Yenipazar (
Turkish for "new market") is a municipality and
district
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of
Aydın Province
Aydın Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. Its area is 8,116 km2, and its population is 1,148,241 (2022). T ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 245 km
2, and its population is 11,863 (2022).
It is from the city of
Aydın
Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar; Greek: Τράλλεις)'' is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient ...
on the road to
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 ...
.
Yenipazar itself is a quiet rural town providing university, high and elementary school education and other facilities to the surrounding districts. In the last two decades the population has declined as people move to Turkey's larger cities for higher education and careers and Yenipazar is selected as one of the
Cittaslow
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towns in Turkey. The local cuisine includes a delicious flat-bread pizza called
pide
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.
Adnan Menderes University
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has a school here offering diplomas in banking and finance. The student population created new income opportunities for the residents of this small town. Social life is also impacted positively from the university, you can find many restaurants and cafes than you would expect from a town of this size.
Composition
There are 18
neighbourhoods
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in Yenipazar District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Alhan
* Alioğullar
* Çarşı
* Çavdar
* Çulhan
* Dereköy
* Direcik
* Doğu
Doğu is a Turkish family name and masculine given name. In Turkish, "Doğu" means "East" or "The East"
People
Given name
* Doğu Perinçek, Turkish politician
Surname
* Cengiz Doğu (1945–2019), German poet and activist
* Ersan Dogu, T ...
* Donduran
* Eğridere
* Hacıköseler
* Hamzabalı
* Hükümet
* Karaçakal
* Karacaören
* Koyunlar
* Paşaköy
* Yeni
Places of interest
* The house of prominent local Turkish War of Independence
, strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...
resistance leader Yörük Ali Efe
Yörük Ali Efe (1886 – 23 September 1951) was a Turkish people, Turkish guerrilla leader in the Ottoman Empire, and an officer in the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence. He was an important leader in Kuva-yi Milliye of the Aeg ...
is now a museum to his life and career.
References
External links
*
Yenipazar hunting club photo album
Populated places in Aydın Province
Cittaslow
Districts of Aydın Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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