Çetmi is a small town in

Taşkent Taşkent, formerly Pirlerkondu, is a town and district of Konya Province in the Akdeniz region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental ...

district of

Konya Province Konya Province ( tr, ), in southwest Central Anatolia, is the largest province of Turkey. The Province, provincial Capital (political), capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42. The Kızılören solar power plant in Konya will be ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. According to mayor's page the original name was ''Çepni'' (referring to a branch of

Oghuz Turks The Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, ''Oγuz'', ota, اوغوز, Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conven ...

); but eventually the word ''Çepni'' was corrupted to ''Çetmi''. It is a secluded town situated in

Toros Mountains The Taurus Mountains (Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir ...

at . The distance to Taşkent is and to Konya is .The sole road to the town passes through a narrow pass. The population of the town was 1281 as of 2011.

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Populated places in Konya Province Towns in Turkey Taşkent District {{Konya-geo-stub