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Ayazini, İhsaniye
Ayazini is a village in the İhsaniye District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. Its population is 945 (2021). It is a historical place settled by Phrygians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks. There are dwellings, churches and tomb chambers in rock-cut architecture at the archaeological site. Overview The name of the settlement, a Turkish derivation of the Greek "Aya Sion" ( el, Αγία Σιών), was changed to "Ayazin" in 1910. Ayazini took the municipality status on 29 December 1998. The status was revoked at the 2013 reorganisation due to the decrease of the village population to under 2,000. '' Official Gazette'', 6 December 2012 . The village headman is Bekir Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhtar (title)
A muhtar is the elected village head in villages of Turkey. In cities, likewise, each neighbourhood has a muhtar but with a slightly different status. Muhtars and their village councils ( tr, Azalar or İhtiyar heyeti) are elected during local elections for five years. However, political parties are not permitted to nominate candidates for these posts. Rural muhtars In each village, the muhtar is the highest elected authority of the village. (There is no mayor in a village.) According to the Village Law, tasks of the muhtars are in two groups: compulsory tasks are about public health, primary school education, security and notification of public announcements, etc. Noncompulsory tasks depend on the demands of village residents. Urban muhtars In each town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine Empire Under The Constantinian And Valentinianic Dynasties
Byzantine Empire under the Constantinian and Valentinianic dynasties was the earliest period of the Byzantine history that saw a shift in government from Rome in the West to Constantinople in the East within the Roman Empire under emperor Constantine the Great and his successors. Constantinople, formally named Nova Roma, was founded in the city of Byzantium ( grc, Βυζάντιον, Byzántion), which is the origin of the historiographical name for the Eastern Empire, which self-identified simply as the "Roman Empire". Prelude to the creation of the Byzantine Empire Economic strife In the 3rd century, the Roman Empire suffered troubling economic difficulties that spread over a wide portion of its provinces. Drastic decreases in population throughout the western parts of the empire, along with a general degradation of society within the cities, exacerbated the crisis leading to a shortage of labor. The '' latifundia'', or great estates, added to the troubles by forcing ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
