Bayat is a town and district of
Afyonkarahisar Province
Afyonkarahisar Province ( tr, ), also called more simply Afyon Province, is a province in western Turkey.
Adjacent provinces are Kütahya to the northwest, Uşak to the west, Denizli to the southwest, Burdur to the south, Isparta to the southea ...
in the
Aegean region of
Turkey
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. The mayor is Kadir Üçer (
CHP).
Name
Bayat is one of a number of towns and villages in
Anatolia
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named after a branch of the
Oghuz Turks, who migrated west from the Turkish homelands in
Central Asia
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between 1100 and 1300 AD.
Settlements in the district
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Akpınar, Bayat
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Aşağıçaybelen, Bayat
*Bayat, Afyonkarahisar
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Derbent, Bayat
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Eskigömü, Bayat
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Kuzören, Bayat
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Mallıca, Bayat
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Muratkoru, Bayat
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Sağırlı, Bayat
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Yukarıçaybelen, Bayat
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Çukurkuyu, Bayat
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İmrallı, Bayat
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İnpınar, Bayat
References
Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province
Districts of Afyonkarahisar Province
Bayat, Afyonkarahisar District
Bayat tribe
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