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İscehisar is a town of
Afyonkarahisar Province Afyonkarahisar Province (), often shortened to Afyon Province, is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its area is 14,016 km2, and its population is 747,555 (2022). The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar. Adjacent provinces a ...
in the Aegean region of
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 ...
, on the road between the city of
Afyon Afyonkarahisar (, 'poppy, opium', ''kara'' 'black', ''hisar'' 'fortress') is a major city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the ...
and
Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. It is the seat of
İscehisar District İscehisar District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town İscehisar.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Its population is 13,285 (2021). The mayor is Seyhan Kılınçarslan ( AKP). İscehisar has been identified as the ancient town of
Docimium Docimium, Docimia or Docimeium (Greek: and ) was an ancient city of Phrygia, Asia Minor where there were famous marble quarries. The exact site of Docimium was a matter of some dispute until recently; it is now fixed at the modern Turkish town Ä ...
where the famous Docimaean marble was quarried which was used throughout the
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.


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Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province District municipalities in Turkey İscehisar District {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub