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Bucak, Çine
Bucak (also: ''Bucakköy'') is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 194 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in Çine District {{Aydın-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çine
Çine is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 820 km2, and its population is 48,466 (2022). It is from the city of Aydın, on the road to Muğla. History Throughout the ages this area has belonged to the Ionians, Caria, Lydians, Persia, Ancient Rome and Byzantium, was viciously fought over by the Seljuk Turks and Byzantines, eventually ending up in the hands of the Anatolian beylik of the Menteşe (beylik), Menteşe. The original settlement is 8 km south of the modern town. In 1426 the area was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Murat II. From 1867 until 1922, Çine was part of Aidin Vilayet. The town grew in the 19th century when following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 displaced Turks from Russia were resettled here by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The town was destroyed by fire in 1900 and rebuilt. Geography Formerly known as ''Kıroba'', Çine is an attractive rural district in the southern part of the valley of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |