Göksun ( gr, Κυκυσός, ''Kykysós'', or Κουκουσός, ''Koukousós'';
Latin
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: ''Coxon'' or ''Cucusus;'' Armenian: ''Կոկիսոն'') is a town and district of
Kahramanmaraş Province in the
Mediterranean
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region of
Turkey
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, near one of the sources of the
Ceyhan River
The Ceyhan River (historically Pyramos or Pyramus ( el, Πύραμος), Leucosyrus ( el, Λευκόσυρος) or Jihun) is a river in Anatolia in the south of Turkey.
Course of the river
The Ceyhan River (Pyramus) has its source (known as ' ...
(ancient Pyramos),in the ancient region of
Cataonia
Cataonia ( grc, Kαταoνία) was one of the divisions of ancient Cappadocia.
It is described by Strabo, who had visited it, as a level plain surrounded by mountains: on the south by the Amanus, and on the west by the Antitaurus, which bra ...
.
History
Cucusus has an ancient history, first included in
Cataonia
Cataonia ( grc, Kαταoνία) was one of the divisions of ancient Cappadocia.
It is described by Strabo, who had visited it, as a level plain surrounded by mountains: on the south by the Amanus, and on the west by the Antitaurus, which bra ...
, then in
Cappadocia
Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde.
According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revo ...
, and then in the
Roman province
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of
Armenia Secunda
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. The Byzantine bishops,
Paul the Confessor (died 350 AD),
John Chrysostom
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(died 407 AD) and Emperor
Basiliscus
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(died 476 AD) either died in or were exiled to this remote place. Of its bishops, Domnus took part in the
Council of Chalcedon
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(451), Longinus was a signatory of the joint letter of the bishops of the province of Armenia Secunda to
Byzantine Emperor
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Leo I the Thracian
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in 458 concerning the murder of
Proterius of Alexandria
Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria (died 457) was Patriarch of Alexandria from 451 to 457. He had been appointed by the Council of Chalcedon to replace the deposed Dioscorus.
History
Proterius was elected by the Council of Chalcedon in 451 t ...
, Ioannes was at the
Second Council of Constantinople
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(553), and another Ioannes at the
Trullan Council
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of 692. No longer a residential bishopric, Cucusus is today listed by the
Catholic Church
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as a
titular see
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.
[''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 838]
2009 helicopter crash
On March 25, 2009, a chartered helicopter carrying
Great Union Party's (BBP)
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, three of his party's local leaders, and a reporter crashed at Mount Keş. The pilot and all the passengers but the reporter were killed. Ismail Güneş, who initially survived, made an emergency call reporting the accident. A massive search and rescue operation, attended by thousands and assisted by helicopters and aircraft, was conducted. However, the wreckage and the five bodies were recovered only 47 hours later. The corpse of the reporter was found five days later far from the crash site.
References
* "Cucusus", in Hazlitt, ''The Classical Gazetteer'', 1851
p. 125
External links
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Populated places in Kahramanmaraş Province
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
Districts of Kahramanmaraş Province
Towns in Turkey
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