Yollarbaşı

Yollarbaşı
Yollarbaşı; (İlisira)
	Town
	Yollarbaşı Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 37°12′N 33°02′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Karaman Province
District	Karaman central district
Elevation	1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	1,054
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	70170
Area code(s)	0338
Licence plate	70

Yollarbaşı (former İlisira) is a belde (town) in the central district (Karaman) of Karaman Province, Turkey. Situated 37°12′N 33°02′E it is 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Karaman on the state highway D.715 which connects Karaman to Konya. The population of Yollarbaşı is 1,054 as of 2018.[1] Yollarbaşı is an old settlement. It was probably founded during the Phrygian era. During the Roman era it was a city of Isaura. Although not supported by sources, the town people believe that the town may be Lystra, one of the important cities which Paul the Apostle visited.[2] Modern scholars place the ancient town of Ilistra at or near Yollarbaşı.[3][4] There are six church ruins in the town. Yollarbaşı is a typical Central Anatolian town where the main economic activity is agriculture.

Future

According to Sustainable development report prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Turkey) the projected population of Yollarbaşı in 2025 is 5500. Only minor revision is needed in the present master plan of the town is for the future expansion.[5]

gollark: Steamport, if you're in chorus city you can check out the furnace machine.

gollark: That's a higher temperature than a thing at high temperature.

gollark: The potatodatacentre is offline but we still have the computers.

gollark: Only a few hundred.

gollark: The chests can only store about... 30k furnaces total, so I need to dump them on people or it stops working.

References

Population page
Town page (in Turkish) Archived January 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Mersin Karaman Bölgesi Planlama Bölgesi Çevre Düzeni Planı, TC Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı p.37

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[1] Population page

[2] Town page (in Turkish) Archived January 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[5] Mersin Karaman Bölgesi Planlama Bölgesi Çevre Düzeni Planı, TC Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı p.37