Bozkır is a town and
district
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of
Konya Province
Konya Province ( tr, ), in southwest Central Anatolia, is the largest province of Turkey. The provincial capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42.
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in the
Mediterranean
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region of
Turkey
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. According to 2008 census, population of the district is 31,601 of which 7,212 live in the town of Bozkır.
The town occupied a central position in ancient
Isauria. The name ''Bozkır'' means
steppe in
Turkish and after the
Turkish settlement in early
Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate
fa, سلجوقیان روم ()
, status =
, government_type = Hereditary monarchyTriarchy (1249–1254)Diarchy (1257–1262)
, year_start = 1077
, year_end = 1308
, p1 = By ...
period, Bozkır was initially the name given to the region extending between the present-day Bozkır town marked by
Çarşamba Stream and the lands around neighboring
Seydişehir. The name Bozkır was eventually adopted for the town.
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References
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Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
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