Ödemiş () is a municipality and

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of İzmir Province,

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. Its area is 1,019 km², and its population is 132,740 (2022). It is located 113 km southeast of the city of

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. About 4 km north of Ödemiş town are the ruins of Hypaepa. The historical importance of the region is also reflected by the small town of Birgi, east of Ödemiş, which was the capital of the Aydınids, which has examples of Seljuq and Ottoman architecture. Birgi has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1994, and points of interest here include Çakırağa Mansion, İmam-i Birgivi Medrese and Sultanşah Mausoleum. Ödemiş is famous for its potatoes, which has the best quality in Turkey, as well as its "Ödemiş Kebab". The city is the biggest potato grower of Turkey with its annual 350,000 tons of potato production.

History

From 1867 until 1922, Ödemiş was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the

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Composition

There are 99 neighbourhoods in Ödemiş District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * 3 Eylül * Akıncılar * Alaşarlı * Anafartalar * Artıcak * Atatürk * Bademli * Balabanlı * Bayırlı * Bengisu * Beyezitlar * Bıçakçı * Birgi * Bozcayaka * Bozdağ * Bucak * Bülbüller * Büyükavulcuk * Çağlayan * Çamlıca * Çamyayla * Çayır * Çaylı * Cevizalan * Çobanlar * Cumhuriyet * Demircili * Demirdere * Derebebekler * Dereuzunyer * Dolaylar * Emirli * Emmioğlu * Ertuğrul * Gerçekli * Gereli * Gölcük * Güney * Günlüce * Hacıhasan * Hamam * Horzum * Hürriyet * İlkkurşun * İnönü * Işık * Karadoğan * Karakova * Kayaköy * Kaymakçı * Kazanlı * Kemenler * Kemer * Kerpiçlik * Kışla * Kızılca * Kızılcaavlu * Köfündere * Konaklı * Köseler * Küçükavulcuk * Küçükören * Küre * Kurucuova * Kutlubeyler * Kuvvetli * Mescitli * Meşrutiyet * Mimarsinan * Mursallı * Ocaklı * Oğuzlar * Orhangazi * Ortaköy * Ovacık * Ovakent * Pirinççi * Sekiköy * Seyrekli * Şirinköy * Suçıktı * Süleyman Demirel * Süleymanlar * Tekke * Tosunlar * Türkmen * Türkönü * Üçkonak * Umurbey * Üzümlü * Uzundere * Veliler * Yeniceköy * Yeniköy * Yeşilköy * Yılanlı * Yolüstü * Yusufdere * Zafer

Climate

Transport

See also: * Ödemiş railway station * Basmane-Ödemiş Regional – the railway service from Basmane Terminal in

Notable people

* Muzafer Sherif (1906-1988), a Turkish-American social psychologist * Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1872 kayaköy-Ödemiş – ö. 17 Kasım 1911 ) the legendary hero * Gökçen Efe (1881-1919), folk hero of the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

* Şükrü Saracoğlu, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080415075630/http://www.odemisnet.com/ Populated places in İzmir Province Districts of İzmir Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{İzmir-geo-stub