Develi
Everek
District and municipality
Official logo of Develi
Logo
Map showing Develi District in Kayseri Province
Map showing Develi District in Kayseri Province
Develi is located in Turkey
Develi
Develi
Location in Turkey
Develi is located in Turkey Central Anatolia
Develi
Develi
Develi (Turkey Central Anatolia)
Coordinates: 38°23′19″N 35°29′33″E / 38.38861°N 35.49250°E / 38.38861; 35.49250
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKayseri
Government
 • MayorMehmet Cabbar (AKP)
Area
1,892 km2 (731 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
66,840
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
38400
Area code0352
Websitewww.develi.bel.tr

Develi, formerly known as Averak or Everek, is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,892 km2,[3] and its population is 66,840 (2022).[1]

History

The historical name of the town is Everek and it is called Averak (ruin) in Armenian. A historian and geographer who lived in the fourteenth century, gives the name of the butcher Mustavfi as Davalu. According to him, it was a medium-sized city and its walls were rebuilt by Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin. In the work called Cihannüma, written in the seventeenth century, the town is called Davahlu.

According to historical sources, cultural traces of civilizations that lived in Develi between 2500-2000 BC have been found. There is still a need for scientific research in Develi, which hosts many civilizations in the historical process between the Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Seljuk Period. From 1867 until 1922, Develi was part of Angora vilayet.

The Fatih Mosque of Lower Everek (Aşağı Everek Fatih Camisi) has its origins as a 200-year-old Armenian church in Everek quarter. The decaying building was first transformed into a mosque in 1978 and, when routine maintenance works were initiated in 1998, it was discovered that the interior decoration was still very much present, simply covered with plaster as they were during the 1978 transformation. This discovery led to an ongoing divergence of opinions between the national authority for foundations, responsible for maintenance of mosques in Turkey, which is in favor of covering the cross and Virgin Mary figures again, and Kayseri Governorship's cultural protection unit which advocates a restoration to their state of origin, a move that would put an end to the edifice's use as a mosque, this use currently being restrained to a part of the building until an official decision is made. In 2004, in order to protect the cultural heritage, the works were ordered to be stopped by the then mayor of Develi, Ali Ağca, while an intermediate solution was found in between.[4]

Virgin Mary painting inside the old Armenian Everek/Evereg church, St. Toros, now a mosque, during renovations in 2000
Cumhuriyet Square

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Develi District:[5]

  • Abdulbaki
  • Alparslan
  • Aşağı Everek
  • Aşık Seyrani
  • Ayşepınar
  • Ayvazhacı
  • Bahçebaşı
  • Bahçelievler
  • Büyükkünye
  • Çadıryeri
  • Camiicedit
  • Çataloluk
  • Çayırözü
  • Çaylıca
  • Çomaklı
  • Çöten
  • Çukuryurt
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Derebaşı
  • Dereşimli
  • Develi Camikebir
  • E.Camikebir
  • Epçe
  • Eşelik
  • Fatih
  • Fenese Aşağı
  • Fenese Yukarı
  • Gazi
  • Gömedi
  • Gümüşören
  • Güney Aşağı
  • Güney Yukarı
  • Harman
  • Havadan
  • Hoşça
  • Hüseyinli
  • İbrahim Ağa
  • İncesu
  • İzmirli
  • Kabaklı
  • Kaleköy
  • Karacaören
  • Kılıçkaya
  • Kızık
  • Kopçullu
  • Köseler
  • Kozluca
  • Küçükkünye
  • Kulpak
  • Mehmet Akif Ersoy
  • Millidere
  • Mustafa Asım Köksal
  • Öksüt
  • Reşadiye
  • Şahmelik
  • Saraycık
  • Sarıca
  • Sarıkaya
  • Satı
  • Şehit Üsteğmen Hasan Şahan
  • Şıhlı
  • Sindelhöyük Camikebir
  • Sindelhöyük Fatih
  • Sindelhöyük Yenice
  • Sindelhüyük
  • Soysallı
  • Taşçı
  • Tombak
  • Yaylacık
  • Yazıbaşı
  • Yedek
  • Yenice
  • Yenihayat
  • Yeniköy
  • Yenimahalle
  • Yeşilyurt
  • Yüzevler
  • Zile

The logo of the Develi Municipality features the Seyrani Monument and mausoleum of Dev Ali in front of Mount Erciyes among other elements such as flamingos. It is not to be confused with the corporate identity of Develi which features a Seljuk motif, or the red logo of the Develi Kaymakamlık.[6][7][8][9]

Seal of the prefecture
Seal of the Governorship of Develi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Camiye camlı rötuş" (in Turkish). NTV Turkey.
  5. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Cabbar, Mehmet (28 July 2017). "Develi Belediyesi logosu değişti diyenlere ithafen". Facebook. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ↑ "DEVELİ'DEN LOGO AÇIKLAMASI: Başkan iddialara sert cevap verdi". kayseriehaber.com/ (in Turkish). Kayseri Haber. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  8. ↑ "Kurumsal Kimlik". www.develi.gov.tr. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ↑ TOZLU, Abranero, Hasan Hüseyin CİHANGİR, Mehmet KÜÇÜK, Emin TÜRKER, Muhammet Mustafa. "Agricities Uluslararası Tarım Şehirleri Birliği Web Sitesi". www.agricities.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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