Yahyalı is a municipality and
district
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of
Kayseri Province
The Kayseri Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in central Turkey. Its area is 16,970 km2, and its population is 1,441,523 (2022). It borders with Sivas, Adana, Niğde, Kahramanmaraş, Yozgat and Nevşehir provinces.
T ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,587 km
2, and its population is 35,481 (2022).
It is the southernmost district of the province. The
Aladağlar
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At , Mount Erciyes ( Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the range but in ce ...
Mountains, a part of the rocky
Taurus Mountains
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, cover the southern part of the district. The river
Zamantı passes through it.
Mostly covered in forest, the Aladağlar National Park covers and extends into the neighbouring districts of
Çamardı
Çamardı is a town in Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at the foot of Aladağ in the Taurus Mountains. It is the seat of Çamardı District.[Niğde Province
Niğde Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the southern part of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 7,234 km2, and its population is 365,419 (2022) of which 170,511 live in the city of Niğde. The population was 348,081 in 200 ...]
) and
Aladağ (
Adana Province
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), although the main part is in Yahyalı.
The nearest airport is
Kayseri International Airport.
History
The district was established by Turkish forces led by Seyyid Ali and Yahya Ali (Yahya Gazi who came into
Anatolia
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in the 13th century. The tomb of Seyyid Ali is in the garden of Yahyalı State Hospital while that of Yahya Gazi is in the courtyard of the Yahyalı Grand Mosque (
Turkish: Ulu Cami). Yahyalı was affiliated to Kozan until 1926 but became part of Kayseri province after
Kozan province became a district in 1926.
Composition
There are 41
neighbourhoods
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in Yahyalı District:
* 100.Yıl
* 75.Yıl
* Ağcaşar
* Avlağa
* Balcıçakırı
* Burhaniye
* Büyükçakır
* Camikebir
* Çamlıca
* Çavdaruşağı
* Çiğilli
* Çubukharmanı
* Çubuklu
* Delialiuşağı
* Denizovası
* Derebağı
*
Dikme
* Fetullah
* Fevzi Çakmak
* Gazibeyli
* İlyaslı
* İsmet
* Kapuzbaşı
* Karaköy
* Kavacık
* Kirazlı
* Kocahacılı
* Kopçu
* Kuzoluk
* Madazı
* Mustafabeyli
* Sazak
* Senirköy
* Seydili
* Süleymanfakılı
* Taşhan
* Ulupınar
* Yenice
* Yerköy
* Yeşilköy
* Yuları
Yahyalı Carpets
The district of Yahyalı is well known for the hand-woven rugs that used to be produced there. These are characterised by their deep red and blue colours and by the medallions usually placed in the centre. Right through into the early 2000s a carpet market clung to life in Yahyalı town.
Çamlıca
Çamlıca was a Greek village of the Yahyalı district also known as Pharasa (Φάρασα), Varasos (Βαρασός), Farasa, Faraşa, or Camlica.
[Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, "Çamlıca, Kayseri, Turkey", mindat.or]
/ref> Until the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, Greek-Turkish population exchange of 1923, Notable people from Pharasa included Paisius II of Caesarea, Arsenios the Cappadocian
Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (Greek: Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Καππαδόκης; 1840 – November 10, 1924), born in Kephalochori, Cappadocia () was a Greek dean and the spiritual father of Paisios of Mount Athos. He had a brother ...
, and Paisios of Mount Athos
Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (, ; secular name: Arsenios Eznepidis (); 1924–1994), was a Greek Eastern Orthodox ascetic from Mount Athos, originally from Pharasa, Cappadocia. Today, he is widely venerated by Eastern Orthodox Christians, par ...
.
References
External links
Yahyalı District Governorship
Yahyalıca
Yahyalı Municipality
Populated places in Kayseri Province
Districts of Kayseri Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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