Baklan is a town and a district of
Denizli Province
Denizli Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to the west and Muğla to the south ...
, in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
's
Aegean Region. The town is at a distance of about an hour from the city of
Denizli
Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region.
...
, neighboring the town of
Çivril
Çivril is a town and district of Denizli Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Çivril district area neighbors those of two districts of Uşak Province to its north, namely Sivaslı and Karahallı, and four districts of Afyonkarahisar ...
, and it is situated on the road to
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...
.
Name
For the pre-Turkish period, it is deduced that the plain of Baklan corresponded to the settlements named ''Lounda'' and ''Lakèrion'' (Λακήριον in
Ancient greek). The plain and the region was the scene of the final great efforts made after the 1176
Battle of Myriokephalon
The Battle of Myriokephalon (also known as the Battle of Myriocephalum, gr, Μάχη του Μυριοκέφαλου, tr, Miryokefalon Savaşı or ''Düzbel Muharebesi'') was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in Phrygi ...
by the
Byzantine Emperor
This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, to its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as le ...
Manuel I Komnenos
Manuel I Komnenos ( el, Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, translit=Manouíl Komnenos, translit-std=ISO; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized Comnenus, also called Porphyrogennetos (; "born in the purple"), was a Byzantine emperor ...
in person to drive out and to hold territory against the victorious
Seljuk Turks. However, it is inferred that the nomad Turks had already established themselves in Lounda and Lakerion (Baklan).
The subsequent Turkish town was alternatively called Dedeköy, a name which was its official appellation in some periods in the past. The name ''dede'' makes reference to the 13th century
Seljuk warrior Alp Eren Hüsamettin Gazi Bey, whose tomb is within the town.
Administration, geography, economy
A township depending
Çal district until 1990, it was made into a district at that time.
A large part of the district is covered by the high plain that carries the same name as the town, Baklan Plain, and the town itself is situated on the slopes of the district's only mountain, Beşparmak, 1307 m. high.
The economy is largely based on agriculture.
Neighbourhoods
*Balca
*Beyelli ()
*Boğaziçi ()
*Çataloba ()
*Dağal ()
*Gökpınar
*Gürlük
*Hadim
*Hüsamettin Dede
*İcikli ()
*Kavaklar ()
*Kirazlı
*Konak ()
*Şenyayla ()
Image gallery
File:Baklan General View2.jpg, Baklan town general view
File:Baklan General View.jpg, Baklan plain general view
References
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Denizli
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province