Selime formerly known as Salamis (
Ancient Greek
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: Σαλαμίς) is a town (''
belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
'') and municipality in the
Güzelyurt District,
Aksaray Province
Aksaray Province () is a province in central Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Konya along the west and south, Ankara to the northwest, Niğde to the southeast, Nevşehir to the east, and Kırşehir to the north. Its area is 7,659 km2, an ...
,
Turkey
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. Its population is 1,796 (2021).
History
In these fairy chimneys lived
Christians
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fleeing from
Romans. When
Christianity
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was accepted in
Rome
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,
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
s and
cathedrals
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were built here.
There is a
battle
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castle
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on a hill there. the
Byzantines fought
Ali Pasha from the
Seljuk Dynasty
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture.
The founder of t ...
in this castle. Ali Pasha became a
martyr
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.
Selime Tomb was built for him. Also, since this place was under the rule of
Ottoman for many years, the Ottomans built
Sinan Bey Mosque (1524) here.
Selime;
It is one of the chimneys of
volcano
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On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...
with heights of
Hasan Mountain 3258 m,
Melendiz Mountain 3000 m,
Göllü Mountain 2650 m, which became active about 10 million years ago in the
Upper Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million years ago) to 5.333 Ma.
The ...
period. This is a region where the precursor material cold tuffs that come out and cover a large area, then the tuffs that came into contact with the volcanic heat, and then the materials that flow from the craters and spread over the flat plain and form a layer of a certain thickness, is here. Natural events occurring over many millions of years "
erosion
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;
earthquake
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s, annual temperature difference,
snow
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It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...
,
rain
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,
wind
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and
Melendiz Streampassing nearby has provided this region with a magnificent natural look.
Selime became a municipality on July 1, 1992, with the status of municipality.
Places of Interest
* Selime Cathedral
* Selime Peri Bacalari
* Selime Sultan Tomb
Gallery
Image:Selime Castle 2.jpg, Selime castle
Image:Selime Kalesi (16).jpg, Church inside Selime castle
Image:Selime Cathedral Aksaray 17.jpg, Selime Cathedral with a view of Selime in the background.
Image:Selime Cathedral Aksaray 10.jpg, Inside Selime Cathedral
Image:Selime Cathedral2.jpg, Selime Cathedral seen from below
See also
*
Selime Sultan Tomb
References
Populated places in Güzelyurt District, Aksaray
Town municipalities in Turkey
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