Ödemiş
Ödemiş | |
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Ödemiş | |
Coordinates: 38°13′52″N 27°58′19″E / 38.23111°N 27.97194°E / 38.23111; 27.97194Coordinates: 38°13′52″N 27°58′19″E / 38.23111°N 27.97194°E / 38.23111; 27.97194 | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | İzmir |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bekir Keskin (CHP) |
• Kaymakam | Abdurrahman Koçoğlu |
Area [1] | |
• District | 1,015.70 km2 (392.16 sq mi) |
Elevation | 136 m (446 ft) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 75,577 |
• District | 129,005 |
• District density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Post code | 357xx |
Website | www.odemis.bel.tr |
Ödemiş is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey, as well as the name of its central town (urban population 75,577 as of 2012), located 113 km southeast of the city of İzmir.
About 4 km north of Ödemiş town are the ruins of Hypaepa. The historical importance of the region is also reflected by the small town of Birgi, east of Ödemiş, which was the capital of the Anatolian Turkish Beylik of Aydın and it has outstanding examples of Seljuq and Ottoman architecture. Birgi has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1994, and points of interest here include Çakırağa Mansion, İmam-i Birgivi Medrese and Sultanşah Mausoleum.
Ödemiş is famous for its potatoes, which has the best quality in Turkey, as well as its "Ödemiş Kebab". The city is the biggest potato grower of Turkey with its annual 350.000 tons of potato production.
Contents
1 Transport
2 Notable people
3 References
4 External links
Transport
See also:
- Ödemiş railway station
Basmane-Ödemiş Regional – the railway service from Basmane Terminal in İzmir.
Notable people
Hasan Bülent Paksoy Historian and novelist
Muzafer Sherif (1906-1988), a Turkish-American social psychologist
Cakircali Mehmet Efe (1872 kayaköy-Ödemiş – ö. 17 Kasım 1911 ) the legendary hero
Gökçen Efe (1881-1919), folk hero of the Turkish War of Independence
Şükrü Saracoğlu, Prime Minister of Turkey
İlhan Sipahioğlu, Parlimenter of Turkey
Mustafa Uyar, Parlimenter of Turkey
Çoşkun Karagözoğlu, Parlimenter of Turkey
Alev Çoşkun, Parlimenter of Turkey
Kaya Bengisu,
Neccar Türkcan, Parlimenter of Turkey
Mustafa Bengisu, Parlimenter of Turkey, https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Bengisu
References
^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080415075630/http://www.odemisnet.com/
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