Çumra

Çumra is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 104,576 of which 42,308 live in the town of Çumra.[3]

Çumra
District
Çumra railway station
Location of Çumra within Turkey.
Çumra
Location of Çumra within Turkey.
Coordinates: 37°34′N 32°46′E
Country Turkey
ProvinceKonya
Government
 • MayorHalit Oflaz (AKP)
Area
 • District2,217.79 km2 (856.29 sq mi)
Elevation
1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
30,180
 • District
64,126
 • District density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
42xxx
Area code(s)0332
Licence plate42
ClimateBSk
Websitecumra.gov.tr

Çumra town

The town of Çumra is at 37°34′30″N 32°46′29″E at an altitude of 1,020 m. It is an important stop on the Istanbul to Baghdad railway. It is central to the 500 km²/120,000 acre Çumra irrigation zone, in the Konya Plain, that was established in 1912.[4]

History

Neolithic (c. 8000 BC) archaeological discoveries have been found at Çatalhöyük.[5]

In the 12th century the Konya plain experienced its second great cultural period, when the city became the capital of the Seljuk Turks.[5]

Archaeological findings

In 2019, a farmer near the site of Türkmen-Karahöyük, a Bronze and Iron Age mounded settlement discovered a stone stele commissioned by Hartapu to commemorate his victory over Phrygia written in Luwian Hieroglyphics.[6] Archaeologists from the University of Chicago joined the Konya Regional Archaeological Survey Project to excavate the stele, and the excavations of the archaeological mound at the site, which is believed to be the capital of Hartapu's as yet unnamed kingdom, will continue in 2020.[7] In February 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of Luwian hieroglyphs on the stone stele pulled out of the irrigation ditch next to the ancient mound of Türkmen-Karahöyük, describing the military victory of "Great King Hartapu" over an alliance of 13 kings.[8] The description has a reference to defeating the royal house of Phrygia, which included King Midas.[9]

Notes
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Turkish Statistical Institute. "Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey" (XLS) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-03-23.
  4. PlanetWare.com - Çumra, Turkey
  5. Eskinazi.com - Central Anatolia
  6. "Archaeologists Have Discovered a Lost Ancient Kingdom in Turkey". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  7. "Oriental Institute archaeologists help discover lost kingdom in ancient Turkey". University of Chicago News. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  8. "Luwian Royal Inscription - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. Dockrill, Peter. "Archaeologists in Turkey Have Discovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2021-02-07.

References


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