Irenopolis (Isauria)

Irenopolis or Eirenoupolis (Greek: Ειρηνούπολις) was an ancient and medieval city in Roman and Byzantine era Isauria.

The city is mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth century and George of Cyprus in the seventh.

[2] At this period, the Byzantine emperors had taken the province of Isauria from the Patriarchate of Antioch.

W. M. Ramsay,[3] following John Sterrett, identifies Irenopolis with Irnebol, of which he does not indicate the exact situation.

[2] It actually corresponds to the existing villages of Çatalbadem[4] (formerly Yukarı İrnebol meaning "Irenopolis from above") and İkizçınar (formerly Aşağı İrnebol meaning "Irenopolis from below"), in the district of Ermenek, Karaman Province .