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Sümerbank Branch
The Sümerbank Branch locally referred to as the Gıdıgıdı as in Chug chug (), was a short line railway operating in Nazilli, Turkey. The railway was built in 1937 to shuttle workers at the Sümerbank factory to the Nazilli railway station. Sümerbank owned and operated the railway, using a Ruston (engine builder), Ruston shunting engine and a single railcar from the Oriental Railway Company. The railway was opened along with the Sümerbank factory itself. President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, along with Prime Minister İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar rode into Nazilli on a Turkish State Railways, TCDD TCDD 21-25, MAN 21-25 railbus from İzmir to open the factory. Their railcar rode into the factory on the shuttle line. - ''www.kentvedemiryolu.com'' References 1980 disestablishments in Tur ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazilli
Nazilli is municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 691 km2, 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. Etymology Nazilli is a Turkish name that has somehow evolved from the former (also Turkish) name of Pazarköy (marketplace). According to legend, the son of Aydın's governor in the Ottoman period, fell in love with a young woman from Pazarköy but was rejected by the girl's father. The young man later named the town Nazlı Ili (Nazlı's Home) after his loved one. The 17th century traveller Evliya Çelebi held that the town was named for the capriciousness ("naz") of the local women in this wealthy town. Or it could have been the name of a family of Turkomans that settled here. Nazilli was still called Nazli by the British as of 1920. History These people practiced weaving and thus planted cotton in the area for this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
