Şuhut

Şuhut is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It lies in a small plain, 29 km east of the city of Afyon. It has an area of 983 km², and the population (2000) is 63,127 of which 13,862 live in the town of Şuhut, and the remainder in surrounding villages.

History

Excavations of a burial mound at Kepirtepe show the plain has been settled since the neolithic period. The town was established during the Hittite period and grew under the Romans, by then it was known as Synnada. See Synnada for details on the area in antiquity and for the ecclesiastical history of the town in the Byzantine period.

Today

Today Şuhut is a country town providing schools and other amenities to the surrounding rural area. Much of the land is used for raising beef cattle and growing wheat, and Şuhut is famed for the quality of its meat and wheat stew, called keşkek. There is also a poultry industry and other crops, such as sugar beet, are grown. The younger generation are migrating to larger cities in search of careers.

Places of interest

*There are a number of Hittite burial mounds.
*The rock tombs of Bininler
*Asmakaya Castle
*Many places to picnic in the woods or by a stream

External links

* [http://www.suhut.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] tr icon