Korulan (former Gezlevi) is a small town in

Konya Province Konya Province ( tr, ), in southwest Central Anatolia, is the largest province of Turkey. The Province, provincial Capital (political), capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42. The Kızılören solar power plant in Konya will be ...

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Geography

Korualan is a part of

Hadim Hadim is a town and district of Konya Province in the Akdeniz region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 59,941 of which 16,620 live in the town of Hadim. History The area now known as Hadim was settled by a tribe o ...

district of

. It is a mountainous town with an altitude of about . At it is quite far from the main state roads. Distance to Hadim is approximately and to

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

is . The population is 1818 as of 2011

History

There are almost no written records about the deep history of Korualan. Probably, the town was a summer camp of the

Turkmen Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

tribes during

Karamanid The Karamanids ( tr, Karamanoğulları or ), also known as the Emirate of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman ( tr, Karamanoğulları Beyliği), was one of the Anatolian beyliks, centered in South-Central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Pro ...

beylik (principality) during 13th–15th centuries. Korualan was a small village in the early 20th century. Korulan was declared a township in 1971.

Economy

Animal husbandry as well as fruit gardening (such as cherry) are the most important economic activities. There are a few carpet weaving looms.The town page
/ref> But the unemployment rate is high and the younger generation tend to move to big cities to work in industry or in services.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Konya Province Towns in Turkey Hadim District