title: Yahyalı
text: Yahyalı is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,587 km2, and its population is 35,481 (2022). It is the southernmost district of the province. The Aladağlar Mountains, a part of the rocky Taurus Mountains, cover the southern part of the district. The river Zamantı passes through it. 
  
  Mostly covered in forest, the Aladağlar National Park covers  and extends into the neighbouring districts of Çamardı (Niğde Province) and Aladağ (Adana Province), although the main part is in Yahyalı.
  
  The nearest airport is Kayseri International Airport.
  
  History 
  The district was established by Turkish forces led by Seyyid Ali and Yahya Ali (Yahya Gazi who came into Anatolia in the 13th century. The tomb of Seyyid Ali is in the garden of Yahyalı State Hospital while that of Yahya Gazi is in the courtyard of the Yahyalı Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ulu Cami). Yahyalı was affiliated to Kozan until 1926 but became part of Kayseri province after Kozan province became a district in 1926.
  
  Composition
  There are 41 neighbourhoods in Yahyalı District:
  
   100.Yıl
   75.Yıl
   Ağcaşar
   Avlağa
   Balcıçakırı
   Burhaniye
   Büyükçakır
   Camikebir
   Çamlıca
   Çavdaruşağı
   Çiğilli
   Çubukharmanı
   Çubuklu
   Delialiuşağı
   Denizovası
   Derebağı
   Dikme
   Fetullah
   Fevzi Çakmak
   Gazibeyli
   İlyaslı
   İsmet
   Kapuzbaşı
   Karaköy
   Kavacık
   Kirazlı
   Kocahacılı
   Kopçu
   Kuzoluk
   Madazı
   Mustafabeyli
   Sazak
   Senirköy
   Seydili
   Süleymanfakılı
   Taşhan
   Ulupınar
   Yenice
   Yerköy
   Yeşilköy
   Yuları
  
  Yahyalı Carpets 
  The district of Yahyalı is well known for the hand-woven rugs that used to be produced there. These are characterised by their deep red and blue colours and by the medallions usually placed in the centre. Right through into the early 2000s a carpet market clung to life in Yahyalı town.
  
  Çamlıca
  
  Çamlıca was a Greek village of the Yahyalı district also known as Pharasa (Φάρασα), Varasos (Βαρασός), Farasa, Faraşa, or Camlica. Until the Greek-Turkish population exchange of 1923, Notable people from Pharasa included Paisius II of Caesarea, Arsenios the Cappadocian, and Paisios of Mount Athos.
  
  References
  
  External links
   Yahyalı District Governorship 
   Yahyalıca 
   Yahyalı Municipality 
  
   
  Populated places in Kayseri Province
  Districts of Kayseri Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey