Feke
Feke | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Feke District in Adana Province | |
  Feke Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°48′54″N 35°54′45″E / 37.81500°N 35.91250°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Adana |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ahmet Sel (MHP) |
| Area | 1,218 km2 (470 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 15,833 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 01660 |
| Area code | 0322 |
| Website | www |
Feke (Turkish: [ˈfece]) is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,218 km2,[3] and its population is 15,833 (2022).[1] It is 122 km from the city of Adana, 620 m above sea-level, a small town on attractive forested mountainside. The current mayor is Ahmet Sel (MHP).
History
The area was settled by the
Feke commands a pass across the Taurus mountains directly north of Adana, and a castle was first built in the Byzantine period. The name then was Vahka and has since mutated to today's spelling Feke.
Beginning in the 10th century AD the Byzantine government forcibly settled
Below the castle are the imposing remains of a two-story early Byzantine church and a late antique/medieval town.[4]
The impressive circuit walls, towers, and vaulted chambers of the castle are positioned at the top of an elongated mountainous outcrop, primarily flanking the more accessible western side.[5] Sheer cliffs precluded the need for defenses at the east. The outer gatehouse, which consists of a winding staircase and an elaborate bent entrance, leads to the summit. Here there are cisterns, residential quarters, and embrasured loopholes for archers. Most of the exterior masonry is the typical Armenian rusticated ashlar with finely drafted margins.
Composition
There are 48
- Akkaya
- Akoluk
- Bağdatlı
- Bahçecik
- Belenköy
- Çandırlar
- Çondu
- Çürükler
- Değirmenciuşağı
- Gaffaruşağı
- Gedikli
- Göbelli
- Gökçeli
- Gürümze
- Güzpınarı
- Hıdıruşağı
- İncirci
- İslam
- Kaleyüzü
- Karacaoğlan
- Karacauşağı
- Kaşaltı
- Kayadibi
- Kazancı
- Keklikçe
- Kırıkuşağı
- Kısacıklı
- Kızılyer
- Koçyazı
- Konakkuran
- Kovukçınar
- Mansurlu
- Musalar
- Olucak
- Ormancık
- Ortaköy
- Oruçlu
- Paşalı
- Şahmuratlı
- Sülemişli
- Süphandere
- Tenkerli
- Tokmanaklı
- Tortulu
- Uğurlubağ
- Yaylapınar
- Yerebakan
- Yeşildüşmüş
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Robert W., “Settlements and Toponymy in Armenian Cilicia,” Revue des Études Arméniennes 24, 1993, pp.203-04.
- ISBN 0-88402-163-7.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
External links
- Municipality website
- District governor website
- Extensive photographic survey, description and plan of Vahga Castle / Feke
