History of Burdur

The history of the region extends back to pre-historic times; Paleolithic age. The rock drawings discovered in the villages of Baskuyu and Yesilova are the scientific proof of human settlement in the region. Several other archaeological discoveries were also made and various artifacts were unearthed belonging to Neolithic (8000 - 5500 BC) and Calcolithic (5500 - 3200 BC) ages. The most striking studies were carried out at the mounds (tumulus) of Hacilar and Kurucay. Hacilar excavations have brought several pre-historic layers into light, most significant of which are the ones belonging to "Pre-Ceramic Neolithic” period and "Late Neolithic" dating back 5400 BC.

As from the 17th century BC the area came under the rule of the Arzawa kingdom, the western neighbor of the Hittites, and the antecedents of the kingdom of Lydia in the post-Hittite era. They had become the rulers of Pisidia, Pamphylia and Lycia regions of Anatolia. During the 7th century BC, Pisidia, and Phrygia was conquered by the kingdom of Lydia. In 546 BC, Croesus, the King of Lydia was defeated by Persians who ruled over the region until the arrival of Alexander the Great in 334 BC.

After the 1st century BC., the area was controlled by the Romans, and later inherited by the Byzantine Empire, the East Romans. In the 11th century AD and onwards, Turks inhabited the region, and later passed to the hands of Ottomans. After the foundation of Republic, Burdur was made a province capital of Turkey.

source: travellinkturkey.com