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Karaman (formerly
Larende) is a town in south central
Turkey, located north of the
Taurus Mountains, ca south of
Konya. It is the capital district of the
Karaman Province. According to
2000 census, population of the district is 152,450 of which 105,834 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area of, and the town lies at an average elevation of . The Karaman Museum is one of the major sights.
Etymology
The town owes its name to
Karaman Bey who was one of the rulers of the
Karamanids. The former name comes from the
Greek Laranda which in turn comes from the
Luwian language Larawanda, literally "sandy, a sandy place".
History
In ancient times Karaman was known as
Laranda. It was destroyed by
Perdiccas in about
322 BC and later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the
Roman and later
Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the
Seljuks in the early
12th century. Karaman was occupied by
Frederick Barbarossa in
1190. It was subsequently an important military site as part of the
Cilician Armenian Kingdom, until they lost it. In
1256, the town was taken by the
Turkish warlord Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From
1275, Karaman was the capital of the
emirate (and later
Ottoman province) of
Karamanid. In
1468 Karamanid was conquered by the Ottomans and in
1483 the capital of the province was moved to
Konya. Karaman has retained ruins of a Karamanid castle and some walls, two mosques and a
Qur'an school (
madrasah) from that age. An exquisite
mihrab from a
mosque from Karaman can now be found in the Çinili Pavilion near today's
Archeology Museum in
Istanbul. Many Armenians and Greeks who originated from this area still maintain the name Karaman within their surnames. Ex. In Greek 'Karamanis or Karamanlis'. In Armenian 'Karamanian or Karamanoukian'. The Surname of the Prime Minister of Greece is also Karamanlis.
Its former Christian status is reflected by the fact that there was a Roman Catholic titular see for the city.
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