Göksun

Göksun (Greek: Κυκυσός, romanized: Kykysós, or Κουκουσός, Koukousós; Latin: Coxon or Cucusus; Armenian: Կոկիսոն) is a town and district of Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, near one of the sources of the Ceyhan River (ancient Pyramos),in the ancient region of Cataonia.

This article is about the town in Turkey. For other uses, see Göksun (disambiguation).
Göksun
Göksun is located in Turkey
Göksun
Göksun
Coordinates: 38°01′16″N 36°29′30″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceKahramanmaraş
Government
 • MayorHüseyin Coşkun Aydın (AKP)
 • KaymakamCengiz Ayhan
Area
[1]
 • District1,940.29 km2 (749.15 sq mi)
Elevation
1,350 m (4,430 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
18,775
 • District
52,845
 • District density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Post code
46600
Websitewww.goksun.bel.tr

History

Cucusus has an ancient history, first included in Cataonia, then in Cappadocia, and then in the Roman province of Armenia Secunda. The Byzantine bishops, Paul the Confessor (died 350 AD), John Chrysostom (died 407 AD) and Emperor Basiliscus (died 476 AD) either died in or were exiled to this remote place. Of its bishops, Domnus took part in the Council of Chalcedon (451), Longinus was a signatory of the joint letter of the bishops of the province of Armenia Secunda to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 concerning the murder of Proterius of Alexandria, Ioannes was at the Second Council of Constantinople (553), and another Ioannes at the Trullan Council of 692.[3][4][5] No longer a residential bishopric, Cucusus is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[6]

In the mid-10th century the town received many Armenian immigrants and by 1097, when the army of the First Crusade marched arrived at Cucusus, they encountered a large prosperous town populated by Armenians.[7] The town, most likely with its own wall, remained under control of the Armenian princes of Cilicia but was abandoned due to Türkmen raids around 1375, with its inhabitants taking refuge in the towns of Hadjin and Zeitun.[8] After that, the town became part of the Beylik of Dulkadir before it was conquered by the Ottomans in 1515.[9] In April 1915, the remaining Armenian population of Cucusus was deported during the Armenian Genocide.[10]

2009 helicopter crash
Main article: 2009 Medair TC-HEK helicopter crash

On March 25, 2009, a chartered helicopter carrying Great Union Party's (BBP) Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, three of his party's local leaders, and a reporter crashed at Mount Keş. The pilot and all the passengers but the reporter were killed. Ismail Güneş, who initially survived, made an emergency call reporting the accident. A massive search and rescue operation, attended by thousands and assisted by helicopters and aircraft, was conducted. However, the wreckage and the five bodies were recovered only 47 hours later. The corpse of the reporter was found five days later far from the crash site.

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Raymond Janin, v. Cucuse in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, 1956, coll. 1084-1085
  4. Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 451-452
  5. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 441
  6. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 838
  7. Sinclair 1989, p. 513.
  8. Sinclair 1989, p. 517.
  9. Sinclair 1989, pp. 517–519.
  10. Kévorkian 2011, p. 588.

Sources
  • Kévorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857719300.
  • Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey, Volume II. ISD LLC. ISBN 9781904597735.



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