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POPULATION
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123.980
DISTANCE
FROM IZMIR :
125 km
Advantages
Offered by Ödemiş : It
has the widest and most fertile plain of the region.
Favourable climatic conditions are available for the
agriculture. It is very suitable for mountain, skiing and
plateau tourism. Spring waters are suitable for bottling
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| BiRGi |
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Birgi is a smalll town which is tied to the district of
Ödemis. It is 120 kms. away from Izmir. It was set up between the peaks on the southern feet of the Bozdag
mountains on the two sides of the Sariyar Stream which comes down the
mountains. It is 390
meters above sea level. Although there are antique settlement units in the region Birgi
had actually developed in the Medieval ages.
After living the Phrigya, Lydia, Persian, Pergamon and Roman periods it fell into
the control of the Byzantian Empire. In this period the town was called Pyrgion or Pyrgi
as a fortress-town aiming to defend and facing the meadow in a high
position. Birgi was
left to the ottomans in 1391. But after the Ankara War (1402) it was
re-tied to the Aydinogullari. Even though it stayed under the control of
Cüneyt Bey for a period of time
it was taken into Ottoman control by the 2nd Murat . Birgi served as a center of a
district tied to the Aydın sub-providence in the Ottoman period. |
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Many
scientists, philosophers and men of religion lived in
the district of Birgi. The tombs of some of them sitill remain in he district today. The
tomb of ''Imam-i Birgivi Mehmet Efendi'' an important man of religion (1521-1573), is found in Birgi.
Birg ivi Mehmet Efendi, was a educater of Medreses (Muslem theological schools),
who was appointed to Birgi in the period of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman. He was a person who
educated many students and who was loved by the people. It was believed that he had a
spiri tual personality. Today, many people visit his tomb which is considered holy by
Muslems. Foreign tourists are among its visiters. Accomodation possibilities are being
developed with the help of the Birgi local administration and the Ministry of Tourism.
There are many historical works of art. Among these we can inchude: The Birgivi
Mehmet Efendi Medrese (theolgical
school of Muslems) (16th century),
the Karaoğlan Mosque (1762), the library building (17th-18th centuries), the
Çakırağa traditional Turkish House (1761), the
Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque (1312) and the
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| Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque
: which was made in the period of
the principalities (1312), has a unique immportance with its minaret with its
attractive brick work and its minbar with its wonderful wood work. The minaret of the mosque carries the effects of the Seljuk period. A cylinderical
body made of brick was placed intransitivly on the base made of smooth cut rocks. Motifs
of diamond like shapes made of smooth cut rocks. Motifs of diamond like shapes made by
arranging red bricks and fruze (blue-green
colour) colored glazed bricks diaogonally are
seen on the body. The framework of the shapes' and the diamond -like shapes' centers were
marked with red bricks. The same glazed bricks are arranged in the part of the minaret
that lies between the serefe and the külah in a way to form zigzags. The minaret
resembles that of the Iznik Green Mosque's (1378) in that way. Similar applications are seenn in many
minarets. |
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| Çakırağa
Konak :
The konak - mansion - was built between 1761 and
1764 by a wealthy local merchant named Tahir Ağa
of the Çakır family (although
some sources give the builder as Mehmet Ağa or Şerif
Ali Ağa).
On the ground floor is a waiting room for guests,
a kitchen, stable, and flagged hall. The winter
living rooms on the second floor contain
fireplaces and fitted bathing closets. The walls
and ceilings of the rooms on the first and second
floors are decorated with superb woodwork and
painted decoration on plaster known as kalem işi.
Çakır Tahir Ağa had two wives, one from
Istanbul and one from İzmir, and because they
missed their home cities he had scenes of these
cities painted on the walls of two of the rooms.
To protect the pictures taking photographs using
flashlight is prohibited, so you must engrave the
images on your mind as you look around the mansion.Birgi
was declared a conservation area in 1989. |
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| BOZDAĞ |
Bozdağ is one of the most
beautiful towns in Ödemiş county. It is set on the slope of Mt. Boz, which
is 3157 m. above sea level. Bozdağ is a green paradise surrounded by
chestnut, walnut and cedar trees. In antiquity Bozdağ was called
Tmolos.
Since there is considerable snow fall in winter time, a ski resort has
been set up in Bozdağ.
Gölcük is located over Bozdağ and it is a natural lake.
Altitude is 1050 meters and It is full snowly in all
winter season. It is only 130 km to İzmir and 18 km. away
from Bozdağ ski centre.
You can do any sports, cross, trophy, football, hunting,
parachute and water sports. n There are some confortabe
hotels for accommodatio. |
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| KiRAZ |
POPULATION
: 43.014
DISTANCE FROM IZMIR : 155
km
Advantages Offered by Kiraz :
There
exists the potential for summer, hunting, skiing, golf,
adventure and thermal tourism. High quality drinking water
springs are suitable for bottling plants. |
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