 2.8 | Feb mean C = 3.9 | Mar mean C = 7.0 | Apr mean C = 11.0 | May mean C = 16.0 | Jun mean C = 20.9 | Jul mean C = 24.4 | Aug mean C = 24.1 | Sep mean C = 19.9 | Oct mean C = 14.4 | Nov mean C = 8.3 | Dec mean C = 4.3 | year mean C = 13.1 | Jan low C = -1.6 | Feb low C = -0.8 | Mar low C = 1.5 | Apr low C = 5.0 | May low C = 9.3 | Jun low C = 13.5 | Jul low C = 16.6 | Aug low C = 16.4 | Sep low C = 12.3 | Oct low C = 7.7 | Nov low C = 2.8 | Dec low C = -0.1 | year low C = 6.9 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 55.58 | Feb precipitation mm = 33.74 | Mar precipitation mm = 37.03 | Apr precipitation mm = 40.63 | May precipitation mm = 39.29 | Jun precipitation mm = 28.35 | Jul precipitation mm = 9.45 | Aug precipitation mm = 9.64 | Sep precipitation mm = 10.91 | Oct precipitation mm = 27.99 | Nov precipitation mm = 39.0 | Dec precipitation mm = 59.73 | year precipitation mm = 391.34

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 6.1 | Feb precipitation days = 5.2 | Mar precipitation days = 4.9 | Apr precipitation days = 5.7 | May precipitation days = 5.8 | Jun precipitation days = 4.8 | Jul precipitation days = 2.0 | Aug precipitation days = 2.3 | Sep precipitation days = 2.9 | Oct precipitation days = 3.4 | Nov precipitation days = 4.1 | Dec precipitation days = 6.2 | year precipitation days = 53.4

| Jan humidity = 70.0 | Feb humidity = 67.6 | Mar humidity = 62.5 | Apr humidity = 60.9 | May humidity = 58.3 | Jun humidity = 50.0 | Jul humidity = 43.9 | Aug humidity = 46.2 | Sep humidity = 50.2 | Oct humidity = 58.3 | Nov humidity = 65.5 | Dec humidity = 71.4 | year humidity = 58.7 | source = NOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Korkuteli_17926.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Korkuteli |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 15, 2024}}

Composition

There are 59 neighbourhoods in Korkuteli District:

History

Buildings of the Roman and Byzantine periods in Korkuteli include the Keşiş Evi ("priest's house") and the building that later became the Hamidoglu Medrese, which has Latin inscriptions.

The area was taken from the Byzantines by the Seljuk Turks of Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev I in 1207, and was used as a summer residence by the local Seljuk rulers. Seljuk architecture in Korkuteli includes the mosque of Sultan Alaadin and some Turkish baths and tombs. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Korkuteli;_Tarihi_Hamam;_13._Jahrhundert.jpg" caption="Seljuk]] period, 13th century."] ::

Upon the decline of the Seljuks in the early 14th century the area became a stronghold of the Beylik of Teke and then of the Hamidid clan of nearby Isparta. Bayezid I brought the district into the Ottoman Empire in 1392.

Isinda

Main article: Isinda (Pisidia)

Nearby was the ancient town of Isinda, whose site is now thought to be at the village of Kişla, though formerly identified with Yazır.

Isinda stood in a strategic position at the western end of the pass leading from Pamphylia by Termessus to Pisidia. Together with Aperlae, Apollonia and Simena, Isinda was a member of a tetrapolis, a federation of four cities.

Samples of the extensive coinage of Isinda are extant, which give evidence that it considered itself an Ionian colony.

Isinda was later included in the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda. At an early stage, it became a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Perge, the capital of the province. Of its bishops, Cyrillus took part in the First Council of Nicaea in 325, Edesius in the Council of Ephesus in 431, Marcellinus in the Council of Chalcedon in 451, Talleleus in the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, Ignatius in the Photian Council of Constantinople (879).

No longer a residential bishopric, Isinda is now listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.

Demographics

The district has a population of 56,285 (2022).

References

References

  1. [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.)
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  10. In the 1840s, T.A.B. Spratt and E. Forbes visited Kişla, an hour's ride from Korkuteli (referred to as Stenez), with extensive walls of soft stone and burnt brick, and identified it as the city of Isinda, which the Roman consul [[Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC)
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