# Feke > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Feke > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Feke.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feke > Source revision: 1304832512 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Feke** (ˈfece) is a municipality and [district](/source/Districts_of_Turkey) of [Adana Province](/source/Adana_Province), [Turkey](/source/Turkey).[1] Its area is 1,218 km2,[2] and its population is 15,833 (2022).[3] It is 122 km from the city of Adana, 620 m above sea-level, a small town on attractive forested mountainside. The current mayor is Cömert Özen ([AKP](/source/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey))). ## History The area was settled by the [Hittites](/source/Hittites) in the 16th century BC, the [Persians](/source/Persia) in the 6th century BC, conquered by [Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great) in 333 BC, and later passed into the hands of the [Romans](/source/Ancient_Rome) and [Byzantines](/source/Byzantine_Empire). Feke commands a pass across the [Taurus](/source/Taurus_Mountains) mountains directly north of Adana, and a castle was first built in the Byzantine period. The name then was *Vahka* and has since mutated to today's spelling *Feke*. Beginning in the 10th century AD the Byzantine government forcibly settled [Armenians](/source/Armenians) into [Cilicia](/source/Cilicia) to act as guards on the frontier with Syria. With the collapse of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor after the [Battle of Manzikert](/source/Battle_of_Manzikert) it fell upon the Armenians in Cilicia to defend themselves, and in 1097/98 they managed during the reign of [Constantine I](/source/Constantine_I,_Prince_of_Armenia) to capture this castle and rebuild most of the Greek fortifications. It became an important stronghold for the [Rubenid](/source/Rubenid) barons, who later became the rulers of the [Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia](/source/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia). It was captured by the [Mameluks](/source/Mameluks) and then the [Ottomans](/source/Ottoman_Turks). Below the castle are the imposing remains of a two-story early Byzantine church and a late antique/medieval town.[4] The impressive circuit walls, towers, and vaulted chambers of the castle are positioned at the top of an elongated mountainous outcrop, primarily flanking the more accessible western side.[5] Sheer cliffs precluded the need for defenses at the east. The outer gatehouse, which consists of a winding staircase and an elaborate bent entrance, leads to the summit. Here there are cisterns, residential quarters, and embrasured loopholes for archers. Most of the exterior masonry is the typical Armenian rusticated ashlar with finely drafted margins. ## Composition There are 48 [neighbourhoods](/source/Mahalle) in Feke District:[6] - [Akkaya](/source/Akkaya,_Feke) - [Akoluk](/source/Akoluk,_Feke) - [Bağdatlı](/source/Ba%C4%9Fdatl%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Bahçecik](/source/Bah%C3%A7ecik,_Feke) - Belenköy - [Çandırlar](/source/%C3%87and%C4%B1rlar,_Feke) - [Çondu](/source/%C3%87ondu,_Feke) - [Çürükler](/source/%C3%87%C3%BCr%C3%BCkler,_Feke) - [Değirmenciuşağı](/source/De%C4%9Firmenciu%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Gaffaruşağı](/source/Gaffaru%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Gedikli](/source/Gedikli,_Feke) - [Göbelli](/source/G%C3%B6belli,_Feke) - Gökçeli - [Gürümze](/source/G%C3%BCr%C3%BCmze,_Feke) - [Güzpınarı](/source/G%C3%BCzp%C4%B1nar%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Hıdıruşağı](/source/H%C4%B1d%C4%B1ru%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1,_Feke) - [İncirci](/source/%C4%B0ncirci,_Feke) - İslam - [Kaleyüzü](/source/Kaley%C3%BCz%C3%BC,_Feke) - Karacaoğlan - Karacauşağı - [Kaşaltı](/source/Ka%C5%9Falt%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Kayadibi](/source/Kayadibi,_Feke) - Kazancı - Keklikçe - [Kırıkuşağı](/source/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1ku%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Kısacıklı](/source/K%C4%B1sac%C4%B1kl%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Kızılyer](/source/K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lyer,_Feke) - [Koçyazı](/source/Ko%C3%A7yaz%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Konakkuran](/source/Konakkuran,_Feke) - [Kovukçınar](/source/Kovuk%C3%A7%C4%B1nar,_Feke) - [Mansurlu](/source/Mansurlu,_Feke) - [Musalar](/source/Musalar,_Feke) - [Olucak](/source/Olucak,_Feke) - [Ormancık](/source/Ormanc%C4%B1k,_Feke) - [Ortaköy](/source/Ortak%C3%B6y,_Feke) - [Oruçlu](/source/Oru%C3%A7lu,_Feke) - [Paşalı](/source/Pa%C5%9Fal%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Şahmuratlı](/source/%C5%9Eahmuratl%C4%B1,_Feke) - Sülemişli - [Süphandere](/source/S%C3%BCphandere,_Feke) - [Tenkerli](/source/Tenkerli,_Feke) - [Tokmanaklı](/source/Tokmanakl%C4%B1,_Feke) - [Tortulu](/source/Tortulu,_Feke) - [Uğurlubağ](/source/U%C4%9Furluba%C4%9F,_Feke) - [Yaylapınar](/source/Yaylap%C4%B1nar,_Feke) - [Yerebakan](/source/Yerebakan,_Feke) - Yeşildüşmüş ## References 1. [Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi](https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx) 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. 1. ["İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri"](https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx). General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023. 1. ["Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports"](https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en) (XLS). [TÜİK](/source/T%C3%9C%C4%B0K). Retrieved 12 July 2023. 1. Edwards, Robert W., “Settlements and Toponymy in Armenian Cilicia,” *Revue des Études Arméniennes* 24, 1993, pp.203-04. 1. Edwards, Robert W. (1987). *The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXIII*. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 259–265, 286, pls.260a-269a. ISBN 0-88402-163-7. 1. [Mahalle](https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx) 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. ## External links - [Municipality website](http://www.feke.bel.tr/) - [District governor website](http://www.feke.gov.tr/) - [Extensive photographic survey, description and plan of Vahga Castle / Feke](https://charlvarchive.org/Site/7) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Feke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feke) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feke?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.