Yıldızeli

Yıldızeli
Municipality
Yıldızeli is located in Turkey
Yıldızeli
Yıldızeli
Location within Turkey
Yıldızeli is located in Turkey Central Anatolia
Yıldızeli
Yıldızeli
Location within Turkey Central Anatolia
Coordinates: 39°51′51″N 36°35′54″E / 39.86417°N 36.59833°E / 39.86417; 36.59833
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSivas
DistrictYıldızeli
Government
 • MayorYaşar Göktaş (MHP)
Elevation
1,401 m (4,596 ft)
Population
 (2022)
6,420
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0346
Websitewww.yildizeli.bel.tr

Yıldızeli is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Yıldızeli District. Its population is 6,420 (2022). Since March 2024, the mayor has been Yaşar Göktaş, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

Name

Yıldızeli has been identified as the site of the ancient town of Phiara (Greek: Φίαρα), which according to Ptolemy was located in the district of Sargarausena in Cappadocia.

The town was known as Нап-ı Cedid or Yenihan (New Inn) in Ottoman times.

History

Yıldızeli has a documented history and local cultural traditions..[citation needed]

In Hittite times, Yıldızeli was on the road that connected Hattusa and Sivas.

In the early 20th century, the kaza of Yıldızeli (Yenihan) had 63 primary schools (mekatib-i ibtidaiye) and 1 non-Muslim school (mekatib-i gayrimüslime), the non-Muslim school being an Armenian school with around 70 students (but in 1914 no teacher).

Geography

Yıldızeli is located approximately 50 km from the city center of Sivas and 60 km from the city center of Tokat, at the intersection of the Sivas-Yozgat-Ankara (D.200) highway and the Sivas-Tokat-Amasya (D.850) highway. Yıldızeli also has railway access, and, via the Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport, airport access.

Demography

Various social communities reside in Yıldızeli, such as Alevis, Turkmens, Circassians, etc.[citation needed]

Tourism

The district has a lot of touristic places as well as hot springs which are claimed to be curative for some diseases.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ↑ İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2013-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Başkanın Özgeçmişi". Yıldızeli Belediyesi Resmi Web Sitesi. Yıldızeli Belediyesi. 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Mitford, T. "Places: 629054 (Phiara)". Pleiades. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Phiara". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  6. ↑ Akbayar, Nuri (2001). Osmanlı Yer Adları Sözlüğü. İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları. pp. 68, 170. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Kaya Hasdemir, Hülya (2021). "Sivas'ın Tarihi Yolları: Tacir, Rahip ve Komutanın Ayak İzleri". Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi. 40 (69): 11. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Taşer, Seyit (2012). "Sivas'ta Gayrimüslim Okullar Hakkında Tutulan Rapor (1914)". Atatürk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi (48): 411–412, 417, 421. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Camcı, Aykut; Zaman, Mehmet. "Yıldızeli İlçesi'nin (Sivas) Turizm Potansiyeli". Turkish Studies. 19 (1): 73.