Isparta

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Isparta is the capital of the Turkish province of Isparta.

The city is 1049 meters above sea level in the western Taurus Mountains at the headwaters of Aksu and is the location of Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi.

Famous is the province for its tapestry and her rose cultivation and made ​​of rose oil products.

Place name

In Byzantine times the city was called Baris or Sbárita. In the Ottoman period the city was named Hamid, after the name of the Beyliks that existed in the 14th century here. In 1891, the city was named Hamidabad and became the capital of a sanjak. The name is also connected with the then reigning Sultan Abdulhamid II. The return naming the Turkish form of the original name was 1922.

Settlements

In addition to the county town are in the county's three municipalities Büyükgökçeli, Kuleönü and Savköy and 19 villages Aliköyü, Bozanönü, Büyük Hacılar, Çobanisa, Çukurköy, Darıderesi, Darıören, Deregümü, Direkli, Gelincik, Güneyce, Kadılar, Kayı, Kışla, Küçük Gökçeli, Küçük Hacılar, Küçük Kışla, Yakaören and Yazısöğüt.

Famous people

• Emre Aydın ( born 1981 ), rock musician
• Erkan Mumcu (* 1963), politician
• Said Nursi (approx. 1876-1960 ), theologian
• Altay Yavuzaslan ( * 1942, † 1997), the Turkish football goalkeeper
• Zeki Demirkubuz ( b. 1964 ), director
• Süleyman Demirel (* 1924), politician
• Böcüzade Süleyman Sami (* 1851-1932 ), politician, author