Pınarbaşı, Kayseri
Pınarbaşı (Adyghe: Iазэй/Пынарбащы) is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 3,418 km2,[3] and its population is 21,240 (2022).[1] The population is mostly made up of Circassians who settled this area by the Ottomans after their migration to Turkey as a result of Circassian genocide.[4][5]
Pınarbaşı | |
|---|---|
District and municipality | |
 | |
 Map showing Pınarbaşı District in Kayseri Province | |
  Pınarbaşı Location in Turkey  Pınarbaşı Pınarbaşı (Turkey Central Anatolia) | |
| Coordinates: 38°43′19″N 36°23′28″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kayseri |
| Area | 3,418 km2 (1,320 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 21,240 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) |
| Area code | 0352 |
History
Ariarateia (Greek: Ἀριαράθεια; Roman.: Ariarátheia) or Ariarátia (present-day Pınarbaşı, in Kayseri, Turkey) was a Cappadocian city founded by Ariarate IV (r. 220–163 BC), in the region at the time known as Sargarausena. It was incorporated into the Roman Empire upon the annexation of Cappadocia as a province by Emperor Tiberius.
In the 4th century, more precisely during the reign of Constantine (r. 306–337), the eastern portion of Cappadocia was separated to form Lesser Armenia. In the middle of the same century, Armenia Minor was divided into Armenia Prima and Armenia Secunda, Ariarateia being incorporated into the latter. In 431, Ariarateia is documented as a suffragan diocese. During the Byzantine Empire, it was renamed Dasmenda.
Demographics
The estimated ethnic breakdown is:
- 40% Afshar
- 30% Alevi Kurds
- 20% Circassians
- 10% Turkish refugees: Muhacir who fled Kars during the War of ’93 or Bulgar Göçmen who came during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.[6]
The local archives were burned down around 1923. Two versions exist: according to one, Armenian genocide survivors burned the records to hide their non-Muslim origin; according to another, Muslims who took over properties left by massacred Armenians destroyed the records of the original proprietors.[6]
Composition
There are 122 neighbourhoods in Pınarbaşı District:[7]
- Akören
- Akpınar
- Alagazili
- Alamescit
- Altıkesek
- Arslanbeyli
- Artmak
- Aşağıbeyçayırı
- Aşağıborandere
- Aşağıkaragöz
- Aşağıkızılçevlik
- Avşarpotuklu
- Aygörmez
- Bahçecik
- Beserek
- Büyükgümüşgün
- Büyükgürleyen
- Büyükkabaktepe
- Büyükkaramanlı
- Büyükkaramuklu
- Büyükkömarmut
- Büyükpotuklu
- Cabe
- Çakılkaya
- Çaybaşı
- Cinahmet
- Cinliören
- Çördüklü
- Çukuryurt
- Demircili
- Demirciören
- Devederesi
- Dikilitaş
- Dilciler
- Eğrisöğüt
- Elmalı
- Emeğil
- Esenköy
- Eskitekke
- Eskiyassıpınar
- Fakıekinciliği
- Gebelek
- Gölcük
- Gültepe
- Güney
- Halitbeyören
- Hanköy
- Hasırcı
- Hassa
- Hayriye
- Hilmiye
- Hürriyet
- İğdelipayaslı
- İnliören
- İnönü
- Kadılı
- Kaftangiyen
- Kaman
- Karaboğaz
- Karahacılı
- Karahalka
- Karakuyu
- Kavakköy
- Kavlaklar
- Kayaaltı
- Kayabaşı
- Kayaönü
- Kaynar
- Kazancık
- Kerimoğlu
- Kılıçkışla
- Kılıçmehmet
- Kırkgeçit
- Kırkpınar
- Kızıldere
- Kızılhan
- Kızılören
- Köşkerli
- Küçükgümüşgün
- Küçükkömarmut
- Küçükpotuklu
- Kurbağalık
- Kurttepe
- Kuşçular
- Malakköy
- Melikgazi
- Methiye
- Olukkaya
- Örenşehir
- Oruçoğlu
- Panlı
- Paşalı
- Pazarören
- Pazarsu
- Pulpınar
- Şabanlı
- Saçayağı
- Saçlı
- Şerefiye
- Serinyurt
- Söğütlü
- Solaklar
- Tahtaköprü
- Taşlıgeçit
- Taşlıoğlu
- Taşoluk
- Tersakan
- Tözgün
- Üçpınar
- Uzunpınar
- Uzunyol
- Yağlıpınar
- Yahyabey
- Yarımtepe
- Yenicami
- Yeniocak
- Yeregeçen
- Yukarıbeyçayırı
- Yukarıborandere
- Yukarıkaragöz
- Yukarıkızılçevlik
- Yusuflar
References
- "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- Özekmekçi, İnanç (2020). "Kayseri'de yaşayan Çerkes gençlerinin kimlik-siyaset algısı: Siyasal ilgi, bilgi ve katılma düzeyleri üzerine bir çalışma". Ekonomi, Politika & Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi: 706–744. doi:10.30784/epfad.816281. S2CID 234415650.
- ""Pınarbaşı Uzunyayla Çerkes Peyniri" tescillendi". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- Miyazawa, Eiji (2004). Memory politics : Circassians of Uzunyayla, Turkey (Ph.D. thesis). School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London).
- Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- Kayseri Governorship Melikgazi page
- Melikgazi Municipality .tr/ Archived April 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
Pınarbaşı, Kayseri in Kayseri Province of Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Districts |   Districts of Kayseri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Metropolitan municipalities are bolded. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||