Beyşehir | |
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 Taşköprü ("Stone Bridge"), a historical regulator dam and bridge in Beyşehir | |
 Map showing Beyşehir District in Konya Province | |
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| Coordinates:37°40′35″N31°43′34″E / 37.67639°N 31.72611°E /37.67639; 31.72611 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Konya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adil Bayındır |
Area | 2,054 km2 (793 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,150 m (3,770 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 77,690 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0332 |
| Climate | Csa |
| Website | www |
Beyşehir (pronounced[ˈbejʃeˌhiɾ]) is a municipality anddistrict ofKonya Province,Turkey.[2] Its area is 2,054 km2,[3] and its population is 77,690 (2022).[1] The town is located on the southeastern shore ofLake Beyşehir and is marked to the west and the southwest by the steep lines and forests of theTaurus Mountains, while a fertile plain, an extension of the lake area, extends in the southeastern direction.
TheHittite monument situated in Beyşehir's depending locality ofEflatunpınar, at a short distance to the northeast from the town, proves that the Hittite Empire had reached as far as the region, marking in fact, in the light of present knowledge, the limits of their extension to the southwest. Evidence points out that an earlier settlement, perhaps dating back to theNeolithic Age, was also located in Eflatunpınar. Another important early settlement was located in ErbabaHöyük, situated 10 km (6 mi) to the southwest of Beyşehir, and which was explored by theCanadian archaeologists Jacques and Louise Alpes Bordaz in the 1970s, leading to finds from three neolithic building layers.
The Beyşehir region corresponds to classical antiquity'sPisidia. At the location of the town itself there was in all likelihood a Greek city, which in one view was probably named Karallia, which was one of the two urban centers that surrounded the lake at the time, and inRoman times was known asClaudiocaesarea (Greek:Κλαυδιοκαισάρεια,Klaudiokaisareia), andMistheia (Greek:Μίσθεια) inByzantine times. Another theory is that Beyşehir's site corresponds to that of Casae (Κἀσαι), the seat of a Christiandiocese of theRoman province ofPamphylia, which under Roman rule included large parts of Pisidia.[4][5] The names of some of its bishops are given in documents concerning church councils held from 381 to 879.[6][7] No longer a residential bishopric, Casae in Pamphylia is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[8]
The state of desolation into which the ancient city, whatever it was called, had fallen by the first decades of the 13th century is suggested by the name "Viranşehir" that theSeljuk Turks had given to the town, meaning"the desolate city". TheSeljuk Sultans of Rum based inKonya nevertheless built their summer residence nearby, in an agglomeration situated on the southwestern lake shore at a distance of 80 km (50 mi) from Beyşehir city, and which came to be known asKubadabad Palace. While the most precious finds of Kubadabad site date from the reign ofAlaeddin Keykubad (1220–1237), it was a seasonal settlement area chosen by and for the sultans already in the late 12th century.
After the fall of the Seljuks, Viranşehir was renamed for a time as Süleymanşehir in honor of one of thebeys of the region's ruling dynasty, theEshrefids, who made the town into his capital. Since the beys of Eshrefids resided here, the present name of Beyşehir was gradually adopted for the town. The Great Mosque of Beyşehir built by the dynasty between 1296 and 1299, also calledEşrefoğlu Mosque, is considered one of the masterpieces of the intermediate period ofAnatolian beyliks between the Seljuk andOttoman architecture styles.
There are 67neighbourhoods in Beyşehir District:[9]
Beyşehir has a dry-summerhumid continental climate (Köppen:Dsa), bordering on amediterranean climate (Csa),[10] with very warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.[11]
| Climate data for Beyşehir (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) | 4.2 (39.6) | 6.4 (43.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 17.4 (63.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) | 1.1 (34.0) | 5.3 (41.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 1.8 (35.2) | 11.1 (52.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −3.4 (25.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | 3.8 (38.8) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.6 (58.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 6.0 (42.8) | 0.8 (33.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | 5.0 (41.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 73.35 (2.89) | 47.12 (1.86) | 50.18 (1.98) | 44.33 (1.75) | 43.65 (1.72) | 31.87 (1.25) | 9.21 (0.36) | 10.1 (0.40) | 19.73 (0.78) | 45.63 (1.80) | 55.11 (2.17) | 81.18 (3.20) | 511.46 (20.14) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.3 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 61.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77.7 | 72.9 | 66.1 | 62.0 | 61.1 | 57.2 | 49.3 | 50.0 | 54.0 | 64.5 | 72.4 | 78.3 | 63.8 |
| Source:NOAA[12] | |||||||||||||
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