Doğlat is a village in the
İscehisar District,
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 sout ...
,
Turkey
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. Its population is 174 (2021).
It is 48 km to the center of Afyonkarahisar and 26 km to the town of Iscehisar and the village has a warm continental climate.
The economy of a village depends on agriculture and husbandry. The village has a primary school and does not have a drinking water, but there is a sewerage network, and the village has electricity and fixed telephone.
History
Some researchers believe that ancient city of
Dioclea ( gr, Διόκλεια Φρυγίας) was located near modern Doğlat,
Catholic Encyclopedia: Dioclea
/ref> while others assume that it was located near ''Ahırhisar'' (modern Yeşilhisar
Yeşilhisar, formerly known as Kbistra, is a town and district of Kayseri Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.
History
Although the establishment of the district is not known for certain, first the Hittites and then the Persians c ...
).
The village was founded in 1901 by the Karachayns who emigrated from the Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...
.
References
Villages in İscehisar District
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