Başmakçı
Sign in to saveBaşmakçı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, closer to Denizli than to the city of Afyon itself. It is the seat of Başmakçı District. Its population is 4,993 (2021). The mayor is Selçuk Gönüllü (CHP).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Başmakçı
- Turkey place.province
- Afyonkarahisar
- Turkey place.district
- Başmakçı
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Selçuk Gõnüllü
- Turkey place.population_total
- 4993
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Csa
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Başmakçı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, closer to Denizli than to the city of Afyon itself. It is the seat of Başmakçı District. Its population is 4,993 (2021). The mayor is Selçuk Gönüllü (CHP).
==History== The history of Başmakçı goes back to the Hittite era, 1750-1200 BC. It then became a colony of the Phrygians of nearby Dinar. It was subsequently possessed by Lydians, Persians, Ancient Macedonians and Seleucids, the kings of Pergamon, Romans and then Byzantines.
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