Yenipazar (
Turkish for "new market") is a municipality and
district
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of
Aydın Province,
Turkey
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. Its area is 245 km
2, and its population is 11,863 (2022).
It is from the city of
Aydın on the road to
Denizli.
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
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towns in Turkey. The local cuisine includes a delicious flat-bread pizza called
pide
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.
Adnan Menderes University 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 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
The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
resistance leader Yörük Ali Efe
Yörük Ali Efe (1895 – 23 September 1951) was a Turkish guerilla leader in the Ottoman Empire, and an officer in the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence. He was an important leader in Kuva-yi Milliye of the Aegean Region. Aft ...
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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