Korkuteli

Korkuteli
—  District  —
Location of Korkuteli within Turkey.
Coordinates: 37°04′N 30°12′E
Country	Turkey
Region	Mediterranean
Province	Antalya
Government
• Mayor	Hasan Gökçe (MHP)
Area
• Total	2,271 km2 (877 sq mi)
Elevation	1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Population
• Total	48,159
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s)	(0090)+ 242+

Korkuteli is a district of Antalya Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, 56 km (35 mi) north-west of the city of Antalya. In ancient times it was called Isionda, Isindos, Pisinda, or Sinda.

Etymology

Its modern name comes from Korkut, prince of the Ottoman Empire, who was murdered by his brother Selim I while trying to hide in a cave in the district.

Geography

Korkuteli is an area of small plains and hills in the Bey Dağları, the western range of the Taurus 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 is 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.

History

In antiquity this area was known as Isionda and was part of Pisidia, and coinage was made here. It was a suffragan of Perge. Like nearby Termessos, Isinda was a remote mountain stronghold, the people worshipped Zeus himself and even managed to resist the siege of Alexander the Great.

Pisidia later became a province of the Roman Empire, and subsequently the Byzantine Empire. Roman/Byzantine buildings in Korkuteli include the priest's house (Keşiş evi) and Latin inscription in the walls of the building that later became the Hamidoglu Medrese.

Lequien gives the names of five Isidondan bishops who assisted at the Ecumenical Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus, Chalcedon and Constantinople (553), and at the Photian synod in 878. Isionda is still a titular see in the Roman Catholic church.

The area was taken from the Byzantines by the Seljuk Turks of Gıyaseddin 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 the Beylik of Teke and then the Hamidid clan of nearby Isparta. Finally the district was brought within the Ottoman Empire by Bayezid I in 1392.

Demographics

The district has a population of 50430 according to the 2010 census. The town itself has 20.508 inhabitants. Korkuteli has 6 municipalities (Bozova, Büyükköy, Çomaklı, Küçükköy, Yelten and Yeşilyayla) and 47 villages.

The population of inhabited places are shown in the table (Municipalities are shown in bold)

Town/Village	Population(2007)
Korkuteli	18.071
Akyar	765
Avdan	849
Bahçeyaka	158
Başpınar	147
Bayat	252
Bayatbademleri	196
Beğiş	71
Bozova	1.007
Büyükköy	1.609
Çaykenarı	423
Çıvgalar	71
Çomaklı	1.161
Çukurca	55
Dereköy	1.061
Duraliler	24
Esenyurt	445
Garipce	250
Göçerler	132
Gümüşlü	729
Güzle	222
İmecik	804
İmrahor	1.860
Karabayır	84
Karakuyu	267
Karataş	169
Kargalık	1.206
Kargın	159
Kayabaşı	200
Kemerağzı	94
Kırkpınar	384
Kızılaliler	125 The Kızılaliler Village (Kızılaliler köyü)- source for much of the information in this article
Kızılcadağ	179
Kozağacı	377
Köseler	147
Küçükköy	2.683
Küçüklü	256
Leylek	128
Mamatlar	214
Nebiler	27
Osmankalfalar	305
Söbüce	214
Söğüt	228
Sögütcük	162
Sülekler	1.170
Taşkesiği	521
Tatköy	929
Ulucak	611
Yakaköy	253
Yalınlıgediği	116
Yazır	1.604
Yelten	2.301
Yeşiloba	173
Yeşilyayla	1.566
Yukarıkaraman	45
Total	48.159

External links

• The Antalya governorate - source for much of the information in this article