Şereflikoçhisar
| Şereflikoçhisar | ||||
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 The main street Ankara Caddesi with the Ekici mosque |
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Ankara | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 57 ' N , 33 ° 33' E | |||
| Height : | 975 m | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 312 | |||
| Postal code : | 06 950 | |||
| License plate : | 06 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 64 Mahalle | |||
| Mayor : | Memiş Çelik ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Yeni Mahalle, Ankara Caddesi No: 116 06950 Şereflikoçhisar / Ankara |
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| Şereflikoçhisar County | ||||
| Residents : | 34,202 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 2,155 km² | |||
| Population density : | 16 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Sedat Yıldırım (since 2017) | |||
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Şereflikoçhisar is a municipality and an İlçe (state administrative district) of the same area in the province of Ankara . The municipality belongs to the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality ( Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi ), which includes all municipalities in the province. Şereflikoçhisar is thus a district (district municipality) of the city of Ankara and all settlements in the district belong to the Şereflikoçhisar municipality as mahalle .
Şereflikoçhisar is not far from the Tuz Gölü .
Surname
The name of the city, Koç Hisar, also Koçhisar, comes from the Seljuks and means something like ram castle . Under İsmet İnönü , in consultation with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the name was changed to Şereflikoçhisar in order to commemorate the heroic efforts of the soldiers from Koçhisar at the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915/16. Şerefli means honorable, glorious .
population
The Şereflikoçhisar district had 33,420 inhabitants in 43 villages in 2016, Kurds lived in six villages and Tatars in three villages . 27,471 citizens lived in the city itself and 5,949 in the surrounding villages (as of 2016). Development of the population:
| date | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 69,201 |
| 1970 | 75,675 |
| 1975 | 82.207 |
| 1980 | 79,330 |
| 1985 | 87,893 |
| 1990 | 60,701 |
| 2000 | 59,128 |
| 2007 | 34,808 |
| 2008 | 35,353 |
| 2009 | 35,978 |
| 2010 | 35,989 |
| 2011 | 36,071 |
| 2012 | 35,042 |
| 2013 | 34,577 |
| 2014 | 33,946 |
| 2015 | 33,729 |
| 2016 | 33,420 |
geography
location
The Şereflikoçhisar district borders in the north on the district of Balâ ( Ankara province ), in the northeast on the Hirfanlı Barajı (Hirfanlı reservoir), which forms the border with the province of Kırşehir . In the east lies the Evren district , which belonged to Şereflikoçhisar until 1990, in the southeast it borders on the Sarıyahşi district , in the south on the central Aksaray district . In the southwest and west, the Tuz Gölü forms the border and in the northwest, Şereflikoçhisar borders on the district of Kulu , Konya Province .
climate
There is a dry continental climate. In the winter months, temperatures can drop slightly below zero. In the summer months of July and August, up to 30 degrees are reached. Most precipitation falls between November and May; In the period from July to September there is almost no rain.
Waters
The only river in the district is the Peçenek deresi , which is dammed near the village of Fadıllı to the Peçenek Reservoir (Turkish: Peçenek Barajı ). It flows on through Şereflikoçhisar and flows west of the city into the Tuz Gölü. The Kızılırmak, which is dammed up to the Hirfanlı Barajı (Hirfanlı Reservoir), flows on the eastern border .
Villages and towns
The province of Ankara was transformed into a metropolitan municipality (metropolitan province) in 1984. All rural districts were transformed into city districts, the villages into districts. With the exception of the district towns, all Belediye were downgraded to villages. The Şereflikoçhisar district consisted of 43 villages ( Köy ), 4 parishes ( Belediye ) and the district town.
economy
Most of the population works in agriculture. The most important branch of the economy is salt production on the Tuz Gölü. The company Koyuncu Kaldırım Tuz İşletmesi (Koyuncu Salt Enterprises) is the largest Turkish salt producer and employs 180 people (as of 2019). Salt is extracted in five basins on 18 km².
Infrastructure
The main road E 90 runs through Şereflikoçhisar . It is a link between Ankara and Adana .
history
According to scientific research, the area around Şereflikoçhisar has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Allegedly there was also a Hittite settlement, but there is no evidence of the source. 334 BC After his victory over the Persians , Alexander the Great passed the Tuz Gölü . 275 BC The Celtic Galatians immigrated . In the area of Şereflikoçhisar, the folk sub-tribe of the Tektosages settled, who built salt pans for salt production on the lake, which they sold throughout Anatolia. In 25 AD the last Galatian king Amyntas died and the area became the Roman province of Galatia , in Byzantine times it was part of the Anatolicon theme . In 1071 Roussel Phrangopolos , also called Ursel von Bailleul (de Ballione), succeeded in establishing an independent rule in Galatia. However, in 1076 he was betrayed by the Seljuks , who conquered the area around 1077. The place is first mentioned with the conquest by Malik Shah I , when Malik Shah had the Koç Hisar castle built. In 1307 the Seljuk rule ended, and the Karamanids secured the area around Koç Hisar under Yahşı Han Bey . In 1467 the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captured Koç Hisar and had the castle destroyed. Since then it has belonged to the Ottoman Empire and was administered from Aksaray.
In 1885 Koç Hisar was made a city, in 1891 the district (Turkish: ilçe ) Koç Hisar was formed and belonged to the province of Konya . In 1920 he was added to the newly created province of Aksaray . In 1933 the district became part of Ankara Province . In 1934 the first school was built in the city. In 1989, Şereflikoçhisar not only lost the chance to develop into a province, but also its localities Sarıyahşi with their 7 villages and Ağaçören with their 27 villages to the 1989 re-established province of Aksaray. On May 9, 1990, a separate district was founded around the small town of Evren together with 9 villages and spun off from Şereflikoçhisar.
Attractions
- The ruins of the ancient city of Parnassos . They are about eight kilometers north of Şereflikoçhisar near the village of Parlasan. The excavations took place in 2007 and the floor plans of a church and a library as well as graves were uncovered.
The city itself contains few buildings worth seeing. The most important are
- Sultan Alaaddin Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Alaaddin Camii ), a Seljuk mosque, built around 1230 to 1230 under the Sultan of the Rum Seljuks Ala ad-Din Kai Kobad I. It was renovated in 2014/15.
- The tomb of Hurşid Hatun (Turkish: Hurşid Hatun Türbesi ), the wife of Ala ad-Din Kai Kobad I .; also built in the Seljuk style.
- The tomb of Hacı Enbiya (Turkish: Hacı Enbiya Türbesi )
- The City Museum (Turkish: Kent Müzesi ); late Ottoman architecture from 1899
- The Salt Lake Museum (Turkish: Tuz Gölü Müzesi ) outside the city on the road from Ankara to Aksaray (D 750; E 90)
The walls of the castle (Turkish: Şereflikoçhisar kale ) are a historicizing replica from the 20th century with no architectural value.
sons and daughters of the town
- Aziz Mahmud Hudayi (1541-1628); philosopher
- Ali Babacan , Turkish politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu , accessed on August 30, 2019
- ↑ http://www.sereflikochisar-bld.gov.tr/iletisim.html
- ↑ http://www.sereflikochisar.gov.tr/nufus
- ↑ Türkiye ilçe nüfus / Ankara / Şereflikoçhisar
- ↑ http://koyuncusalt.com/en/pages/details/1
- ↑ http://www.sereflikochisar-bld.gov.tr/kochisar.html
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 1997
- ^ Sievers / Urban / Ramsl: Lexicon for Celtic Archeology. A – K.
