Gölhisar

Gölhisar
Municipality
Gölhisar Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°08′27″N 29°30′27″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Burdur
District	Gölhisar
Government
• Mayor	İbrahim Sertbaş (AKP)
Elevation	1,008 m (3,307 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]	16,118
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	15400
Website	www.golhisar.bel.tr

Gölhisar (literal translation: "lake castle") is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Gölhisar District.^[2] Its population is 16,118 (2021).^[1]

History

During antiquity Golhisar was site of an ancient city called Kibyra, the capital of a tetrapolis comprising Kibyra itself, Bubon, Balbura and Inuanda, which according to Herodotus were founded by the Pisidians around 1000BC, Roman ruins including a 180 meter wide theater can be still seen. In the Byzantine era the town was the seat of a Christian Bishopric.

Ibn Battuta visited the small town of Qul Hisar, noting "There is no way to reach it except by a path like a bridge constructed between the rushes and the water, and broad enough only for one horse-man."^[3]

Gölhisar became a district on January 13, 1953 with the merger of Uluköy and Horzum Districts. It got its name from the fortress built on the island in the middle of the lake, 6 km from the district.

See also

• Kibyra

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
2. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. Battutah, Ibn (2002). The Travels of Ibn Battutah. London: Picador. pp. 105, 309. ISBN 9780330418799.