Kırkağaç () is a municipality and
district
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of
Manisa Province
Manisa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in western Turkey. Its area is 13,339 km2, and its population is 1,468,279 (2022). Its neighboring provinces are İzmi ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 541 km
2, and its population is 37,645 (2022).
The town lies at an elevation of .
Features
Kırkağaç is an agricultural district and known for its
variety
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* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
of
melon
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known as ''Kırkağaç melon'' ().
Olive, walnut, tobacco and almond cultivation is among the important agricultural activities of Kırkağaç.
There has been a road reconstruction in late 2021. A gas supply came to the city at the same time as to the city of
Soma. A clock tower is situated in the center of the city.
History
From 1867 until 1922, Kırkağaç was part of the
Aidin Vilayet
The Vilayet of Aidin or Aydin (, ) also known as Vilayet of Smyrna or İzmir after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the south-west of Asia Minor, including the ancient regi ...
of the
Ottoman Empire
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. The Greek writer
Elias Venezis
Elias Venezis (; March 4, 1904 – August 3, 1973) is the pseudonym of Elias Mellos (), a major Greek novelist. He was born in 1904 in Ayvalık (Kydonies) in Asia Minor and died in Athens in 1973. He wrote many books, of which the most famous ...
, in his book
Number 31328
''Number 31328'' () is an autobiographical novel by Elias Venezis. It tells of his experiences as a captive of the Turkish Army on a death march into the Anatolian interior.
Background
During the Greek genocide, Venezis' family fled from Ayv ...
, states that Kırkağaç was burned from the Armenian quarter by the "enemy" who left; although this book is a
memoir
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, in later versions, the word "enemy" was changed to "Greek".
Composition
There are 47
neighbourhoods
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in Kırkağaç District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Alacalar
* Alifakı
* Bademli
* Bakır
* Boduroğlu
* Bostancı
* Çaltıcak
* Çiftlikköy
* Cinosman
* Çobanlar
* Demirtaş
* Dualar
* Fırdanlar
* Gebeler
* Gelembe
* Gökçukur
* Güvendik
* Hacet
* Hacıhimmet
* Halkaavlu
* Hamidiye
* Hamitli
* Hıdırağa
* İlyaslar
* Işıklar
* Kadriye
* Karaali
* Karakurt
* Kayadibi
* Kınık
* Kocaiskan
* Kocamehmetağa
* Küçükyaya
* Kuyucak
* Memiş
* Musahoca
* Musalar
* Öveçli
* Şaireşref
* Sakarlı
* Sarıağa
* Siledik
* Söğütalanı
* Tevfikiye
* Yağmurlu
* Yenimahalle
* Zorağa
References
External links
District governor's official website
Road map of Kırkağaç and environs
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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