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Korkuteli | |
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 Korkuteli; east view of the city from the dam. | |
 Map showing Korkuteli District in Antalya Province | |
  Korkuteli Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates:37°04′N30°12′E / 37.067°N 30.200°E /37.067; 30.200 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Antalya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Saniye Caran (CHP) |
Area | 2,433 km2 (939 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,020 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 56,285 |
| • Density | 23.13/km2 (59.92/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 07800 |
| Area code | 0242 |
| Website | www |
Korkuteli is a municipality anddistrict ofAntalya Province,Turkey.[2] Its area is 2,433 km2,[3] and its population is 56,285 (2022).[1] It is 56 km (35 mi) north-west of the city ofAntalya. It was previously called İstanoz[4][5] or Stenez.[6]
Its modern name comes fromKorkut, anOttoman prince, who was murdered by his brotherSelim I while trying to hide in a cave in the district.[citation needed]
Korkuteli is an area of small plains and hills in the Bey Dağları, the western range of theTaurus 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.
Korkuteli has ahot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen:Csa),[7] with hot, dry summers, and chilly, damp, and occasionally snowy winters.[8]
| Climate data for Korkuteli (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 23.2 (73.8) | 28.5 (83.3) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 13.1 (55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) | −0.8 (30.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 5.0 (41.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.8 (37.0) | −0.1 (31.8) | 6.9 (44.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 55.58 (2.19) | 33.74 (1.33) | 37.03 (1.46) | 40.63 (1.60) | 39.29 (1.55) | 28.35 (1.12) | 9.45 (0.37) | 9.64 (0.38) | 10.91 (0.43) | 27.99 (1.10) | 39.0 (1.54) | 59.73 (2.35) | 391.34 (15.41) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 53.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 70.0 | 67.6 | 62.5 | 60.9 | 58.3 | 50.0 | 43.9 | 46.2 | 50.2 | 58.3 | 65.5 | 71.4 | 58.7 |
| Source:NOAA[9] | |||||||||||||
There are 59neighbourhoods in Korkuteli District:[10]
Buildings of theRoman andByzantine periods in Korkuteli include theKeşiş Evi ("priest's house") and the building that later became theHamidoglu Medrese, which hasLatin inscriptions.
The area was taken from the Byzantines by theSeljuk Turks ofGıyaseddin 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.
Upon the decline of the Seljuks in the early 14th century the area became a stronghold of theBeylik of Teke and then of theHamidid clan of nearbyIsparta.Bayezid I brought the district into theOttoman Empire in 1392.
Nearby was the ancient town of Isinda,[11] whose site is now thought to be at the village of Kişla, though formerly identified withYazır.[4] 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 consulGnaeus Manlius Vulso, on his victorious march through Asia Minor in 189 BC, found besieged byTermessus. At the city's request he raised the siege and fined the Termessians 50 talents.[4][6]
Isinda stood in a strategic position at the western end of the pass leading from Pamphylia by Termessus toPisidia.[12] Together withAperlae,Apollonia andSimena, Isinda was a member of a tetrapolis, a federation of four cities.[13]
Samples of the extensive[12] coinage of Isinda are extant, which give evidence that it considered itself anIonian colony.[4]
Isinda was later included in theRoman province ofPamphylia Secunda. At an early stage, it became aChristianbishopric, asuffragan of themetropolitan see ofPerge, the capital of the province. Of itsbishops, Cyrillus took part in theFirst Council of Nicaea in 325, Edesius in theCouncil of Ephesus in 431, Marcellinus in theCouncil of Chalcedon in 451, Talleleus in theSecond Council of Constantinople in 553, Ignatius in thePhotianCouncil of Constantinople (879).[14][15][16]
No longer a residential bishopric, Isinda is now listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[17]
The district has a population of 56,285 (2022).[1] The town itself has 28,725 inhabitants.[18]
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