Çay (Afyonkarahisar)

Çay
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Afyonkarahisar
Coordinates :	38 ° 36 '  N , 31 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 35 '33 "  N , 31 ° 1' 39"  E
Height :	1038  m
Residents :	14,450 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90)
Postal code :	03 700
License plate :	03
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	17 Mahalle
Mayor :	Hüseyin Atlı ( AKP )
Postal address :	Cumhuriyet Caddesi 77 03700 Çay
Website:	www.cay.bel.tr
Çay County
Residents :	31,412 (2018)
Surface:	803 km²
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Erol Tanrikulu
Website (Kaymakam):	www.cay.gov.tr

Çay is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar . The city is located about 45 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital Afyonkarahisar and is home to about 46 percent of the district's population.

Çay Kervansaray from 1278

geography

The district is located in the southeast of the province . It borders on Şuhut to the west, Çobanlar to the northwest , Bolvadin to the north, Sultandağı to the east and Isparta province to the south . The town lies on the highway D 300 from Izmir to Konya . It is 48 km to the provincial capital Afyonkarahisar.

In the southwest of the district lies the Karamık Gölü lake with the Karamık Bataklığı bog , and part of the Gölü boar in the northeast .
The district is 900 to 1100 m above sea level. To the east of Çay is the Sultan Dağları Mountains (German: Sultansberge ). The highest point, the Topraktepe, is 2,519 m high and lies on the border with the province of Isparta. The smaller Karakuş Mountains, on the other hand, only reach a height of almost 2,000 m.

The climate is continental. Summers are hot and dry with cool nights and winters are cold. Most of the rainfall occurs in spring and autumn; in winter it can snow.

population

The district is next to the district center or of two communities or small towns ( Belediye ): Karamıkkaracaören (divided into 4 Mahalle ( "neighborhoods")) and Pazarağaç (5 Mahalle). The district is completed by 20 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 583 inhabitants. Four of them have over a thousand inhabitants: İnli , Koçbeyli , Akkonak and Yeşilyurt . The following table shows the annual population development after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. The numbers represent the population at the end of the year for ALL places in the district of Çay. Former and existing municipalities ( Belediye , Belde ) are highlighted in orange.

Köy / Belediye	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Akkonak	1,255	1,287	1,363	1,398	1,496	1,671	2,039	1,593	1,643	1,674	1,862	1,691
Poverty	190	173	172	170	182	187	177	197	182	188	194	199
Aydoğmuş	275	273	273	289	307	320	363	369	375	378	384	392
Bulanık	289	278	285	289	295	294	308	322	337	350	348	354
Çay Bel.	14,450	14,445	14,484	14,604	14,536	14,624	14,440	14,700	14,638	14,592	14,353	14,702
Çayırpınar	453	457	463	474	488	489	493	498	502	517	532	543
Çayıryazı	398	411	414	421	432	432	431	459	476	488	497	484
Cumhuriyet	232	152	156	153	159	201	196	197	197	189	187	194
Deresinek	903	940	967	992	1,022	1,053	1.101	1,138	1,195	1,260	1,253	1,355
Devederesi	378	381	396	410	414	427	426	434	455	467	466	492
boar	653	668	675	700	784	850	954	976	987	1,023	983	1,037
Gocen	141	137	140	137	157	148	157	169	179	176	172	177
İnli	1,603	1,628	1,653	1,676	1,731	1,851	2,062	1,823	1,848	1,922	1,984	2.014
Kadıköy	263	239	267	261	273	273	284	291	285	278	286	310
Karamık	873	866	887	920	942	968	966	995	1,072	1,095	1,076	1,258
Karamıkkaracaören Bel.	2,657	2,665	2,781	2,854	2,929	3,022	3,060	3,161	3,254	3,384	3,534	3,702
Kılıçyaka	257	262	263	268	270	274	277	288	290	300	307	310
Koçbeyli	1,402	1,399	1,390	1,393	1,414	1,433	1,441	1,470	1,478	1,479	1,523	1,555
Maltepe	381	346	372	361	345	355	346	353	352	353	362	388
Orhaniye	123	129	134	139	140	148	158	168	166	171	183	194
Pazarağaç Bel.	2,645	2,588	2,623	2,629	2,700	2,737	2,720	2,761	2,774	2,813	2,845	2,867
Pınarkaya	351	344	341	349	388	411	401	394	431	429	456	474
Yeşilyurt	1,240	1,296	1,224	1,206	1,193	1,186	1,148	1,197	1,215	1,186	1,156	1,184
total	31,412	31,364	31,723	32.093	32,597	33,354	33,948	33,953	34,331	34,712	34,943	35,876

Until 1990 the number of inhabitants in the district increased. Afterwards, the rural exodus made itself felt with the increased influx of people into the big cities like Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara.

Residents	total	City of Çay	remaining circle
1965	27.291	9,761	17,530
1970	27,838	10,012	17,826
1975	32,993	12,200	20,793
1980	33,945	11,166	22,779
1985	38,081	13,203	24,878
1990	43,582	14,147	29,435
2000	45,635	18,137	27,498
2007	35,876	14,702	21,174
2010	34,331	14,638	19,693
2015	32.093	14,604	17,489
2018	31,412	14,450	16,962

The figures for the years 1965 to 2000 are census results, the information after that was obtained from population extrapolation (ADNKS, see above).

history

There are traces of settlement in the district that point to the early Bronze Age, such as in Karamık, Cumhuriyet or Karacaören. The name Ipsos appears in the Hellenistic period when Antigonus I Monophthalmos , a general of Alexander the Great around 333 BC. BC passed here during the conquest of Phrygia . After the victorious battle of Issus, Alexander appointed Antigonus governor of this area. 301 BC There came the battle of Ipsos in which Antigonus, who had meanwhile become king, was killed. After the battle, Ipsos fell to the kingdom of Lysimachus . 281 BC There was the battle of Kurupedion , in which Lysimachos lost battle and life against Seleucus I. Since then, the area has belonged to the Seleucid Empire . After the defeat suffered by the Seleucids under Antiochus the Great against the Romans in the Battle of Magnesia , the area was called Roman and Phrygia Parure. During the Roman period the city was called Iulia Ipsos and it became an important trading post and base on the way to Syria.

In the middle to the end of the 11th century the Seljuks under Bekçioğl Emir Afşin advanced as far as Iulia Ipsos. It is unclear whether Emir Ahmed Şah or Emir Sandu then conquered the area. After the city was destroyed during the Second Crusade (probably around 1147), the Seljuks settled Oghusen , who in 1155 gave the place the name Çay Değirmeni (German: tea mill ).

Çay; Taş madrasah; Muqarna vault with the seal of the Seljuks.

After the death of the Seljuk sultan Kai Chosrau III. In 1282 the city was under the protection of the Eşrefoğulları ruler Sulayman ibn Eshref Bey and was part of the Uc - Beyliks (a border principality) of Beyşehir. In 1290 the city fell to the Uc-Beylik of the Germiyanids . The last ruler of the Germiyanids, Bey Germiyan Yakup II, bequeathed his principality to the Ottomans when he died in 1429.

During the Greco-Turkish War , Çay was occupied by Greek troops on August 21, 1921. After the Battle of Dumlupınar , the Greek soldiers had to withdraw on September 24, 1921 and Çay was briefly the headquarters of the Turkish army. In 1935 the city of Çay was connected to the Turkish electricity network. In 1958 Çay was separated from the district (Turkish: ilçe ) Bolvadin and became its own district.

politics

Hüseyin Atlı from the AKP has been mayor of Çay since 2019 , his predecessor Alli Yakut was also from the AKP. Of the other eleven members of the city council, seven belong to the AKP, three to the CHP and one to the MHP . All members are men. The MHP achieved its best results in rural areas, especially in Karamıkkaracaören and Pazarağaç, where it became the strongest party before the AKP.

economy

Çay is primarily characterized by agriculture. Mainly grain, sugar beet and poppy seeds are grown. In the irrigated areas - especially north of Çay - vegetable growing is dominant. Pasture agriculture predominates in the mountainous region. Around six tons of milk are produced every day.

48 percent of the total area (39,338 hectares) is agricultural land, 18 percent of the district (14,509 hectares) is forested.

Tourism doesn't matter. Large areas of marble are mined in the south of the city.

Attractions

There are some natural attractions in the district, while only the city of Çay is of cultural interest.

Çay; Taş Medrese (now a mosque) from 1278; West side

nature

• Eber Gölü (German: Eber-See ). The lake with its marshland is largely a nature reserve. It is famous for its "floating islands", called Koprak .
• Karamık Gölü , a partially marshy lake (the marshy area is called Karamık Bataklığı ) with a great diversity of fauna and flora. A nature reserve since 1993.
• Çağlayan Park, a recreational area in the south of Çay with a larger waterfall.

Culture

• Çay Hanı , a Seljuk caravanserai from the 13th century.
• Taş Camii, also Taş Medrese, which is part of the Çay Hanı caravanserai complex. It was built around 1278/79 as a school building and is now used as a mosque ( Sultan Alâeddin Camii ). It was built on behalf of the Seljuk sultan Kai Chosrau III. (Turkish: Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev III. ) under General Ebûl Mücahid Yusuf bin Yakub, the founder of the complex. The interior of the mosque is also particularly worth seeing.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu (Nufusune.com) , accessed on May 5, 2019
2. ↑ TÜIK-Central Dissemination System / Merkezi Dağıtım Sistemi (MEDAS): population of Villages, municipalities and quarters , accessed on May 24, 2019
3. ↑ http: www.cay.gov.tr/
4. ↑ Sabah.com Local Election Results March 31, 2019
5. ↑ Sabah.com Local Election Results March 31, 2019
6. ↑ http://www.cay.bel.tr/gecim-kaynaklari/