İscehisar 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 ...
in the
Aegean region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, on the road between the city of
Afyon
Afyonkarahisar (, tr, afyon "poppy, opium", ''kara'' "black", ''hisar'' "fortress") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along t ...
and
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
. The mayor is İsmail Bayram (
AKP).
Economy
The province of Afyonkarahisar is famed for the quality of its
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ...
, most of which is quarried in the district of İscehisar.
Settlements
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Alanyurt, İscehisar
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Bahçecik, İscehisar
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Cevizli, İscehisar
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Doğanlar, İscehisar
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Doğlat, İscehisar
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Karaağaç, İscehisar
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Karakaya, İscehisar
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Konarı, İscehisar
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Olukpınar, İscehisar
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Selimiye, İscehisar
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Seydiler, İscehisar
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Çalışlar, İscehisar
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Çatağıl, İscehisar
*İscehisar
References
External links
District governor's official website
Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province
Districts of Afyonkarahisar Province
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