Yenipazar (
Turkish
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for "new market") is a municipality and
district of
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 ...
,
Turkey. Its area is 245 km
2, and its population is 11,863 (2022).
It is from the city 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 ...
on the road to
Denizli
Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...
.
Yenipazar itself is a quiet rural town providing university, high and elementary school education and other facilities to the surrounding districts. In the last two decades the population has declined as people move to Turkey's larger cities for higher education and careers and Yenipazar is selected as one of the
Cittaslow towns in Turkey. The local cuisine includes a delicious flat-bread pizza called
pide.
Adnan Menderes University
Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced back t ...
has a school here offering diplomas in banking and finance. The student population created new income opportunities for the residents of this small town. Social life is also impacted positively from the university, you can find many restaurants and cafes than you would expect from a town of this size.
Composition
There are 18
neighbourhoods
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in Yenipazar District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Alhan
* Alioğullar
* Çarşı
* Çavdar
* Çulhan
* Dereköy
* Direcik
* Doğu
* Donduran
* Eğridere
* Hacıköseler
* Hamzabalı
* Hükümet
* Karaçakal
* Karacaören
* Koyunlar
* Paşaköy
* Yeni
Places of interest
* The house of prominent local Turkish War of Independence resistance leader Yörük Ali Efe is now a museum to his life and career.
References
External links
*
Yenipazar hunting club photo album
Populated places in Aydın Province
Cittaslow
Districts of Aydın Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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