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Sinanpaşa (or Sincanlı) is a town and district of
Afyonkarahisar Province Afyonkarahisar Province ( tr, ), also called more simply Afyon Province, is a province in western Turkey. Adjacent provinces are Kütahya to the northwest, Uşak to the west, Denizli to the southwest, Burdur to the south, Isparta to the southea ...
,
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on a plain surrounded by pine-covered mountains, 33 km from the city of
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on the road to
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and
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. It covers an area of 845 km², and the population (2010) is 42,294 of which 3,924 live in the town of Sinanpaşa, while the majority live in the surrounding countryside. the mayor is Nuri Köse ( AKP). Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are dry and hot.


History

The area has been a crossroads since antiquity, with archaeological evidence indicating habitation since 4000 BC. Surface excavations in the village of Küçükhöyük go back to 3000 BC. The name Sinan Paşa comes from the son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks who in 1473 took refuge with Ottoman Sultan
Mehmet II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...
during the war between the Akkoyunlu and the warrior
Uzun Hasan Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan ( اوزون حسن; fa, اوزون حسن; 1423 – January 6, 1478; where ''uzun'' means "tall" in Oghuz Turkic) was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. ...
(the
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War). Later in the Ottoman period the important general ''Hersekzade Ahmet Paşa'' settled here in the village still known as ''Ahmet Paşa'' today. The town was occupied by
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forces during the
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, but was recovered during the great Turkish counter-attack in 1922.


Sinanpaşa today

Nowadays Sinanpaşa is a country town providing schools, hospital and other infrastructure to the surrounding countryside, where poppy seeds, wheat and other grains are grown.


Settlements

* Ahmetpaşa, Sinanpaşa * Akdeğirmen, Sinanpaşa * Akçaşar, Sinanpaşa * Akören, Sinanpaşa * Ayvalı, Sinanpaşa * Balmahmut, Sinanpaşa * Başkimse, Sinanpaşa * Boyalı, Sinanpaşa * Bulca, Sinanpaşa * Düzağaç, Sinanpaşa * Elvanpaşa, Sinanpaşa * Garipçe, Sinanpaşa * Gezler, Sinanpaşa * Güney, Sinanpaşa * Karacaören, Sinanpaşa * Kayadibi, Sinanpaşa * Kılıçarslan, Sinanpaşa * Kınık, Sinanpaşa * Kırka, Sinanpaşa * Küçükhüyük, Sinanpaşa * Nuh, Sinanpaşa * Saraycık, Sinanpaşa * Savran, Sinanpaşa *Sinanpaşa * Tazlar, Sinanpaşa * Taşoluk, Sinanpaşa * Tınaztepe, Sinanpaşa * Tokuşlar, Sinanpaşa * Yıldırımkemal, Sinanpaşa * Yörükmezarı, Sinanpaşa * Çalışlar, Sinanpaşa * Çatkuyu, Sinanpaşa * Çayhisar, Sinanpaşa * Çobanözü, Sinanpaşa * İğdeli, Sinanpaşa


References


External links


District governor's official website
Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province Districts of Afyonkarahisar Province {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub