Nazilli

Nazilli is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 691 km 2 , and its population is 162,737 (2022). It is the second-largest city in Aydın Province, after the city of Aydın. It is east of Aydın, on the road to Denizli.

Nazilli is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 691 km 2 , and its population is 162,737 (2022). It is the second-largest city in Aydın Province, after the city of Aydın. It is east of Aydın, on the road to Denizli.

Climate

Composition

There are 82 neighbourhoods in Nazilli District: Akpınar Aksu Altıntaş Apaklar Arslanlı Aşağıörencik Aşağıyakacık Aydoğdu Bağcıllı Bayındır Beğerli Bekirler Bereketli Bozyurt Çapahasan Çatak Çaylı Çobanlar Cumhuriyet Dallıca Demirciler Dereağzı Derebaşı Dualar Dumlupınar Durasıllı Esenköy Esentepe Eycelli Gedik Gedikaltı Güzelköy Hamidiye Hamzallı Hasköy Haydarlı Hisarcık İsabeyli Işıklar İstiklal Kahvederesi Karaçay Karahallı Kardeşköy Kaşıkçılar Kavacık Kestel Ketendere Ketenova Kırcaklı Kızıldere Kocakesik Kozdere Kurtuluş Kuşçular Mescitli Ocaklı Ovacık Pınarbaşı Pirlibey Prof. Muammer Aksoy Rahmanlar Sailer Samailli Sevindikli Şimşelli Şirinevler Sümer Toygar Turan Uzunçam Yalınkuyu Yaylapınar Yazırlı Yellice Yeni Yenisanayi Yeşil Yeşilyurt Yıldıztepe Yukarıörencik Zafer

Economy

to Söke Historically, Nazilli was a producer of lignite. As of 1914, they were producing large quantities which were managed by a company from the United States. The lignite, in 1920, was described as being "deplorably bad," despite demand for it to be exported to Smyrna. Just north of Nazilli, in 1920, were reported emery mines, too. Nazilli has also been renowned for being an important dried fig producer towns of Anatolia. Petros Mengos, a Greek from Kokluca village in Smyrna, who volunteered to fight in the Greek Revolution stated that "The best figs exported from Smyrna are brought on camels, from a province sixty miles interior, called Naslée, or in Greek Ilioupolis."

Points of Interest

Arpaz Castle, also known as Arpaz Beyler Mansion.

Notable people

Fatih Takmaklı (1983-), Author

Contemporary Nazilli

Nazilli today has a population of 156,748 (according to the 2018 census). The Basmane-Nazilli Regional railway service runs between İzmir and Nazilli.

References

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