Beyşehir
| Beyşehir | |
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| Town | |
 Beyşehir
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| Coordinates: 37°41′N 31°44′E / 37.683°N 31.733°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Region | Akdeniz |
| Province | Konya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Murat ÖZALTUN (AKP) |
| Area | |
| • District | 2,116.29 km2 (817.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,205 m (3,953 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 35,872 |
| • District | 69,739 |
| • District density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 42700 |
| Licence plate | 42 |
| Climate | Csa |
| Website | www.beysehir.bel.tr |
Beyşehir (pronounced [ˈbejʃeˌhiɾ]) is a large town and district of Konya Province in the Akdeniz region of Turkey. The town is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Beyşehir and is marked to the west and the southwest by the steep lines and forests of the Taurus Mountains, while a fertile plain, an extension of the lake area, extends in the southeastern direction. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 118,144 of which 41,312 live in the town of Beyşehir.
The Hittite monument situated in Beyşehir's depending locality of Eflatunpınar, at a short distance to the northeast from the town, proves that the Hittite Empire had reached as far as the region, marking in fact, in the light of present knowledge, the limits of their extension to the southwest. Evidence points out that an earlier settlement, perhaps dating back to the Neolithic Age, was also located in Eflatunpınar. Another important early settlement was located in Erbaba Höyük, situated 10 km (6 mi) to the southwest of Beyşehir, and which was explored by the Canadian archaeologists Jacques and Louise Alpes Bordaz in the 1970s, leading to precious finds along four different settlement layers.
Beyşehir region corresponds to classical antiquity's Pisidia. At the location of the town itself, there was in all likelihood an ancient city, which in one view was probably named Karallia, which was one of the two urban centers that surrounded the lake at the time, and in Roman times, was known as Claudiocaesarea (Greek: Κλαυδιοκαισάρεια, Klaudiokaisareia), and Mistheia (Μίσθεια) in Byzantine times. Another theory is that Beyşehir's site corresponds to that of Casae (Κἀσαι), the seat of a Christian diocese of the Roman province of Pamphylia, which under Roman rule included large parts of Pisidia. The names of some of its bishops are given in documents concerning church councils held from 381 to 879. No longer a residential bishopric, Casae in Pamphylia is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
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