Tepecik is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Efeler
Efeler is a new lçe(district) and second level municipality in Aydın Province, Turkey. According to Law, Act no. 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750,000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created n ...
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Aydın Province
Aydın Province ( tr, ) is a province of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. The provincial capital is the city of Aydın which has a population of almost 200,000 (2012). Other towns in the province include the summer seaside re ...
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Turkey. Its population is 4,043 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde''). Tepecik is to the south east of
Aydın
Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar'', Ancient and Modern Greek: Τράλλεις /''Tralleis''/) is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of B ...
city center.
History
The area around the town was inhabited during the ancient ages and was known for stone pits of Tralles (modern Aydın) . During the 16th and 17th centuries, the plains of Tepecik (known as Turnalı plain ) attracted nomadic
Turkmens as grazing area. They began settling in the present settlement in 1811. In 1830, the settlement was briefly controlled by
Atçalı Kel Mehmet
Atçalı Kel Mehmet Efe (1780–1830) was a Zeibeks, Zeybek, who led a local revolt against the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman's authority and established control of the Aydın region for a short period between 1829 and 1830 (''during the reign of'' Ma ...
who revolted against the
Ottoman authority. During
Turkish War of Independence between 1919 and 1922 the settlement was under
Greek rule. After the war, according to
population exchange agreement,
Greek population was replaced by
Turks from
Greece,
Albania and
Republic of Macedonia. In 1994, the settlement was declared the seat of the township.
Mayor's page
References
Neighbourhoods in Efeler District
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