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Çetmi is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Taşkent,
Konya Province Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...
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Its population is 915 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
''). It is subdivided into two ''
mahalle is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...
'': Cömeşpınar and Yeni. According to mayor's page the original name was ''Çepni'' (referring to a branch of
Oghuz Turks The Oghuz Turks ( Middle Turkic: , ) were a western Turkic people who spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conventionally named the Oghuz Yabgu State in Central Asia ...
); but eventually the word ''Çepni'' was corrupted to ''Çetmi''.Mayor2s page
/ref> It is a secluded town situated in
Toros Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a ...
. The distance to Taşkent is and to Konya is .The sole road to the town passes through a narrow pass.


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Neighbourhoods in Taşkent District {{Konya-geo-stub