Başmakçı is a town of
Afyonkarahisar Province in the
Aegean region of
Turkey
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, closer to
Denizli than to the city of
Afyon itself. It is the seat of
Başmakçı District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its population is 4,993 (2021).
The mayor is Selçuk Gönüllü (
CHP).
History
The history of Başmakçı goes back to the
Hittite era, 1750-1200 BC. It then became a colony of the
Phrygians of nearby
Dinar. It was subsequently possessed by
Lydians,
Persians,
Ancient Macedonians
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and
Seleucids, the kings of
Pergamon,
Romans and then
Byzantines.
Turkish tribes arrived in
Anatolia
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in 1071, and one of these was the Başmakçı, who came through
Azerbaijan
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, settling near
Tarsus on the
Mediterranean, where there is a village called Başmakçı still today, and then sometime between 1100 and 1200 moving west to settle in this district of Afyon that has been called Başmakçı ever since.
This part of Anatolia was subsequently controlled by the
Germiyan dynasty, who gave the town as dowry when marrying their daughter to the
Ottoman Sultan
Bayezid I. Thus Başmakçı, a village of 47 families at the time, became an Ottoman land.
Başmakçı was badly damaged in an earthquake in August 1892 when 300 homes were destroyed. However, no one was killed, as it was harvest time and all were in the fields.
Başmakçı was not occupied during the
Turkish War of Independence but many of its sons died in that war and
World War I
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previous to it.
Başmakçı today
Başmakçı is well-established as the leading egg producing area in Turkey.
References
External links
Basmakci in Afyonkarahisar
Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province
Başmakçı District
District municipalities in Turkey
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