Kadirli

	Kadirli
Basic data
Province (il) :	Osmaniye
Coordinates :	37 ° 22 ' N , 36 ° 6' E Coordinates: 37 ° 22 '11 " N , 36 ° 6' 0" E
Height :	95 m
Residents :	92,915 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 328
Postal code :	80 750
License plate :	80
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	20 meals
Mayor :	Ömer Tarhan ( MHP )
Website:	www.kadirli.bel.tr
Kadirli district
Residents :	124,053 (2018)
Surface:	1,021 km²
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Muhittin Pamuk
Website (Kaymakam):	www.kadirli.gov.tr

Kadirli is a district town and capital of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Osmaniye .

Kadirli is the largest district in Osmaniye Province and is located in the western part of the province in the Çukurova region . It borders on the provinces of Adana and Kahramanmaraş . Around three quarters of the district's population live in the district town. In addition to Kadirli, the district also includes 60 villages ( Köy , plural Köyler ), in which an average of 519 people live. The five largest villages are: Koçlu (1,008), Kızyusuflu (1,052), Aydınlar (1,235), Karakütük (1,282) and İlbistanlı (1,454).

In Roman antiquity and in Byzantine times the place was called Flavius or Flaviopolis , later it was known as Kars-ı Zulkadriye or Kars for short . This name first appears in the 13th century. Another name was Pazarköy or Kars Pazarı . The current name has been official since 1928.

Attractions

The Alacami on the eastern outskirts on a hill is an early Byzantine church that was converted into a mosque in the 15th century and the oldest building in the city. The apse and outer walls of the basilica , built at the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th century, have been preserved.

The late Hittite site of Karatepe-Arslantaş is located in the Kadirli district .

Personalities

Kürşat Atılgan (* 1956), politician
Volkan Bekiroğlu (* 1977), football player
Atakan Ekiz (* 1996), Turkish soccer player

Web links

Commons : Kadirli - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri (Nufusune.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019
^ Anatolic index
↑ Richard Bayliss: The Alacami in Kadirli: Transformations of a Sacred Monument. In: Anatolian Studies , Vol. 47, 1997, pp. 57-87

[Infobox_Ort_in_der_Türkei.EinwohnerOrt-1] Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri (Nufusune.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019

[2] Anatolic index

[3] Richard Bayliss: The Alacami in Kadirli: Transformations of a Sacred Monument. In: Anatolian Studies , Vol. 47, 1997, pp. 57-87