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5 unusual facts about Burdur


Izmir-Eğirdir railway

New branches were built of the railway to reach important towns such as Isparta and Burdur and service increased over the years.

Kızılkaya

Kızılkaya, Burdur, a town in the district of Bucak, Burdur Province

Kozluca

Kozluca, Burdur a town in the central district of Burdur Province

Mammutidae

As of July 2009, six mastodon fossils were discovered in Elmacık village, in Burdur province, Turkey.

Salda

Salda, Burdur, a township in Yeşilova district of Burdur Province, Turkey


Lucius Aurelius Marcianus

3. Discovered in Rhodes, but originally from Kibyra, Pamphylia (ancient city in south-west Turkey, near the town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province: This inscription (in Greek) was on a monument honouring one "Aurelius Marcianus", who is celebrated as "a most generous military leader".

Muhammed Hamdi Yazır

His father, Hoca Numan Efendi, who is also a scholar of Islam, was from the Yazır village of Gölhisar district of Burdur province, then in the Ottoman Empire, and now in Turkey.


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