Vezirhan

Vezirhan
(Karaoğlanbeli)
Town
Vezirhan

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 40°15′N 30°01′E / 40.250°N 30.017°E / 40.250; 30.017Coordinates: 40°15′N 30°01′E / 40.250°N 30.017°E / 40.250; 30.017
Country  Turkey
Province Bilecik Province
District Bilecik central district
Elevation 160 m (530 ft)
Population (2013)
  Total 3,101
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 11130
Area code(s) 228
Licence plate 11

Vezirhan is a belde (town) in Bilecik Province, Turkey. The name of the town refers to a caravansarai in the town.

Geography

Vezirhan is a town in the central district of Bilecik Province. It is situated at 40°15′N 30°01′E / 40.250°N 30.017°E / 40.250; 30.017, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north east of Bilecik. The population of village was 3101 [1] as of 2013.

History

The town is very near to Söğüt where the Ottoman Empire was founded. But earliest reliable documents about the town are from the 17th century. According to these, the settlement was a part of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha’s (an Ottoman Grand vizier) possessions in 1661. Pasha commissioned a complex in the town (Turkish: külliye) which constituted a caravansarai, a mosque, a Turkish bath, a drinking water well and a bridge over the river. These were dedicated to travellers from İstanbul to Central Anatolia. There was also a church, a sign of Greek presence. But during the compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey (Turkish: mübadele) in 1920s, they left the town.[2]

Economy

The main economic activities are agriculture and animal husbandry. But there are also some factories around the town such as paper, ceramics and moulding.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, June 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.