Tepebaşı, Ermenek
Tepebaşı is a village in Karaman Province, Turkey.
It is located on a 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) - high hill in a valley. Administratively it is a part of Ermenek ilçe (district) at 36°40′05″N 32°43′14″E.[1]Its population was 513 as of 2009. [2]
Tepebaşı is an old village. Its name was Bednam during the Byzantine Empire era. It was captured by a certain Halimi Bey during the Karaman Beylik era. During the Ottoman era it was renamed Halimiye and during the Turkish Republic it was renamed Tepebaşı (literally "top of the hill") [3]
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