Yakasinek is a village in the
Sultandağı District
Sultandağı District is a district of Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Sultandağı.[Afyonkarahisar Province
Afyonkarahisar Province (), often shortened to Afyon Province, is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its area is 14,016 km2, and its population is 747,555 (2022). The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar.
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,
Turkey
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. Its population is 1,330 (2021). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
''). It is located near
Lake Eber
Lake Eber () is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in Afyon Province, Turkey. The lake used to be connected with nearby Lake Akşehir and was named ''Tessarakonta Martyron'', the Forty Martyr's lake, in premodern times.
Geography
The lake is between ...
, northwest from the town
Sultandağı
Sultandağı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sultandağı District.[Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar (, 'poppy, opium', ''kara'' 'black', ''hisar'' 'fortress') is a major city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the ...]
. Afyon-Pozantı connection is provided with the
E981 highway passing through its borders.
Economy
The main source of revenues are apricot and cherry farming. The famous
Napoleon cherry is an important source of export for village. A minor part of the population also stock farming.
History
There are ancient settlements of
Romans
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*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
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and
Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz Turks ( Middle Turkic: , ) were a western Turkic people who spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conventionally named the Oghuz Yabgu State in Central Asia ...
in the village. Name of the village is mentioned as ''Yaka Hasenek'' in the Seljuk and Ottoman records.
The Afyon-Akşehir railway line built by
Chemins de fer Ottomans d'Anatolie
The Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (, ), founded on 4 October 1888, was a railway company that operated in the Ottoman Empire.[Turkish Republic Turkish Republic may refer to:
* Turkey, archaically the "Turkish Republic"
* Northern Cyprus
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in 1928.
The ancient settlements of Oghuz Turks and Romans in the region are preserved today:
Kocaoğuz Mound: 1.2. and 3rd degree Archaeological site.
Yeni Tumulus: It is the 1st degree archaeological site of the Roman Period.
References
Villages in Sultandağı District
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