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Bilecik Province

Province of Turkey

Summary

Province of Turkey

Field	Value
type	province
other_name	Bilecik ili
image_skyline	TCDD HT80000 Bilecik.jpg
image_caption	High speed train at Bilecik
image_map	Bilecik in Turkey.svg
map_caption	Location of the province within Turkey
seat	Bilecik
leader_name	Şefik Aygöl
area_total_km2	4179
leader_title	Governor	elevation_m =
population_footnotes
population_total	228673
population_as_of	2022
website
area_code	0228

Bilecik Province () is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa to the west, Kocaeli and Sakarya to the north, Bolu to the east, Eskişehir to the southeast and Kütahya to the south. Its area is 4,179 km2, and its population is 228,673 (2022). Most of the province laid down in Marmara region but eastern parts of Gölpazarı and Söğüt district and districts of İnhisar and Yenipazar remained in Black Sea Region, smaller southeastern parts of Bozüyük and Söğüt remained in Central Anatolia Region and smaller southwestern part of Bozüyük remained in Aegean Region.

History

The region was inhabited as early as 3000 BC, and was part of the territory controlled by such notable civilizations as the Hittites (1400–1200 BC), the Phrygians (1200–676 BC), Lydians (595–546 BC), Persians (546–334 BC), Romans (74–395 AD) and Byzantians (395 AD to late 13th century, with two brief occupations by Umayyads in between).

The region also contains Söğüt, the small town where the Kayi tribe of Turkomans under Osman Gazi united as the Ottomans and founded the Ottoman Beylik which would later develop into the Ottoman Empire which was founded in 1299, and is the source of important archeological as well as cultural artifacts.

Geography

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Districts

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

Bilecik
Bozüyük
Gölpazarı
İnhisar
Osmaneli
Pazaryeri
Söğüt
Yenipazar

Demographics

|1927|113,660 |1935|125,421 |1940|127,977 |1950|137,030 |1960|145,699 |1970|138,856 |1980|147,001 |1990|175,526 |2000|194,326 |2010|225,381 |2020|218,717

Sites of interest

In Söğüt a site of interest is the Ethnographical Museum.

The town Bilecik is famous for its numerous restored Turkish houses.

Some other sites of interest in the province are: Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi Mosques, Seyh Edebali and Mal Hatun mausoleums, Köprülü Mehmet Pasha Mosque, Köprülü Caravanserai, Kaplikaya tombs, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, and Gülalan Pavilion.

Gallery

Image:Cengellerkoyu2.jpg|A view from Çengeller village in Gölpazarı Image:Şeyh edebali türbesi.jpg|Sheikh Edebali tomb Image:Bilecik Kültür Merkezi.jpg|Bilecik Cultural Center Image:Dursun Fakih Türbesi.JPG|The türbe of Dursun Fakih in Söğüt Image:Bilecik, Küçükelmalı tabiat parkı göleti.jpg|Küçükelmalı Nature Park Pond File:Bilecik_Mosque.jpg|Bilecik Mosque File:Bilecik_Orhan_Gazi_Cami_1758.jpg|Bilecik Osman Gazi Mosque

References

"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
"Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution". Nature Scientific Data. [[Digital object identifier. DOI]]:[https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata2018214 10.1038/sdata.2018.214].
"Coğrafi Yapı".
[https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/nufusmenuapp/menu.zul Genel Nüfus Sayımları]
[https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/yordambt/yordam.php Turkstat]
"The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2020". Turkish Statistical Institute.

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