Yeşilhisar, formerly known as Kbistra, is a municipality and

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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 ...

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. Its area is 913 km², and its population is 15,531 (2022).

History

Although the date of establishment of the town is not known for certain, first the

Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...

and then the

Persians Persians ( ), or the Persian people (), are an Iranian ethnic group from West Asia that came from an earlier group called the Proto-Iranians, which likely split from the Indo-Iranians in 1800 BCE from either Afghanistan or Central Asia. They ...

came under the command of Alexander in 3500 BC. In 317 BC, this region came under the rule of the

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. Kbistra or ''Siyiera'', which is mentioned among the eight big cities of the

Cappadocia Cappadocia (; , from ) is a historical region in Central Anatolia region, Turkey. It is largely in the provinces of Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. Today, the touristic Cappadocia Region is located in Nevşehir ...

region, is today's Yeşilhisar. It's also sometimes referred to as Cyzistra. Kbistra, which came under the rule of

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in 256 BC and then again by the

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Empire, passed into the hands of Muslims for the first time with the conquest of Battal Gazi in 672. Yeşilhisar came under the rule of

Abbasids The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes i ...

Danishmends The Danishmendids or Danishmends () were a Turkish dynasty. These terms also refer to the Turkish Anatolian Beyliks, state in Anatolia. It existed from 1071/1075 to 1178 and is also known as the Danishmendid Beylik (). The dynasty was centered or ...

and

Seljuks 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 th ...

, İlhanlılar and Karamanoğulları in 1114, and Yeşilhisar came under the rule of the

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in the time of Yıldırım Bayezid. Fatih Sultan Mehmet appointed Koçi Bey for the conquest of Yeşilhisar.

Composition

There are 35

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in Yeşilhisar District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Akköy * Araplı * Başköy * Beyleryukarı * Büğet * Çadırkaya * Camikebir * Cumhuriyet * Derbentbaşı * Doğanlı * Erdemli * Fatih * Fevzioğlu * Gülbayır * Güney * Güzelöz * İçmece * İdris * Kaleköy * Karacabey * Kavakköy * Kayadibi * Keler * Keşlik * Köşk * Kovalı * Kuşçu * Kuzey * Mahmudiye * Musahacılı * Ovaçiftlikköy * Soğanlı * Yavuz Selim * Yenişehir * Yeşilova

Economy

The economy of the district is agriculture based. Irrigated agriculture is practiced on 60% of the 500,000 decares of land planted. Apples, apricots and other fruits are grown in irrigated areas. Sugar beet and potato are the leading industrial plants.

Places of Interest

* Agios Eustatios Church in Güzelöz

References

Populated places in Kayseri Province Districts of Kayseri Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Kayseri-geo-stub