title: Yeşilhisar
text: Yeşilhisar, formerly known as Kbistra, is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 913 km2, and its population is 15,531 (2022).
  
  History 
  Although the date of establishment of the town is not known for certain, first the Hittites and then the Persians came under the command of Alexander in 3500 BC. In 317 BC, this region came under the rule of the Roman Empire. Kbistra or Siyiera, which is mentioned among the eight big cities of the Cappadocia region, is today's Yeşilhisar. It's also sometimes referred to as Cyzistra.
  
  Kbistra, which came under the rule of Iran in 256 BC and then again by the Byzantine Empire, passed into the hands of Muslims for the first time with the conquest of Battal Gazi in 672. Yeşilhisar came under the rule of Abbasids, Danishmends and Seljuks, İlhanlılar and Karamanoğulları in 1114, and Yeşilhisar came under the rule of the Ottomans in the time of Yıldırım Bayezid. Fatih Sultan Mehmet appointed Koçi Bey for the conquest of Yeşilhisar.
  
  Composition
  There are 35 neighbourhoods in Yeşilhisar District:
  
   Akköy
   Araplı
   Başköy
   Beyleryukarı
   Büğet
   Çadırkaya
   Camikebir
   Cumhuriyet
   Derbentbaşı
   Doğanlı
   Erdemli
   Fatih
   Fevzioğlu
   Gülbayır
   Güney
   Güzelöz
   İçmece
   İdris
   Kaleköy
   Karacabey
   Kavakköy
   Kayadibi
   Keler
   Keşlik
   Köşk
   Kovalı
   Kuşçu
   Kuzey
   Mahmudiye
   Musahacılı
   Ovaçiftlikköy
   Soğanlı
   Yavuz Selim
   Yenişehir
   Yeşilova
  
  Economy 
  The economy of the district is agriculture based. Irrigated agriculture is practiced on 60% of the 500,000 decares of land planted. Apples, apricots and other fruits are grown in irrigated areas. Sugar beet and potato are the leading industrial plants.
  
  Places of Interest 
   Agios Eustatios Church in Güzelöz
  
  References
  
   
  Populated places in Kayseri Province
  Districts of Kayseri Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey