Gölhisar

Coordinates: 37°08′27″N 29°30′27″E / 37.14083°N 29.50750°E / 37.14083; 29.50750
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Gölhisar
Municipality
Gölhisar is located in Turkey
Gölhisar
Gölhisar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°08′27″N 29°30′27″E / 37.14083°N 29.50750°E / 37.14083; 29.50750
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBurdur
DistrictGölhisar
Government
 • Mayorİbrahim Sertbaş (AKP)
Elevation
1,008 m (3,307 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
16,118
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
15400
Websitewww.golhisar.bel.tr

Gölhisar (literal translation: "lake castle") is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Gölhisar District.[2] Its population is 16,118 (2021).[1]

History

During antiquity Golhisar was site of an ancient city called

Pisidians around 1000BC, Roman ruins including a 180 meter wide theater can be still seen. In the Byzantine era the town was the seat of a Christian Bishopric
.

Ibn Battuta visited the small town of Qul Hisar, noting "There is no way to reach it except by a path like a bridge constructed between the rushes and the water, and broad enough only for one horse-man."[3]

Gölhisar became a district on January 13, 1953 with the merger of Uluköy and Horzum Districts. It got its name from the fortress built on the island in the middle of the lake, 6 km from the district.

See also

  • Kibyra

References

  1. ^
    TÜİK
    . Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ISBN 9780330418799
    .


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