Bıçakçı Bridge

Bıçakçı Bridge
Bıçakçı Bridge; Bıçakçı Köprüsü
Coordinates	36°56′50″N33°02′20″E / 36.9473°N 33.0390°E Coordinates: 36°56′50″N33°02′20″E / 36.9473°N 33.0390°E
Crosses	Göksu
Owner	General Directorate of Highways of the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication
Heritage status	Karamanids
Characteristics
Material	Stone
Total length	81.60 m (267.7 ft)
Longest span	20 m (66 ft)
History
Construction end	14th century
	Bıçakçı Bridge Location in Turkey

Last updated March 17, 2019

Bıçakçı Bridge (literally "Cutter's Bridge") is a historic deck arch bridge in Karaman Province, southwestern Turkey. It is on the road Bucakkışla - Ermenek, and spans over the Göksu River at 36°56′52″N39°22′23″E / 36.94778°N 39.37306°E / 36.94778; 39.37306 .

Karaman Province is a province of south-central Turkey. It has an area of 9,163 km². It has a population of 232,633. According to the 2000 census the population was 243,210. Population density is 27.54 people/km². The traffic code is 70. The capital is the city of Karaman. Karaman was the location of the Karamanid emirate, which came to an end in 1486.

Bucakkışla is a village in Karaman Province, Turkey.

Ermenek is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. As ancient Germanicopolis, a former bishopric, it remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

The length of the asymmetric stone deck arch arch bridge is 81.60 m (267.7 ft). Its width is 5.1 metres (17 ft) It consists of a 20 m (66 ft)-long main arch flanked by two minor arches. There are also four auxiliary flood openings two in each side. The exact construction date is unknown. Judging from the masonry, it is assumed that the bridge was built in the 14th century when the area around the bridge was under the rule of Karamanids.^[1]^[2]

The Karamanids or Karamanid dynasty, also known as the Principality of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman, was one of the Islamic Anatolian beyliks, centered in south-central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Province. From the 13th century until its fall in 1487, the Karamanid dynasty was one of the most powerful Turkish beyliks in Anatolia.

Legend

According to a legend, the bridge was commissioned by a very wealthy woman. At the end of the construction, the architect was paid. After the payment was made, the architect wanted to buy a decorated dagger hung on the wall. The woman agreed to give the knife as a present to the architect, and the architect returned all the money on the condition that the money would be spend for the poor. That is why the bridge is known as Bıçakçı ("the cutter").^[2]

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References

↑ İlter, Fügen (1978). Osmanlılara kadar Türk Köprüleri. Karayolları Yayınları. p. 233.
1 2 "Bıçakçı Köprüsü Bucakkışla Karaman" (in Turkish). Forever Discovert. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

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[fi-1] İlter, Fügen (1978). Osmanlılara kadar Türk Köprüleri. Karayolları Yayınları. p. 233.

[fed-2] 1 2 "Bıçakçı Köprüsü Bucakkışla Karaman" (in Turkish). Forever Discovert. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-08-11.