Backed by the foothills of the Nur Mountains, Osmaniye lay on one of the old Silk Roads and was always a place of strategic importance since it straddled the main route between Anatolia and the Middle East.
Osmaniye lies at the centre of a rich agricultural region watered by the Ceyhan river and known for growing peanuts. During the intensely hot summers many residents escape either to the Mediterranean coast or into the Nur mountains. The yayla of Zorkun is a particularly popular mountain retreat.
Osmaniye is strongly associated with Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the MHP, who was its member of parliament for many years.
Although Osmaniye was probably inhabited in turn by the Hittites, Persians, Byzantines and Armenians, there is nothing left to show their presence in the modern city.
An Islamic presence was first established by the AbbasidCaliphHarun al-Rashid, auxiliaries in his army being the first Turks to fight in Anatolia. They obviously liked the area and following the Turkish victory over the Byzantines at Malazgirt in 1071 waves of Turkish conquest began. The Nur Mountains were settled by the Ulaşlı tribe of the Turkmens.
The Ulaşlı remained the dominant local power into the period of the Ottoman Empire and were even involved in the Celali uprisings, during a period of crisis for the Ottomans in the 17th century. Eventually, in 1865 the Ottoman general Derviş Paşa was charged with bringing law and order to the Çukurova. He established his headquarters in the Osmaniye villages of Dereobası, Fakıuşağı and Akyar and brought the Ulaşlı down from the mountains to the village of Hacıosmanlı. This eventually became the province of Osmaniye. It was named as Cebeli Bereket during the Ottoman period and was renamed after the formation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.[3]
Between 1924 and 1933 the city of Osmaniye was the capital of the province of the same name. However, in 1933 the province was abolished and Osmaniye became the district governorate for Adana province. Then in 1996 Osmaniye was reinstated as Turkey's 80th province with the city of Osmaniye as its capital. Since then it has received more investment for infrastructure and now feels more like a city than the market town of old.
Local attractionsedit
Osmaniye town has few attractions for visitors other than the city-centre Kent Müzesi (City Museum).[4] However, it makes a good base for visiting the scant remains of the nearby Roman city of Hierapolis-Castabala which huddles at the base of a craggy rock with a castle, probably built by the Armenians, perched on top of it.[5]
Osmaniye Clock Tower
Climateedit
Köppen map of Osmaniye Province and surrounding regions:[6]
^Kathryn Libal (2015). "Child Poverty and Emerging Children's Rights Discourse in Early Republican Turkey". In Benjamin C. Fortna (ed.). Childhood in the Late Ottoman Empire and After. Vol. 59. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 52. ISBN978-90-04-30580-9.
^"Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution". Nature Scientific Data. DOI:10.1038/sdata.2018.214.
^"Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020)" (in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osmaniye.
(in Turkish) Osmaniye municipality's official website
(in English)
(in Turkish) Osmaniye fm radio website
January 10, 2024
osmaniye, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scho. For other uses see Osmaniye disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Osmaniye news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Osmaniye pronounced osˈmaːnije is a city on the eastern edge of the Cukurova plain in southern Turkey It is the seat of Osmaniye Province and Osmaniye District 2 Its population is 252 186 2022 1 OsmaniyeMunicipalityCentre of Osmaniye cityLogoOsmaniyeLocation in TurkeyCoordinates 37 04 30 N 36 15 00 E 37 07500 N 36 25000 E 37 07500 36 25000CountryTurkeyProvinceOsmaniyeDistrictOsmaniyeGovernment MayorKadir Kara MHP Population 2022 1 252 186Time zoneTRT UTC 3 Postal code80000Area code0328Websiteosmaniye bld wbr gov wbr trBacked by the foothills of the Nur Mountains Osmaniye lay on one of the old Silk Roads and was always a place of strategic importance since it straddled the main route between Anatolia and the Middle East Osmaniye lies at the centre of a rich agricultural region watered by the Ceyhan river and known for growing peanuts During the intensely hot summers many residents escape either to the Mediterranean coast or into the Nur mountains The yayla of Zorkun is a particularly popular mountain retreat Osmaniye is strongly associated with Devlet Bahceli the leader of the MHP who was its member of parliament for many years Contents 1 History 2 Local attractions 3 Climate 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAlthough Osmaniye was probably inhabited in turn by the Hittites Persians Byzantines and Armenians there is nothing left to show their presence in the modern city An Islamic presence was first established by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al Rashid auxiliaries in his army being the first Turks to fight in Anatolia They obviously liked the area and following the Turkish victory over the Byzantines at Malazgirt in 1071 waves of Turkish conquest began The Nur Mountains were settled by the Ulasli tribe of the Turkmens The Ulasli remained the dominant local power into the period of the Ottoman Empire and were even involved in the Celali uprisings during a period of crisis for the Ottomans in the 17th century Eventually in 1865 the Ottoman general Dervis Pasa was charged with bringing law and order to the Cukurova He established his headquarters in the Osmaniye villages of Dereobasi Fakiusagi and Akyar and brought the Ulasli down from the mountains to the village of Haciosmanli This eventually became the province of Osmaniye It was named as Cebeli Bereket during the Ottoman period and was renamed after the formation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 3 Between 1924 and 1933 the city of Osmaniye was the capital of the province of the same name However in 1933 the province was abolished and Osmaniye became the district governorate for Adana province Then in 1996 Osmaniye was reinstated as Turkey s 80th province with the city of Osmaniye as its capital Since then it has received more investment for infrastructure and now feels more like a city than the market town of old Local attractions editOsmaniye town has few attractions for visitors other than the city centre Kent Muzesi City Museum 4 However it makes a good base for visiting the scant remains of the nearby Roman city of Hierapolis Castabala which huddles at the base of a craggy rock with a castle probably built by the Armenians perched on top of it 5 nbsp Osmaniye Clock TowerClimate edit nbsp nbsp Koppen map of Osmaniye Province and surrounding regions 6 Csa Csb Dsa Dsb Osmaniye has a Mediterranean climate Koppen Csa Trewartha Cs with very hot dry summers and mild wet winters Climate data for Osmaniye 1991 2020 extremes 1987 2020 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 23 7 74 7 28 0 82 4 32 0 89 6 36 5 97 7 41 7 107 1 42 6 108 7 42 8 109 0 43 6 110 5 45 0 113 0 38 4 101 1 31 0 87 8 29 0 84 2 45 0 113 0 Mean daily maximum C F 14 5 58 1 16 0 60 8 19 3 66 7 23 3 73 9 27 7 81 9 31 3 88 3 33 4 92 1 34 3 93 7 32 2 90 0 28 4 83 1 21 8 71 2 16 1 61 0 24 9 76 8 Daily mean C F 8 8 47 8 10 1 50 2 13 2 55 8 17 0 62 6 21 3 70 3 25 2 77 4 27 9 82 2 28 6 83 5 25 7 78 3 21 2 70 2 14 6 58 3 10 1 50 2 18 6 65 5 Mean daily minimum C F 3 8 38 8 4 7 40 5 7 5 45 5 11 0 51 8 15 1 59 2 19 1 66 4 22 6 72 7 23 3 73 9 19 6 67 3 14 6 58 3 8 4 47 1 5 1 41 2 12 9 55 2 Record low C F 8 5 16 7 6 8 19 8 4 0 24 8 0 1 32 2 4 6 40 3 11 5 52 7 15 0 59 0 15 0 59 0 7 8 46 0 4 1 39 4 4 5 23 9 5 4 22 3 8 5 16 7 Average precipitation mm inches 106 5 4 19 99 8 3 93 116 9 4 60 87 2 3 43 74 2 2 92 42 4 1 67 19 8 0 78 10 7 0 42 34 6 1 36 68 1 2 68 86 6 3 41 93 0 3 66 839 8 33 06 Average precipitation days 10 87 10 57 11 33 11 27 7 97 3 57 1 73 1 43 3 97 7 23 7 30 10 20 87 4Mean monthly sunshine hours 108 5 110 2 151 9 180 0 232 5 228 0 238 7 226 3 207 0 167 4 114 0 99 2 2 063 7Mean daily sunshine hours 3 5 3 9 4 9 6 0 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 3 6 9 5 4 3 8 3 2 5 6Source Turkish State Meteorological Service 7 References edit a b Address based population registration system ADNKS results dated 31 December 2022 Favorite Reports XLS TUIK Retrieved 13 March 2023 Il Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory Retrieved 1 March 2023 Kathryn Libal 2015 Child Poverty and Emerging Children s Rights Discourse in Early Republican Turkey In Benjamin C Fortna ed Childhood in the Late Ottoman Empire and After Vol 59 Leiden Boston Brill p 52 ISBN 978 90 04 30580 9 Yale Pat Osmaniye Yale Pat HIERAPOLIS CASTABALA Present and future Koppen Geiger climate classification maps at 1 km resolution Nature Scientific Data DOI 10 1038 sdata 2018 214 Resmi Istatistikler Illerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri 1991 2020 in Turkish Turkish State Meteorological Service Retrieved 7 August 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osmaniye in Turkish Osmaniye municipality s official website in English Osmaniye weather forecast information in Turkish Osmaniye fm radio website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osmaniye amp oldid 1187595810, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
