Merkezefendi is a new intracity district and second level municipality in
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 ...
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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 ...
. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared
metropolitan municipality. The law also created new
districts within the capital city which have second level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality.
Official gazette
/ref> Merkezefendi is one of them.
Thus after 2014 a part of Denizli central district was named ''Merkezefendi'' and the name Denizli was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. ( Merkez Efendi was the name of a 16th-century Sufi )
Sport
Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket represents Merkezefendi and Denizli in Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).
Rural area
There were two towns and six villages in the rural area of Merkezefendi. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Merkezefendi"
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See also
* Merkez Efendi
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References
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Districts of Denizli Province
Merkezefendi District