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Germencik Germencik is a town and a district of Aydın Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. Geography Germencik is located in the middle of the fertile Büyük Menderes (Meander) plain, inland from the Aegean coastal town of Kuşadası, on the Aydı ...

district of Aydın Province,

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. At it is to Germencik and to Aydın. The population of the town was 12945 as of 2012. The village was founded after 1886 when the railroad from

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to Aydın was constructed. After the Balkan wars, the Turkish refugees from

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were settled in the village and being on the stop of railroad and close to the D.320 state highway the village was quickly flourished. In 1949 it was declared township. It is a typical Aegean Region town. Figs and grapes are the most important products

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Populated places in Aydın Province Towns in Turkey Germencik District {{Aydın-geo-stub