Bayburt

This article covers the city. For the province, see Bayburt (province) .

Bayburt
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Bayburt
Coordinates :	40 ° 16 '  N , 40 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 15 '35 "  N , 40 ° 13' 40"  E
Height :	1550  m
Residents :	45,081 (2019)
Telephone code :	(+90) 458
Postal code :	69 010
License plate :	69
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	14 Mahalle
Mayor :	Hükmü Pekmezci ( MHP )
Website:	www.bayburt.bel.tr
Bayburt district
Residents :	68,771 (2019)
Surface:	2,705 km²
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km²

Bayburt ( Armenian Բաբերդ Papert ) is a Turkish city ​​in northeastern Anatolia on the banks of the Çoruh River . It is the capital of the Bayburt province of the same name and also of the central district ( Merkez ). The district still includes 121 villages ( Köy ), of which Konursu is the largest with 1,176 inhabitants.

history

The garrison town of Bayburt was on the Silk Road and was ruled by many peoples, for example the Urartians , Armenians , Persians , the Roman Empire and the Seljuks . It has been renamed several times throughout its history.

The Mongols were here in 1364 by Alexios III. , the Emperor of Trebizond . In 1462 the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II fought here against the Turkish-born Akkoyunlu . In 1825 the city was completely destroyed during an invasion by the Russians , but it was rebuilt. Bayburt used to belong to Erzurum and after the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 to the province of Gümüşhane . With the creation of the province of Bayburt in 1989, it received provincial status.

Attractions

Fort Bayburt

Worth seeing are the bathhouses of Bent , Ali Şingâh, Paşaoğulları and Pulur, the Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) of Bayburt, the mosques of Kutluk Bey, Pulur and Yukarı Hınzevrek, Hart, the ruins of Ksanta and Varzahan , Meydan, the Korgan Bridge, the Türben from Taşhan and Şehit Osman.

Bayburt Kalesi Castle is located within the city on a steep rocky promontory above the Çoruh . The current building is an Ottoman fortress with a Seljuk predecessor building: the surrounding wall was restored by the Turkish antiquities administration. Iron Age fragments come from the castle hill, suggesting a previous Urartian building .

Climate table

Bayburt (1584 m)
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J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     28   -1 -11     30th   0 -10     42   6th -5     64   13 2     73   18th 5     48   23 8th     22nd   27 11     14th   28 11     23   23 7th     50   17th 4th     37   8th -2     28   2 -7 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bayburt (1584 m) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -1.1 0.0 5.6 12.8 17.9 22.6 26.9 27.5 23.4 16.6 8.2 1.7 O 13.6 Min. Temperature (° C) -10.6 -9.9 -4.5 1.6 5.4 8.1 11.1 11.0 7.3 3.5 -2.1 -7.2 O 1.2 Temperature (° C) -6.2 -5.3 0.3 7.0 11.7 15.6 19.1 19.0 14.8 9.4 2.4 -3.2 O 7.1 Precipitation ( mm ) 27.6 30.3 41.8 63.7 73.4 48.2 21.8 13.6 22.8 49.9 36.6 27.9 Σ 457.6 Rainy days ( d ) 11.4 11.1 12.6 13.7 15.7 10.0 5.6 4.4 4.9 9.2 9.4 10.5 Σ 118.5 Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010

Population development

The following table shows the comparative population level at the end of the year for the city, the district and the province of Bayburt and the respective share at the higher administrative level. The figures are based on the address-based population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007.

year	city		district		province
	real	percent	real	percent	real
2018	40,565	60.88	66.63	80.99	82,274
2017	43,636	65.89	66,228	82.36	80,417
2016	45,407	64.04	70,900	78.64	90.154
2015	37,946	61.65	61,551	78.36	78,550
2014	38,462	60.24	63,848	79.21	80,607
2013	36,326	59.57	60,980	80.64	75,620
2012	35,947	58.59	61,354	80.95	75,797
2011	35,654	57.87	61,610	80.30	76,724
2010	32,782	55.56	59.002	79.29	74,412
2009	32.141	54.36	59,126	79.14	74,710
2008	32,020	53.71	59,611	78.77	75,675
2007	32,546	54.39	59,839	78.11	76,609

economy

Along the Çoruh there are mines in which various metals are mined and marketed through Bayburt.

Various and culture

A well-known visitor to the town of Bayburt was Marco Polo . On his trip to China , he stayed in Bayburt. He reports on the silver mines in the area. The Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi also visited Bayburt.

Bayburt is home to the alleged grave and home of Dede Korkut , a saint who migrated from Central Asia to Anatolia. In the stories about Dede Korkut, which are among the highlights of Turkish literary history, the events of that time are told in a fabulous form. Since Bayburt plays a role in the story, the festival of Dede Korkut is celebrated here every year . The stories go back to the 12th century. The year 1999 has been declared the 'Dede Korkut Year' by UNESCO . Many celebrations and events in honor of Dede Korkut also took place abroad.

The old Turkish horse game Cirit ( Cavgan ) is still played in Bayburt . The Turks brought the game to Anatolia from Central Asia. Horses have always been sacred animals for the Turkic peoples .

Liberation Day is celebrated on February 21.

education

Bayburt University is located in the center of the city. It includes faculties of technology, art, science and administration as well as several vocational schools.

M. Mollamahmutoglu is the founder and rector of the university and has been in his office since September 15, 2008.

sons and daughters of the town

• Hovhannes XI. von Bayburt , Archbishop and Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
• Krikor Amirian , Armenian commander of the Ottoman army
• Suat Türker , soccer player
• Murat Kalkan , soccer player
• Ednan Aslan , religious educator

literature

• Antonio Sagona, Claudia Sagona: Archeology at the North-East Anatolian Frontier. Volume 1: An historical geography and a field survey of the Bayburt Province. Peeters Press, Louvain et al. 2004, ISBN 90-429-1390-8 ( Ancient Near Eastern Studies 14).
• TA Sinclair: Eastern Turkey. An architectural and archaeological survey. Volume 2. Pindar Press, London 1989, ISBN 0-907132-33-2 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nufusune.com , accessed April 10, 2020
2. ↑ Nufusune.com , accessed on 09 April 2020
3. ^ Antonio Sagona / Claudia Sagona, Archeology at the North-East Anatolian frontier, I. A historical geography and a field survey of the Bayburt province Ancient Near Eastern Studies 14, Louvain Peeters 2004, 123
4. ↑ Central Dissemination System of the TÜIK , accessed on April 15, 2019
5. ^ Ainsworth, William Francis (1842): Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea and Armenia Vol. 2, p. 395
6. ^ Sagona, Antonio, Sagona, Claudia: Archeology at the North-East Anatolian Frontier, I. An historical Geography and a field survey of the Bayburt province. Ancient Near Eastern Studies 14, (Louvain, Peeters 2004), 95