Bozkurt is a municipality and

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. Its area is 462 km², and its population is 12,331 (2022). The town is situated on a plain east of the city of

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 ...

. The altitude of the town is 867 m. It is quite close to the

Lake Acıgöl Acıgöl (''literally "the bitter lake" in Turkish'') is a lake in Turkey's inner Aegean Region, in an endorheic basin at the junction between the provinces of Denizli, Afyonkarahisar, and Burdur. Its surface area varies greatly through the se ...

and the neighboring town of

Çardak Çardak is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 423 km2, and its population is 8,452 (2022). It is situated on the road from Denizli to Ankara near the banks of the Lake Acıgöl. Denizli's airport ( Çardak ...

and İnceler Kasabası This is high country inland from the Aegean and

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, and has hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters. During the

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refugees from

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were settled on the plain, which was then known as Hanabat after a

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ish

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that stands within the boundaries of the present-day neighboring district of Çardak. Immigration from Bulgaria continued until recent times. This is an agricultural district, with irrigation systems currently being constructed. Karagöl, literally ''"the black lake"'', is situated on top of the mountain on the slopes of which the town of Bozkurt is located. Karagöl is at an altitude of 1,250m and is an area of dense forests centered on several small

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s which are also fed by streams.

Composition

There are 20

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in Bozkurt District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Alikurt * Armutalanı * Avdan * Baklankuyucak * Barbaros * Başçeşme * Çambaşı * Cumalı * Fatih * Hamidiye * Hayrettinköy * İnceler * İncelertekkesi * Mahmudiye * Mecidiye * Mehmetcik * Mimar Sinan * Sazköy * Tutluca * Yenibağlar

References

Populated places in Denizli Province Districts of Denizli Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Denizli-geo-stub