Kaman , Kırşehir

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Kaman is the capital of the eponymous district ( Ilce ) of the province ( İl ) Kırşehir.

Location and name

The circle Kaman lies almost in the center of the peninsula of Asia Minor (Central Anatolia, Turkish Anadolu iC ). It lies on the middle reaches of the reservoir there to Hirfanli pent Kızılırmak which forms the Sudwestgrenze of the circle and then after closest approach to the central Anatolian salt lake ( Lake Tuz ) in an arc turns north and flows into the Black Sea.

The Hirfanli Reservoir and subsequently the Kızılırmak to below the Kesikköprü Reservoir form ( with a small bridgehead in the town of Kesikköprü ) the South, Southwest and western boundary of the circle to the province of Ankara. Beyond the Hirfanli Reservoir is the circle Sereflikochisar, then from just outside the outflow of Kızılırmak from the Hirfanli reservoir beyond the lake and river of the district bala this province. Subsequently, in the west and north-west the county is bordered Kaman to the circles Çelebi and Keskin Province Kırıkkale, then in the north to the county Akpınar and on the east by the Ilce also called Central District ( Merkez ) of the province Kırşehir.

Kaman is 52 km to the northwest of the provincial capital Kırşehir away on a nearly continuous four-lane road that follows an ancient trade route and continues through Kaman beyond Karakecili and Bala to the northwest and at Gölbaşı meets the main road from Ankara to Adana. The present main road connecting Kırşehir to Ankara ( the D -765 from Ankara to Kayseri ) results in a distance of 15 km in the north to Kaman over over Kırıkkale to Ankara.

The name is from the name of the mentioned in Strabo and Claudius Ptolemy ancient region Chamanene: be derived (also Chammanene, Kammanene ) It was an administrative subdivision ( strategy ) to the west of the kingdom and the later Roman province of Cappadocia on the border with Galatia and Pontus.

History

Even if today's cityscape of Kaman has no historical buildings, the area is still inhabited for several thousand years. 8 km away from Kaman away towards Kırşehir in the field of small-town Çağırkan the excavation site Kalehöyük with finds dating from the 3rd millennium BC to the Ottoman period. Since 1986 there lead under the auspices of the Turkish Ministry of Culture ( Kültür Bakanlığı ) and the Japanese Cultural Center for the Middle East Japanese archaeologists excavations. In addition to the archaeological site is located in a landscaped Japanese-style garden is an archaeological museum in the form of a tumulus. Commending the work of Japanese archaeologists and its leader, Prince Mikasa carries the main road from Kaman, which leads from the village center towards Kırşehir ( and leads past the excavation site ), the name Prens Mikasa Avenue ( Prince Mikasa Street).

Otherwise, historical buildings or their remains are rare. From the Byzantine period, there are the ruins of the fortress of Ömerhacılı ( Kuşkalesi to German: bird castle ) and the Church of Temirli ( Demirli ).

Kaman found in the rest of the story no special mention. It shared with its environment in general, the history of the inner Anatolia. In Hellenistic and Roman times the area was part of the Kingdom of Cappadocia and the later Roman province of Cappadocia.

Kaman as many Turkish cities developed only recently, in the last 20th century to its present importance. The settlement in 1913 was the administrative center of a Bucak year. In 1924 it became a municipality ( Belediye ) In 1944, then today's Ilce was formed Kaman and its main town. As in 1954, dissolved the provincial Kırşehir Kırşehir and has been downgraded to the main town of Ilce, the county Kaman at the time also the territory of today's province Kırıkkale comprehensive Ankara province was connected. In 1957, the province Kırşehir was restored, and the county Kaman was reconnected to the province Kırşehir as Ilce.

Geography

The area of the district is 1253 km ² Kaman, its population is 40,000 inhabitants. Just over half of this population lives in the capital of the district. The population declined in the last two decades. Out of the center Kaman are in Ilce 10 municipalities with the status of a municipality ( Belediye ), the Turkish as kasaba (about: Town, stains, only larger villages) are referred, and 41 villages ( köy ), are subject to a Muhtar. The municipalities including the connected villages with a population of mostly less than 2,000, the villages have only a few hundred inhabitants, sometimes even below 100 inhabitants. The population consists mostly of Turks, but can be found in Kekilliali a scattered village, which dates back to a Kurdish settlement founded

The county is located in a geologically oldest parts of Turkey, the Kırşehir Massif, an already stabilized prävariszisch old Festlandskraton.

South of Kaman extends east-southeast to Kırşehir the mountain range of the Baranlı Dagi ( 1,963 m) with the other peaks Ali Üllez Dagi ( 1,528 m), Topakkaya Dagi ( 1,300 m) and the Buzluk Dagi ( 1,609 m ).

Climate and vegetation

The climate is. Influenced by its location inside the Anatolian peninsula between two inland seas that also lie behind mountain ranges, marked its height above sea level and the situation south of the 40th parallel

The climate is continental. Winters are cool to cold. There are both freezing temperatures and snowfalls and periods prior to snow cover. The summers are warm to hot and dry. Due to the rapid heating of the mainland, do not pull in the spring of the low pressure areas of the Mediterranean and winter over the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, but via Central Anatolia where they ensure a pronounced maximum rainfall during the months of April-May. Effects of a low- level trough over eastern Europe lead to bad weather conditions, particularly heavy rainfall in spring to clouds extend far into the early summer, and even in high summer, the relatively cool weather periods.

The maximum rainfall in spring favored rainfed, as most of the cultivated crops have their vegetation period during this time.

The original pine and oak forests of the region are completely cleared, only west of the county and provincial border into the province of Ankara, the road from Kaman to Ankara near the village of Beynam of residues of the originally widespread in Central Anatolia Forest ( Beynam Ormani ) over. Apart from oak plantations in the villages Ömerkahya, Yazıyolu, Bayındır and Hamit be found along the watercourses and around villages poplar and willow in hand, in the villages and around fruit trees.

Economy

The economy Kamans and his district is dominated by agriculture. Mainly cereals, legumes, forage crops, industrial crops, vegetables and fruits are grown. In particular, the well-known throughout Turkey Walnuts Kaman play a significant role in the economy of the district. In addition to the farming of cattle, sheep and goats poultry farming, beekeeping, fishing and ostrich farm is operated. In Hirfanli Reservoir can be found in large numbers freshwater fish, such as carp, catfish, tench, perch and pike. The region of Kaman lies further in an old wine region, stretching from the northwest to Zentralkappadokien to Ankara and Kalecik. Today the wine plays no important role.

The commercial establishments are usually small and used to satisfy local needs, such as a brick, farms for agricultural machinery and metal processing companies. In the district belonging to small towns Ömerhacılı and Hamit quarries operated for colored marble, their products are also exported. There are also deposits of iron, cement raw materials and fluorite. Next are produced in small businesses and working from home carpets and kilims.

Landmarks, tourism

In addition to the excavation site in Kalehüyük and Byzantine remains of the dam of the Hirfanli Reservoir offers a spectacular sight. Show on the banks of the lake about in the beach facilities at Savcılı Büyükoba or Hirfanli the beginnings of a humble indigenous tourism. From Savcılı Büyükoba from the already located outside the circle of Karakurt thermal plant near the village of Karalar in a short time are reached. The somewhat dated system with a motel hidden when you look from the street behind it, the ruins of a caravanserai.

At events, the Walnut Festival ( Ceviz Festivali ) in Kaman to be mentioned. It is celebrated on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month of October each year.

Towns and villages (except the capital )

• Communities ( Belediyeler ) Başköy
• Çağırkan
• Demirli
• Hamit
• İsahocalı
• Karkınyenice
• Kurancılı
• Savcılı Büyükoba
• Ömerhacılı
• Yelek

• Villages ( Köyler ) Ağapınar
• Aydınlar
• Bayındır
• Bayramözü
• Benzer
• Büğüz
• Çağırkan Hacıbayram
• Çağırkan Körmehmet
• Darıözü
• Fakılı
• Değirmenözü
• Gökmeşe
• Hirfanli
• Ibrişim
• İkizler
• İmancı
• Kale Koy
• Karahabalı
• Karakaya
• Karkınkızıközü
• Karkınmeşe
• Karkınselimağa
• Kekilliali
• Meşe Köy
• Mollaosmanlar
• Ömerkahya
• Sarıömerli
• Savcılı Bağbaşı
• Savcılı Ebeyit
• Savcılı Esentepe
• Savcılı Gültepe
• Savcılı Kışla
• Savcılı Kurutlu
• Savcılı Meryemkaşı
• Tatik
• Tepe Köy
• Yelek Sarıuşağı
• Yazıyolu
• Yeni Koy
• Yeniyapan
• Yukarıçiftlik

Swell

• Website of the district administration ( Kaman Kaymakamlığı )
• Website of the municipality Kaman ( Kaman Belediyesi )