Yatağan is a town in
Serinhisar District
Serinhisar is a town and district of Denizli Province of Turkey.
Name
Other names include ''Karia'' (in Latin) and ''Kızılhisar'' (literally "a red castle"). The latter is the name given by the Seljuk Turks as there were brick built fortifica ...
of
Denizli Province
Denizli Province ( tr, ) is a province 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 the west and Muğla to the south. ...
in the
Aegean Region
The Aegean Region () is one of the 7 Geographical regions of Turkey, geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir. Other big cities are Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya.
Located in w ...
of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It was named after a swordsmith called ''Yatağan Baba'', the namesake of the
yatagan sword. Yatağan Baba's tomb is one of the tourist attractions.
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Towns in Turkey
Populated places in Denizli Province
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