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Piribeyli is a small town in Konya's Yunak district.

History

Piribeyli was founded by Kör Süleyman Bey, who came from Elazig Harput, about 300 years ago. Piribeyli, which was the education center where the Medrese-i Ilmiye school was located until the Republic period, was formerly connected to Konya vilayet and then to Turgut, Çeltik and Yunak districts respectively, and in 1971 Piribeyli became a municipality. Piribeyli is a neighborhood as of 2013 due the population decrease. During the War of Independence, Although the Piribeyli was occupied by the Greek forces, it was taken back by the Mürettep division before Battle of Sakarya. the Azarıköy-Piribeyli Dekovil line was built around the village to prepare the army for the Great Offensive, Piribeyli played an important role due to its proximity to Akşehir HQ, the headquarters of the western front, and its strategic location, the people of the vilalge have undertaken their permanent rule as ammunition transportation duties. There is a huge Atatürk statue in the town square symbolizing the struggle.

Atatürk's famous remark about the town of Piribeyli;

He calls out to Salih (Bozok); "Tell İsmet Pasha, you will bring the Mürettep Division to Piribeyli. The time is coming "

History of the name Piribeyli

“Piribeyli”, which means the lord of the Pirs, because it was the education center where the Madrasah-i Ilmiye school was located until the Republic era, and that these scholars were masters in their profession. The people of the region often called the village ''Pirlerin beyi'' it evolved and remained as Piribeyli.

Important places

In the Old Piribeyli Town Municipality Park, there are many ancient tomb steles, architectural pieces and pithoses from the Likaonian period and many tumuluses were found around Piribeyli.

Economic status

The main livelihood of the townspeople is farming and animal husbandry. The majority of the people work as guestworkers in Europe. 90% of the population live outside of the town since 2016.

Population

External links

• Official website

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2. "https://twitter.com/sakaryasavasi/status/1321332061085585408". Twitter (in Türkçe). Archived from the original on 28 Ekim 2020. Retrieved 24 Kasım 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |archive-date= (help); External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
3. "Ataturk piribeyli".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. "piribeyli eski çag durumu". Archived from the original on 25 Mart 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)

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