Karahisar (formerly: ''Karaasar'') is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Tavas
Tavas is a town and a district of Denizli Province of Turkey, on a wide plain on the road to MuÄŸla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one breath ''Kale-Tavas''). Population is around 12,720
History
The area has been oc ...
,
Denizli Province,
Turkey. Its population is 2,579 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde'').
It is situated along the Akçay creek, a tributary of
Büyükmenderes River (historical ''Maeander''). The distance to Tavas is . The settlement was founded in 1530s by nomadic
Turkomans. The earlier name of the settlement Karaasar probably refers to Kara Fatma, the wife of the tribe. Gülfem one of the concubines of
Suleyman I
Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western world, the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان س٠...
, the
Ottoman sultan (also called the Magnificent) commissioned a
mosque and a
fountain in the settlement. In 1954 the settlement was declared a seat of township.
References
Neighbourhoods in Tavas District
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