An important trade and manufacturing center, it has cement, textile, and rug factories.
Iron ore is mined nearby.
Known as Sebaste, Sebastia, or Cabira in ancient times, it was an important city of Asia Minor under the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Seljuk Turks. Part of the Seljuk empire of Rum in the late 12th cent. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation . All rights reserved.