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Aksaray Province

Field	Value
type	province
other_name	Aksaray ili
image_skyline	Ihlara - 25936870521.jpg
image_map	Aksaray in Turkey.svg
map_caption	Location of the province within Turkey
seat	Aksaray
leader_name	Mehmet Ali Kumbuzoğlu
area_total_km2	7659
leader_title	Governor	elevation_m =
population_footnotes
population_total	439.474
population_as_of	2024
website
area_code	0382

Aksaray Province () is a province in central Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Konya along the west and south, Ankara to the northwest, Niğde to the southeast, Nevşehir to the east, and Kırşehir to the north. Its area is 7,659 km2, and its population is 439.474 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Aksaray.

Aksaray is one of the four provinces in Cappadocia, along with Nevşehir, Niğde, and Kayseri. Also, the 3,000-metre (9,843 ft) volcano Mount Hasan stands between Aksaray and Niğde. Summers are hot and dry on the plain, but the area is green and covered in flowers in springtime, when water streams off the mountainside. The 2,400 m2 salt lake (0.59 acres), Tuz Gölü, lies within the boundaries of Aksaray, a large swamp area with a maximum depth of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).

Districts

Aksaray province is divided into 8 districts (capital district in bold):

Ağaçören
Aksaray
Eskil
Gülağaç
Güzelyurt
Ortaköy
Sarıyahşi
Sultanhanı

Etymology

In antiquity the area was named Archelais Garsaura, which was mutated to Taksara during the Seljuk Turkish era, and then to Aksaray. Aksaray means "White Palace" in Turkish.

Population

|1927|127,031 |1990|326,399 |2000|396,084 |2010|377,505 |2020|423,011

History

Aksaray [[Kilim]], 18th century. The kilim was probably made by a group of settled [[Hotamis]] Turkmen in the Aksaray region. It may have been used for a funeral, and was later donated to the local mosque.

The plains of central Anatolia have been settled for 8,000 years, and the area around Aksaray bears monuments to a string of civilisations that have settled on the plain in that time. The mound of Aşıklı Höyük in the town of Kızılkaya indicates a settlement dating back to 5,000BC (and also a skull of a woman who had apparently been trepanned, the earliest known record of brain surgery).

Later the Silk Road came through here so caravanserai and then larger and larger settlements were built to supply and shelter travellers and traders. The city and surroundings of Aksaray thrived in the Roman, Byzantine and the Turkish periods.

Ekecik Mountain - View from the northern slope.

Today Aksaray is a rural, agricultural province, its people religious and conservative. Since the 1950s, many have moved to Europe as migrant workers. The population of Aksaray has long included a higher proportion of Kurdish people than most central Anatolian provinces. Many were resettled here from Tunceli, Diyarbakir, Adiyaman. and other eastern cities following the Sheikh Said rebellion in the 1920s.

Gallery

Image:Kısıl Kilise (Sivrihisar) 01.jpg|Kısıl Kilise, meaning “Red Church” in Güzelyurt. Image:StAnalipsisChurch.jpg|St. Analipsis Church, also known as the "High Church". Image:Aksaray Museum03.jpg|Aksaray Museum. Image:Çanlı Kilise 01.jpg|Çanlı Kilise, meaning 'Bell Church' southwest of Aksaray city. Image:Ihlara Valley - panoramio (31).jpg|A view of Ihlara valley, Aksaray Image:Ihlara - 25936870521.jpg|View of Ihlara town Image:Lived on and the living.jpg|Panoramic view towards Güzelyurt Monastery Valley and Church Mosque. Image:Sultanhanı_Kervansaray._Sultanhanı.jpg|Monumental entrance of the Sultan Han Image:Sultanhani Caravanserai Aksaray.jpg|Interior of the Sultan Han Caravanserai Image:Selime Cathedral2.jpg|Selime Cathedral Image:Aksaray_Ulu_Cami_3109.jpg|Ulu Mosque, also known as The Aksaray Grand Mosque. Image:AshikliHoyuk.jpg|Aşıklı Höyük - a Neolithic settlement Image:Alayhan Caravanserai.jpg|Alayhan Caravanserai Image:Tepesi Delik Han Caravanserai.jpg|Tepesi Delik Han Caravanserai, Aksaray Province

References

"Aksaray Nüfusu".
"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
"Census Results".
"Online library of Turkstat".
"TÜRK OTAĞI {{!}}{{!}} Türkçüler ve Türkçülük".

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