Ahmetli
Ahmetli is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 227 km, and its population is 16,963 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of 90 m (295 ft), near the river Gediz.
History
By the end of Greek Invasion of Anatolia, Ahmetli and all its surrounding villages were burned by the retreating Greek forces. The Greek soldier Giannis Koutsonicolas from Arahova describes the events with the following words;
in the evening we left and passing through Ahmetli we burned it, as well as all the villages, marching all night, and almost in the morning we reached Kasaba which was being burned, as well as Çobanisa and Manisa and all the villages.
— Yiannis Koutsonicolas
Composition
There are 23 neighbourhoods in Ahmetli District:
- Alahıdır
- Altıeylül
- Ataköy
- Bahçecik
- Barbaros
- Canbazlı
- Dereköy
- Derici
- Dibekdere
- Gökkaya
- Güldede
- Hacıköseli
- Halilkahya
- Karaköy
- Kargın
- Kendirlik
- Kestelli
- Kurtuluş
- Mandallı
- Seydiköy
- Ulucami
- Yaraşlı
- Zafer
References
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Κουτσονικόλας, Γιάννης (2008). Ασημάκης, Στάθης (ed.). Απ' την Αράχωβα στα Κράσπεδα της Άγκυρας. Ημερολόγιο Εκστρατείας 1919-1922 (in Greek). Athens, Greece: Δήμος Αράχωβας. p. 217. ISBN 9789608854222.
το βράδυ φύγαμε και διαβαίνοντες το (Αχμετλί) το κάψαμε, καθώς και όλα τα χωριά, βαδίζοντες όλην την νύχτα το πρωί σχεδόν φτάσαμε εις (Κασαμπά) όπου εκαίετο καθώς και η (Τσουμπανισιάν) και (Μαγνησία) και όλα τα χωριά.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links
- District governor's official website (in Turkish)
- Road map of Ahmetli and environs
- Various images of Ahmetli, Manisa
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