Dinar (formerly
Ancient Greek
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: Celaenae-Apàmea, Κελαιναι-Απαμεια) is a town and large district of
Afyonkarahisar Province in the
Aegean region of
Turkey
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, 106 km from the city of
Afyon. The mayor is Saffet Acar (
MHP).
The town is built amidst the ruins of
Celaenae
Celaenae (Celænæ) or Kelainai ( el, Κελαιναί), was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River in what is today west central Turkey (Dinar of Afyonkarahisar Pr ...
-
Apamea
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Places called Apamea in ...
, near the sources of the
Büyük Menderes
Büyük means "big" in Turkic languages and may refer to:
People
Given name
* Büyük Jeddikar (born 1929), Iranian retired footballer
* Büyük Vatankhah (born 1943), Iranian retired footballer
Surname
* Adem Büyük (born 1987), Turkish fo ...
(
Maeander) river.
In ancient mythology this was the site of the musical duel between
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...
and
Marsyas.
Dinar today is a small town in a rural area, with limited amenities, particularly since there was
a large earthquake here in 1995, which caused many people to migrate away from the town. Dinar is a crossroads on journeys from
Ankara
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or
Istanbul
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to Antalya, motorists wouldn't stop here but many trucks do need to.
The folk culture of Dinar is rich, the town granted many well-known folk-songs (türkü in Turkish).
Settlements
*Afşar, Dinar
*Akgün, Dinar
*Akpınarlı, Dinar
*Aktoprak, Dinar
*Akça, Dinar
*Akçin, Dinar
*Alacaatlı, Dinar
*Alparslan, Dinar
*Avdan, Dinar
*Bademli, Dinar
*Bağcılar, Dinar
*Belenpınar, Dinar
*Bilgiç, Dinar
*Burunkaya, Dinar
*Bülüçalan, Dinar
*Cerityaylası, Dinar
*Cumhuriyet, Dinar
*Dikici, Dinar
*Dinar, Afyonkarahisar
*Dombay, Dinar
*Doğanlı, Dinar
*Dumanköy, Dinar
*Eldere, Dinar
*Ergenli, Dinar
*Gençali, Dinar
*Gökçeli, Dinar
*Göçerli, Dinar
*Haydarlı, Dinar
*Kabaklı, Dinar
*Kadılar, Dinar
*Karabedir, Dinar
*Karahacılı, Dinar
*Karakuyu, Dinar
*Karataş, Dinar
*Kazanpınar, Dinar
*Keklicek, Dinar
*Kınık, Dinar
*Kızıllı, Dinar
*Körpeli, Dinar
*Muratlı, Dinar
*Ocaklı, Dinar
*Okçular, Dinar
*Palaz, Dinar
*Pınarlı, Dinar
*Sütlaç, Dinar
*Tatarlı, Dinar
*Tekin, Dinar
*Tuğaylı, Dinar
*Uluköy, Dinar
*Yakaköy, Dinar
*Yapağılı, Dinar
*Yelalan, Dinar
*Yeşilhüyük, Dinar
*Yeşilyurt, Dinar
*Yeşilçat, Dinar
*Yıprak, Dinar
*Yüksel, Dinar
*Çakıcı, Dinar
*Çamlı, Dinar
*Çapalı , Dinar
*Çayüstü, Dinar
*Çağlayan, Dinar
*Çiçektepe, Dinar
*Çobansaray, Dinar
*Çürüklü, Dinar
* Hacıbeşirli, Dinar
References
External links
Dinar, Dinartuning, Dinartuning.comAfyonkarahisar DinarDistrict governor's official website
Afyon Governorship - Dinar District
Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province
Districts of Afyonkarahisar Province
Dinar District,
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