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Şuhut
Sign in to saveŞuhut (Ottoman Turkish شهود Şuhūd; formerly Ancient Greek Σύνναδα Synnada) is a town in Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Şuhut District. Şuhut district has a total population of 35,492 according to the 2024 census. It lies in a small plain, 29 km east of the city of Afyon. The mayor is Muhittin Özaşkın (MHP).
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- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Şuhut
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- Şuhut.JPG
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- City limit sign on the provincial road 03-26 from Afyonkarahisar.
- Turkey place.province
- Afyonkarahisar
- Turkey place.district
- Şuhut
- Turkey place.leader_party
- MHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Muhittin Özaşkın
- Turkey place.population_total
- 35,492
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2024
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- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Csb
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Şuhut (Ottoman Turkish شهود Şuhūd; formerly Ancient Greek Σύνναδα Synnada) is a town in Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Şuhut District. Şuhut district has a total population of 35,492 according to the 2024 census. It lies in a small plain, 29 km east of the city of Afyon. The mayor is Muhittin Özaşkın (MHP).
==History== Excavations of a burial mound at Kepirtepe show the plain has been settled since the Neolithic period. The town was established during the Hittite period and grew under the Romans, by then it was known as Synnada. See Synnada for details on the area in antiquity and for the ecclesiastical history of the town in the Byzantine period.