Aydoğdu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Tavas Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one brea ...

Denizli Province Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to t ...

in Turkey. Its population is 512 (2022). Aydoğdu is located about 62 km south of the provincial capital,

Denizli Denizli is a city in Aegean Region, Aegean Turkey, and seat of the province of Denizli Province, Denizli. The city forms the urban part of the districts Merkezefendi and Pamukkale, Denizli, Pamukkale, with a population of 691 783 in 2024. Denizl ...

and 18 km southeast of

. Legend has it that the name of the village was originally Abaz, named after its founder, Abass, whose tomb was demolished but later rebuilt. Abass and other ghazi fighters were active during the

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples ( Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 ...

era. The village generally experiences dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

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Neighbourhoods in Tavas District {{Denizli-geo-stub