Tepebaşı, Ermenek

Tepebaşı is a village in Karaman Province, Turkey.

It is located on a 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) - high hill in a valley. Administratively it is a part of Ermenek ilçe (district) at

36°40′05″N 32°43′14″E / 36.66806°N 32.72056°E / 36.66806; 32.72056.^[1]Its population was 513 as of 2009. ^[2]

Tepebaşı is an old village. Its name was Bednam during the Byzantine Empire era. It was captured by a certain Halimi Bey during the Karaman Beylik era. During the Ottoman era it was renamed Halimiye and during the Turkish Republic it was renamed Tepebaşı (literally "top of the hill") ^[3]

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