Geography

Göktepe is a town in Sarıveliler

Sariveliler

Sarıveliler is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 21,308 of which 6,718 live in the town of Sarıveliler.-History:...

 district which is a part of Karaman Province. It is a mountain town on the Toros Mountains with an altitude of 1600 metres (5,249.3 ft). Göktepe is quite detached from the main highways. The distance to Karaman

Karaman

Karaman is a town in south central Turkey, located north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to 2000 census, the population of the province is 231 872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area...

 is 170 kilometres (105.6 mi). The coordinates are 36°38′N 32°37′E. The population is 2071 as of 2009.

History

There are ruins, caves and graves which show that the vicinity of the town was inhabited during Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 era. During Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

, the town had been mentioned in his Seyahatname

Seyahatname

Seyâhatnâme is a Persian term, also used in Ottoman Turkish, which means "book of travels", denoting a literary form and tradition whose examples can be found throughout centuries in the Middle Ages around the Islamic world, starting with the Arab travellers of the Umayyad period.An outstanding...

(travell book) of Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi was an Ottoman traveler who journeyed through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years.- Life :...

(1611-1682) in the 17th century. In 1956, Göktepe had been decleared township.

Economy

Göktepe is a typical agricultural town. Main crops are apples, grapes , cherries and walnuts.