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Ibrim Kalesi |
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City |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Konya |
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District:
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Beysehir |
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Village:
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Yesildag |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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| Location: It is located approximately 4 km east of the Yesildag Village (former name Kasakli); southeast of the Beysehir District of the Konya Province. |
| Geography and Environment: Due to its strategical location at the entrance of the valley to the southwest of the Beysehir Lake; it is believed that it might have been an ancient city. Many of the finds mainly including inscribed and relief blocks and steles of the Ibrim Fortress have been recently transferred to the neighbouring Muharremkulu. |
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| Research and Excavation: Included in the route of the vogares at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century; it was also visited by A.S Hall later on. Ramsay attempted to localize the anciety city so called Pityassos [Strabo 12; 7; 2] or Tityassos [Hierocles 674; 6] referred among the Pisidian cities in the ancient sources antik kenti to the Ibrim Fortress [Ramsay 1960: 456]. No information is available about the dating of the remains. |
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