Burdur
Burdur | |
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Coordinates: 37°43′10″N 30°17′00″E / 37.71944°N 30.28333°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Burdur |
District | Burdur |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ali Orkun Ercengiz (CHP) |
Population (2021)[1] | 95,436 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 15000 |
Area code | 0248 |
Website | www |
Burdur is a city in southwestern Turkey. The seat of Burdur Province and of Burdur District,[2] it is located on the shore of Lake Burdur. Its population is 95,436 (2021).[1]
History
Ancient history
Whilst there is evidence of habitation in the province dating back to 6500 BC, the earliest sign of habitation in the city itself dates to Early Bronze Age. Artifacts from this period have been found in the site of today's railway station. In antiquity, the area was part of the region of Pisidia. It has been proposed that the city of Burdur has changed location a number of times; the ancient city of Limnombria ("Lake City") was closer to Lake Burdur than the modern city. It is known that in the Byzantine era, the city existed with the name Polydorion (Greek: Πολυδώριον), from which the current name is derived.[3] No remains of Polydorion survive to this day.[4] Burdur may also occupy the site of a town called Praetoria.[5]
Turkish settlement and the Hamidids
The history of the urban development of Burdur is generally held to begin with the Turkish settlement after the
In 1300, the
Burdur was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1391, when Bayezid I conquered the Hamidids. It was initially a district centre and a small town under the Sanjak of Hamid. As of 1478, Burdur had four quarters, three being Muslim and one being Christian. The largest of these was the Cami ("Mosque") quarter of the Muslims.[3]
There was a small Greek population living in the city until the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey.An abandoned Greek church in the city has been turned into a museum with a giant dinosaur fossil a few years ago.
Climate
Burdur has a hot summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa) or a temperate oceanic climate (Trewartha climate classification: Do). It has chilly, wet and often snowy winters and hot, long and dry summers.
Climate data for Burdur (1991–2020, extremes 1932–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
35.4 (95.7) |
38.7 (101.7) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
41.0 (105.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.6 (33.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −16.7 (1.9) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.8 (38.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48.0 (1.89) |
35.1 (1.38) |
46.9 (1.85) |
49.1 (1.93) |
49.3 (1.94) |
29.9 (1.18) |
18.8 (0.74) |
12.8 (0.50) |
17.1 (0.67) |
32.7 (1.29) |
36.8 (1.45) |
55.8 (2.20) |
432.3 (17.02) |
Average precipitation days | 10.43 | 9.50 | 10.20 | 10.87 | 11.20 | 7.27 | 3.63 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 6.67 | 6.80 | 10.43 | 94.5 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 114.7 | 144.1 | 182.9 | 216.0 | 272.8 | 318.0 | 356.5 | 334.8 | 270.0 | 223.2 | 168.0 | 102.3 | 2,703.3 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 7.4 |
Source: Turkish State Meteorological Service[9] |
Education
Notable residents
- Burdurlu Dervish Mehmed Pasha Ottoman Grand Vizier 1818-1820
- Burdurlu Ahmet Şükrü Pasha Ottoman Military Doctor, with major improvements in medical awards[clarification needed]
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ İl Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ İslam Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 6. Türk Diyanet Vakfı. 1992. pp. 426–429.
- ^ "Burdur". Büyük Larousse. Vol. 4. Milliyet. p. 2012.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ a b c Çetin, Bayram (2007), Burdur kent coğrafyası (PhD thesis) (in Turkish), Atatürk University, pp. 68–74
- ^ Atasoy, Sertan (2013), Burdur'un ilçelerindeki Türk dönemi eserleri (Master's thesis) (in Turkish), Pamukkale University, pp. 3–6
- ^ Eskikurt, Adnan (2014). "Ortaçağ Anadolu Ticaret Yolları". Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences (33): 15–40.
- ^ "Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020)" (in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service. Retrieved 27 June 2021.