Yaka is a village in

Gelendost District Gelendost is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transc ...

, Isparta Province,

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. Its population is 1,552 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ('' belde'').Law No. 6360
'' Official Gazette'', 6 December 2012 .

Geography

Yaka is situated to the east of Lake Eğirdir and to the south of

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. Distance to Gelendost is and to

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is .

History

The area around Yaka was probably populated during the

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and there is a rock carved figure of a female to the east of the town which is thought to be of Cybele, the mother goddess of ancient

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. The present town was founded by Turks around the 15th century. The name of the town suggests that these people may be of Yaka tribe from Mangyshlak Peninsula at the east coast of

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, now in

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. (There are many other settlements in Turkey with the same name) But the population of the settlement also included Greeks up to 20th century before population exchange agreement between Greece and Turkey. In 1975 the settlement was declared a seat of township.Mayor's page
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Economy

Cattle rising and apple production constitute the main revenues of the town. There are also some small scale workshops. Another source of revenue is the former town residents who now are working in

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as ''gastarbeiter''.

References

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