Turgutalp is a town in

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district of

Manisa Province Manisa Province ( tr, ) is a province in western Turkey. Its neighboring provinces are İzmir to the west, Aydın to the south, Denizli to the southeast, Uşak to the east, Kütahya to the northeast, and Balıkesir to the north. The city of Ma ...

, Turkey. At it is situated to the south of Turkish state highway D240 and to the west of Soma to which it is almost merged to. The distance to Manisa is . The population is 9838 of 2011. Turgutalp was founded by Muslim people from present

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in 1877, during the

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. The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan (

Turgut Alp Turgut Alp ( ota, طورغود آلپ) was one of the warriors and alps who fought for Ertuğrul, a Turkic leader and bey, and Ertuğrul's son Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. After the establishment of the Empire, he became one of i ...

was one of the early

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s of the

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). In 1986 it was declared a seat of township. Major economic sector of the town is agriculture. The main crops are tobacco, cotton, olive, tomato and wheat. Some town residents work in the power plant and coal mine of Soma.Mayor's page
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{{Authority control Populated places in Manisa Province Towns in Turkey Soma District