BEYBAZAR

beybazar, the chief town of a _kaza_ of the angora vilayet in asiatic turkey, situated on an affluent of the sakaria (anc. _sangarius_), about 52 m. w. of angora. it corresponds to the anc. _lagania_, renamed _anastasiopolis_ under the emperor anastasius (491-518), a bishopric by the 5th century. its well-built wooden houses cover the slopes of three hills at the mouth of a gorge filled with fruit gardens and vineyards. the chief products are rice, cotton and fruits. from beybazar come the fine pears sold in constantinople as "angora pears"; its musk-melons are equally esteemed; its grapes are used only for a sweetmeat called _jevizli-sujuk_ ("nutty fruit sausage"). there are few remains of antiquity apart from numerous rock-cut chambers lining the banks of the stream. pop. about 4000 to 5000.