Ödemiş () is a municipality and

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İzmir Province İzmir Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in to ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 1,019 km², and its population is 132,740 (2022). It is located 113 km southeast of the city of

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. About 4 km north of Ödemiş town are the ruins of

Hypaepa Hypaepa or Hypaipa () was an Ancient city and (arch)bishopric in ancient Lydia, near the north bank of the Cayster River, and 42 miles from Ephesus, Ephesus and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Name and location Its name was derived fro ...

. The historical importance of the region is also reflected by the small town of

Birgi Birgi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,832 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Its current name is a turkified version of its medieval Gr ...

, east of Ödemiş, which was the capital of the

Aydınids The Aydinids or Aydinid dynasty ( Modern Turkish: ''Aydınoğulları'', ''Aydınoğulları Beyliği'', Old Anatolian Turkish: آیدین اوغوللاری بیلیغی, also known as the Principality of Aydin and Beylik of Aydin (), was one ...

, which has examples of

Seljuq Seljuk (, ''Selcuk'') or Saljuq (, ''Saljūq'') may refer to: * Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia * Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities * S ...

and Ottoman architecture. Birgi has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1994, and points of interest here include

Çakırağa Mansion Çakırağa Mansion () is an historical mansion in İzmir Province, Turkey. It is in Birgi town of Ödemiş ilçe (district) at It was commissioned in 1761 by Çakıroğlu Mehmet Bey who was a wealthy merchant. The three storey mansion is situa ...

, 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.

History

From 1867 until 1922, Ödemiş was part of the

Aidin Vilayet The Vilayet of Aidin or Aydin (, ) also known as Vilayet of Smyrna or İzmir after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the south-west of Asia Minor, including the ancient regi ...

of the

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Composition

There are 99

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in Ödemiş District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * 3 Eylül * Akıncılar * Alaşarlı * Anafartalar * Artıcak * Atatürk * Bademli * Balabanlı * Bayırlı * Bengisu * Beyezitlar * Bıçakçı *

* Bozcayaka *

Bozdağ Bozdağ is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 508 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is at the east of the province on Bozdağ Mountains whi ...

* Bucak * Bülbüller * Büyükavulcuk * Çağlayan * Çamlıca * Çamyayla * Çayır * Çaylı * Cevizalan * Çobanlar * Cumhuriyet * Demircili * Demirdere * Derebebekler * Dereuzunyer * Dolaylar * Emirli * Emmioğlu * Ertuğrul * Gerçekli * Gereli * Gölcük * Güney * Günlüce * Hacıhasan * Hamam * Horzum * Hürriyet * İlkkurşun * İnönü * Işık * Karadoğan * Karakova *

Kayaköy Kayaköy (also: ''Kaya'' or ''Livissi'') is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 975 (2022). Situated 8 km south of Fethiye, it is mostly abandoned. It was anciently known i ...

Kaymakçı Kaymakçı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,489 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Geography Kaymakçı is situated on the southern s ...

* Kazanlı * Kemenler * Kemer * Kerpiçlik * Kışla * Kızılca * Kızılcaavlu * Köfündere * Konaklı * Köseler * Küçükavulcuk * Küçükören * Küre * Kurucuova * Kutlubeyler * Kuvvetli * Mescitli * Meşrutiyet * Mimarsinan * Mursallı * Ocaklı * Oğuzlar * Orhangazi * Ortaköy * Ovacık * Ovakent * Pirinççi * Sekiköy * Seyrekli * Şirinköy * Suçıktı * Süleyman Demirel * Süleymanlar * Tekke * Tosunlar * Türkmen * Türkönü * Üçkonak * Umurbey * Üzümlü * Uzundere * Veliler * Yeniceköy * Yeniköy * Yeşilköy * Yılanlı * Yolüstü * Yusufdere * Zafer

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Notable people

Muzafer Sherif Muzafer Sherif (born Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish- American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory. Sherif was a founder of modern social psych ...

(1906-1988), a Turkish-American social psychologist *

Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1872–1911) was a Zeybek, who was active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910. Born in Ödemiş in 1871, he went out to the Aegean m ...

(1872 kayaköy-Ödemiş – ö. 17 Kasım 1911 ) the legendary hero *

Gökçen Efe Gökçen Efe (1891 – 16 November 1919) was a Turkish folk hero, who showed bravery during the Turkish War of Independence. Life He was born in Ödemiş, İzmir Province. His real name was Hüseyin, but he used the name Gökçen Efe after choo ...

(1881-1919), folk hero of the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

Şükrü Saracoğlu Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu (; 17 June 1887 – 27 December 1953) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, the fifth prime minister of Turkey and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stag ...

, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080415075630/http://www.odemisnet.com/ Populated places in İzmir Province Districts of İzmir Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{İzmir-geo-stub