Düzbağ is a town in

Kahramanmaraş Province Kahramanmaraş Province kurdish( tr, Kahramanmaraş ili ) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, the traffic code is 46. Geography Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and ...

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Geography

Düzbağ is in the rural area of

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which is a part of Kahramanmaraş Province. The coordinates of the town are . The town is situated at the southern foothill of a mountain. The altitude of the midtown is . The highway distance to Çağlayancerit is and to

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is . The population was 6,032 in 2009.

History

No record survives from the 15th century when the settlement was a part of

Dulkadirids The Anatolian beylik of Dulkadir (Modern Turkish: ''Dulkadiroğulları Beyliği''), was one of the frontier principalities established by the Turkoman clans Bayat, Afshar and Begdili after the decline of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. Capitals ...

. The settlement was annexed by the

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during the reign of

Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite last ...

in 1517. According to a census soon after the annexation, the name of the village was shown as ''Helete'' and the population of Helete was found out to be 200. In 1968 the village was declared a township named Düzbağ.

Economy

The traditional economic activity is animal husbandry. The main agricultural crops are fruits, especially grapes and apples. There is also a small carpet weaving factory. Since the 1960s Düzbağ residents who migrated to

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as industrial workers (''gastarbeiter'') have also contributed to the town's economy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duzbag Populated places in Kahramanmaraş Province Towns in Turkey Çağlayancerit District