İNCESU

HİSTORY OF THE İNCESU

Merzifonlu Karamustafapaşa, set up is camp next to stream of İncesu a baghdad trip in 1660 years. According to rumor, is telled revival here to himself that night in dream. Therefore Kara Mustafapaşa, builted mosque, kervansaray, bathouse and bazaar and fountains formed two ordinary in 1661 years. According to recorts of the Kayseri court, in found county  next to place found a village name is Karataş. In İncesu with  beginning  zoning movements, from Karataş place and other settlemens came tribes. Some of these;

Tribes Kırım, Etyemez, Karakoyunlu and Bozkoyunlu. In county, some neighborhood and street names,  based on this tribes. After that  ingrained  greek familys to county. İncesu is parish center early on 19.century. İncesu been county center in 1901 years.

Incesu is county of Kayseri. Incesu of population is 28.567. Incesu has  historical a beatiful. İncesu is away 37 kilometres Kayseri. İncesu has  area 872,2 km². Kayseri has Erciyes Mountain. The mountain metres 3916 . This mountain a volcano. Erciyes Mountain southwest of Kayseri. Kayseri is found İç Anadolu Bölgesi. Erciyes Mountain the biggest in İç Anadolu Bölgesi .Erciyes Mountain south east of Incesu.Of Kayseri has 16 county. County is those: Akkışla, Bünyan, Develi, Felahiye, Hacılar, İncesu, Kocasinan, Melikgazi, Özvatan, Pınarbaşı, Sarıoğlan, Sarız, Talas, Tomarza, Yahyalı, Yeşilhisar.

İncesu is north of Kocasinan. Incesu is east of Hacılar. İncesu is south of Develi and Yeşilhisar. The county is west Nevşehir and Ürgüp. İncesu is south west of Kayseri. İncesu has Tekke and Sivri Mountain. İncesu is west of Tekke mountain. İncesu is north of Sivri mountain.

Why do name İncesu? Because of stream passing through. İncesu as history,İncesu made home owership to merchants and caravans in the past. Even,Mustafa Kemal Atatürk  İncesu  step by  in passing Niğde. İncesu has village of 11. These, Kızılören, Hamurcu, Karahöyük, Küllü, Saraycık, Subaşı, Üçkuyu, Tahirini, Şeyhşaban, Çardaklı, Garipçe. İncesu has mosque of 9. These, Bulgurcu Cami, Yeni Cami, Karakoyunlu Cami, Yarım Mahalle cami, Yeşil cami, Hacettepe Cami, Semerkent Cami ,Sümeyya Hatun cami, Fırınönü cami. The importentest is Kara Mustafa Mosque. Kara Mustafa Mosque is built in the year 1670. The Mosque is window of 22. The mosque is found in iscription . The mosque is in the inner wals,

in the east İsrafil

west Azrail

in the south Cebrail

on the left Mikail reliefs in found

KERVANSARAY

The historical place is Kervansaray. Kervansaray is merchants and kervans place in stay. Even,here stayed  caravans passing  over   İpek Yolu  in the past. Kervansaray of made paralell to the road facade in the northeast. Kervansaray measure  facing the road, an inn surrounded of portico on three sides. Kervansaray made as a complex by Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa in 1660. There are opened arches on three sides. Even , opened mosque courtyard to one sides of Kervansaray. Now is used as a wedding  and some events in Kervansaray. There is an insription in front of Kervansaray. Kervansaray has got indoor space. Kervansaray a place historical and beatiful of really. Also, found a cannon rifle statue in front of is Kervansaray

Churces

The historical one of the places is churches. İncesu has got churches piece of 2. Churches isn’t information too much historical about. First church:

Church name is Agıos Eftesiyos .Church is built in 1724. Church is near Yenicami Mahallesi. It is made using domestic stone. It is doesn’t similar ,architectural structure other churchs. However, ruined porches  around. It is  garden layout corrupt.

Second church:

Church name is Agion Dimitri. Church is built in 1730. Church is found in Yarım Mahalle. It is very different from other churchs  architectural structure. More next, used as multipurpose in years. Also,used as prison one times. It is found churches outside residential. Now is turisme earned. By the way, formerly in  churches remained greeks.

Çarşı/Bazaar

It has been formed row shops placed next two your street west of the Kervansay. Greeks lived here in wartime. The bazaar name of the Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa.

Hamam/Bath

The historical one of the places is Bath. In 1670 years  Made by Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa. In bazaar is located behind of Kervansaray. It has got to architecture Osmanlı /Ottoman. It is completely made a cut stone. The bath created from places  dressing room,tepidity,coldness, toilets, temperature,water tank, furnace south to north. Bathouse builted of the type plan celled private corner with four iwans. The bathouse has got an inscription five lines  overed of the entrance door. The bathouse made a reserved in 2007. It is converted tea quarry.

Vezir-i a’zam Melik-i deryanın veziri

Ya’ni yüce makamın kaim-makamı

Ham binasıyla beraber hamam yabdı

İkisi per-nev mebaniye oldu tamam

Hanı kaim-makamı et-tarih-i hamam-1081

ESKİ KÖY İNLERİ/OLD VILLAGE LAIRS

The west 3 kilometer of İncesu. İncesu from gets place to your left  immediately valley passed through way old outgoing to Ürgüp. Above, consist from the shelters engraved to the rock very in number located in field convered in vineyard.

KARA MUSTAFA PAŞA MEDRESESİ/Madrasa

Complex  is one of from places important.In found west of mosque  courtyard. The built of cut stones. Madrasa created of ten cells placed side by side be plan L.  Madrasa of found a room big covered dome abovenext to immediately entrance belted round. In 1670 years, made a by Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa . Madrasa has got   7 cell. The hasn’t got an inscription. In structure isn’t any decoration. Once upon times used as prison.

Still stops as older.

KARA MUSTAFA PAŞA ARASTASI

Mosque courtyard wall with, found  between   Kervansaray. Complex created main axis. Arasta,11.55 metres largeness and 77 metres tallness.  A street’s be formed  shops made  to the front east and west. Street’s open above. It is made a cut stones. Arasta be formed  shop planned rectangle  of 32 piece.  Shops a sequence Kara Mustafa Kervansarayına, other sequence,next to garden in  Kara Mustafa Mosque. It is built in 1670. There isn’t an inscription.

İNCESU MOUND

Mound in found to the left of  road 34 kilometres Kayseri-Niğde asphalt. It is heigh 15 metres is around 100 metres.  Some according to informations, understood made old bronze age ,Hittite, Frig and in classical times. Now isn’t  under protect.

SOCİAL STRUCTURE

In Incesu made a grape festival first time in 1991 years. This festival been is traditional. Festival made  first saturday of september every years. In county isn’t activities cinema and theater. Social structure provides shows and exhibitions to weddings of the people. People  usually places spent time  of people 12 coffeehouses. Places of entertainment, marina and cafes in found. In library is beatiful books. Of bazaar has a large grapes model in the middle. Also has hospital 2 piece. Place made of grapes festivals, in front of spinning wheel the water stream. Also if you want look from high a place  İncesu, İNCESUCAFE suggest. From there , of Incesu you see three side. In Incesu has many park. Also fitness room 1 pieces. There is spor room. There is swim pool. It beatiful landscaping. But has many toki. Incesu a county beatiful.

Mezarlık/Cemetery

In Incesu used places vaious as cemetery until in 1950 years. Places used first; Kırıklarini, Tenten inleri, Eski Köy Inleri. Araound here has cemeterys being from old times. At the moment place used as cemetery:

Of Kara Mustafa Paşa Mosque courtyard

Mausoleum

Of Incesu, found in Örenşehir village. The mausoleum belongs to the period Rome. It has square plan, building with cut stone. It height 2,5 and wide 2,5. In structure of cemetery, has  belt 3 pieces.

Neighborhoods

Incesu has 30 neighborhood. Those;

Bahçelievler, Bahçesaray, Bulgurcu ,Çardaklı,Dokuzpınar, Fırınönü, Garipçe, Gönenkent, Hamurcu, Karahöyük, Karakoyunlu, Karamustafapaşa, Kızılören Aşağı, Kızılören Ötebatan, Kızılören Tabaklı, Küllü, Örenşehir, Saraycık, Sarıkürklü, Semerkent, Subaşı, Süksün Cumhuriyet, Süksün Hürriyet, Süksün Zafer, Seyhşaban, Tahirinli, Üçkuyu, Valihsan, Yarım, Yeni Cami neigborhooods.

Economic Structure/ Ekonomik Yapı

Incesu county an agriculture. Arable land stony and inefficient. Therefore to obtain income able to support itself but people engaged in agriculture. In county struggling to agriculture working population %75. The county growing plants ;

Grape, wheat, barley , rye, beet, sunflower and various vegatables. Farming make for cammercial purposes. Also needs meets in the public. The county total is , cattle and buffalo 6.060, sheep and goats 37.000. The county borders inside;

Taksan factory, Çinkur factory, Karsu factory, Targıt factory, is filling facilitiers Erciyes gaz and Aygaz dolum.

In Incesu winters, cold and snowy. The coldest  moon below zero degress. In county temperature diffirent is high daily and yearly. Low rainfall and from long term summer drought has been steppe plants.

Kayseri Population

Kayseri has a population 1.421.455. Inner Anatolia third big city and is an industrial center. Kayseri has  16 county. The city a county of Erciyes Mountain. Kayseri is area 17.170 kilometres. The county has  North and northwest Yozgat, North and northeast Sivas, in the east Kahramanmaraş, in the  south Adana, in the southwest Niğde, in the west Nevşehir. Kayseri one of the oldest in the world. In classical times  in Cappodacia.The county is found south of Kızılırmak and stretches until Fırat river. Silk road passes from here. The region has been cradle of many civilizations. Kayseri has a  historicial 6000 years. B.C 2000 years Anadolu comes Hititler, Kayseri ,founded their city Kültepe 22 kilometres away from. Kültepe, one of the biggest mounds of Anatolia and the biggest city valley of Kayseri. Also, found in Karum next of Kültepe and in the excavitions found various tablets with cuneiform writing belongs to this period.

Kayseri History

Kayseri has  tittle of big city 1988 year. Firstly  two county to the limits  included Kocasinan and Melikgazi. Kayseri is  found south of Inner anatolia in section Toros Mountain and Ortakızılırmak. The city made in 1929 year pass from the limits Haydarpaşa and Black Railway. Kayseri from term of mineralas counted rich a city. Kayseri of underground riches  minerals and other those; Lead, zinc, copper, iron , religious, phosphate, chramium, sand-gravel, marble, brick, tile.

The city center 65 kilometers away.

Kayseri don’t rich in terms of forestry.

Name of Kayseri converted from Arabic to Turkish. Kayseri takes place 2nd degree devepoled counties. In Kayseri made workplace close to 3500 within KSS. In Kayseri found 3 organized industrial zone .

Agriculture; In Kayseri economy industry, trade and transportation comes after the shapes.

Kayseri Farming

In Kayseri close the average Turkey sheep and cattle breeding.

In Kayseri has more improved cattle breeding according to sheep and goat breeding. In Kayseri monetary volue animal products produced first place ;meat, second milk, third egg. Fourth main product white meat. In Kayseri  impreveding freswater fishing. Kayseri  histociral trade and economy dates back to before Christ. The name of the city in the period mentioned as Mazaka , in world economy and trade only center. In Turkey and World opened first organized industry in Kayseri. Kayseri is a very important province  in terms of industry and trade. Also in Kayseri has improved banking. Kayseri is a big city. According to this set  management.

In Kayseri has 10 museums. These ; Kayseri arkeoloji Müzesi, Atatürk Evi, Güpgüpoğlu Konağı Etronoğufya müzesi, Selçuklu Uygarlığı müzesi, Kayseri Lisesi Milli Mücadele lisesi, Ahi Evran Sanatkarlar müzesi, Kadir Has Kent ve Mimar Sinan müzesi, Kayseri Kalesi Arkeoloji müzesi, Kayseri Etroğnafya müzesi, Sultan Sazlığı Kuş müzesi

Kayseri Kitchen

In Kayseri made rovioli, pastrami, sausage, sausage inside, fenugreek, mouth oven, Kayseri ketesi, pehli, yağlama. Stuffed zucchini flowers  with stuffed meatballs makes.

Region is knawable with garlic and spice foods. Nevzine dessert is also a dessert unuqio in Kayseri.

Erciyes mountain closeness to city central and famous worldly with powder snow.  The mountain, height from see level 3.917 metres. Erciyes mountain is one of the biggest from the mountains of Turkey. Erciyes suitable for skiing during the year. Erciyes  has a ski slope from region of Türkiye.  Also  suitable with health tourism , with clean and soft air and natural spring waters for health and winter sports. Erciyes ski area away from about 23 kilometres Kayseri and on the Tekir plateau. The ski seasons is long due to the snowfall and weather in Erciyes.

Kıranardı Urban Forest

The forest has area 850.000 square meters. The forest 10 minutes away from Kayseri by road. There are sport, restorant and walking areas.

Kapuzbaşı waterfalls

The waterfalls is found over Ensenin in Yahyalı county. The waterfalls, between heights 30 to 80 metres. There are 7  waterfalls. The waterfalls is  5 large and 2 small. The waterfalls other name is ” team waterfall”.

Sultan reeds

The reeds one of the bird dormitories in world. Sultansazlığı with the birds housed, Europe and Middle East one of the from wetlands the most important. In Sultansazlığı is found 251 bird species until now. There are 600 thousand duck, flamingos  and geese. The reeds is covers 17.200 hectare area. In 1971 was announced by The ministry of Forest ” water birds protection and breeding. In the reeds was started  ” conservation studies”.

Stone and Woodworking

Kayseri is good in stone and woodworking as hometown Mimar Sinan. Made by the Selçuklu Hükümdarı is protected orginal from Hunat mosque and complex. In complex,  built from after dome and minaret in the middle. Also the best example Seljuk stone workmanship tac gates east and west of the complex. Hunat Mosque  Complex take attention with castle- like walls with solid arch stonework. In Sultanhanı , Hacı Kılıç mosque and madrasah, and Hunat Hatun complex seen similar embroideries.

Kayseri Stronghold

Kayseri stronghold done 3rd century in roman period and narrow 6th century Bizans period . Historical Kayseri stronghold founded flat an area and inner castle and  outer castle consist of two parts. Kayseri castle is a mediavel castle. Purpose of making, from old protect Kayseri city and center. Outer castle   made higher than inner castle and has become a sperate castle with around added glaze walls.

Kayseri sport

In football represent city Kayserispor in super league. In city close all grandstands entered service in 2009, is available all seater  Kayseri Kadir Has Şehir Stadium. In basketball struggling womans represent  in the first league.

Education

In Kayseri has 911 school. Erciyes university established under the name Kayseri University in 1976 years. In 1982 years took the name ”Erciyes university”.

Media

In Kayseri has 7 daily political newspapers, 4 national, 7 local televisions and 16 radios registered and RTÜK and 1 local website. Press agency has site in Kayseri. Broadcaster has  7 TV. Kayseri shows improvement in media. In Kayseri is printing 21 newspapers. Also has 21 televison- radio.

Transportation

Highway

Highway  away Ankara 4, Adana3, Konya 4, Istanbul 8 hours.

Airline

In 1998 years opened  civil air traffic Erkilet Airline, Kayseri county located in Erkilet district in Kocasinan district. Erkilet airline has next 12. ”AIR Transport Home Base Command”. The airline is capable host big plane. In city as well as special and municipality buses,located Kayseray. Kayseray is working in two lines. In city the total lines completed will be 48 kilometers rail system lenght.

Kayseri Republic Square

The square hosted within works belonging to Roma, Byzantium, Seljuk, Ottoman and Republic, made different civizilations home ownership for thousands of years.

Kayseri made different civizilations home ownership for thousands of year. In really is  one of from cities smelling history. The city developing constantly.

The city has many historical places. Kayseri republic square, Hunat Hatun moswue and complex, Kayseri stronghold, Kayseri clock tower, Kayseri high school national struggle museum, Kayseri Ataturk House.

Kayseri Ataturk House

In the 19th century built is İmamzade Reşit Aga konagı. The house built covered with cut stones outside. The house as  servicing Ataturk house and museum today. After the Sivas kongres,  stayed here Ataturk in 19 December 1919.