İbradı is a municipality and

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. Its area is 778 km², and its population is 2,875 (2022). İbradı is a high plain in the

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. In summer the weather is dry and cooler than the nearby

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coast with a daytime temperature of 30 degrees C and 10 degrees C at night. The mountains are covered with forests of juniper, cedar and pine, watered by mountain streams that eventually form the Manavgat River. The people of İbradı mainly live from grazing goats on the hillsides and from forestry; there is no commercial farming although people have gardens, vineyards and fruit trees.

History

This area was once part of the antique kingdom of

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, near the river Melas. It is unclear however when the district was first settled. In the Turkish period the area was an important passage over the

for traders from the

, and was used as a summer retreat from the heat on the coast. There are the foundations of a Seljuk Turkish caravanserai in the district of ''Kesikbel''. People who live in Ibradi districts today are mainly Teke Turkmens. Same root with today's Teke Turkmens from Turkmenistan. They are member of Oghuz Salur Tribe.

Composition

There are 9 neighbourhoods in İbradı District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. * Aşağı * Aydınyayla * Başlar * Çukurviran * Düzlen * Ormana * Ürünlü * Üzümdere * Yukarı

Places of interest

* The cave of Düdensuyu - not yet open to the public * A number of

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and

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sites, including the ruins of the city of Erymna (Ormana) * Some historic houses in the town of Ormana. There are of course many places for climbing and mountain walking.

References

External links

Ibradi municipality
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