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Turgutlu

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Turgutlu, also known as Kasamba (Cassaba or Casaba) is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey Magnesia on the Maeander. Its area is 549 km2, and its population is 175,401 (2022). Its elevation is .

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Turgutlu
Turkey place.image_skyline
Resim Turgutlu orta-park.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption
Central park in Turgutlu
Turkey place.image_map
Manisa location Turgutlu.svg
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Turgutlu District in Manisa Province
Turkey place.province
Manisa
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Çetin Akın
Turkey place.area_total_km2
549
Turkey place.elevation_m
68
Turkey place.population_total
175401
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.area_code
0236

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Turgutlu
Country
Turkey
Located in
Manisa Province
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Population
163223
Elevation
68
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Kemalpaşa
Official website
www.turgutlu-bld.gov.tr
Image
Resim Turgutlu orta-park.jpg
Dialing code
236
Licence plate code
45
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postal code
45400
topic's main category
Category:Turgutlu
Commons category
Turgutlu
category of associated people
Category:People from Turgutlu
native label
Turgutlu
urban population
65740
rural population
42701
name in kana
トゥルグトル
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • General features
  • Composition
  • Industry
  • History
  • Early history
  • İzmir-Kasaba Railway
  • Turgutlu during the Turkish War of Independence
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Turgutlu, also known as Kasamba (Cassaba or Casaba) is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey Magnesia on the Maeander. Its area is 549 km2, and its population is 175,401 (2022). Its elevation is .

The present name derives from the name of the Turkish clan of "Turghudlu" (also cited as "Turgut" or "Turgutoğlu"), recorded as having provided the main support to the Beylik of Karaman during their time of existence and mentioned in historical records as an important political entity as late as the 18th century Iran. Their settlement in Turgutlu region is thought to have taken place some time in the 15th century at the same time as the Ottoman unification of Anatolia which resulted in the demise of Karamanids. That nearby Manisa was the center where Ottoman shahzades (crown princes) received their education must have placed the clan once again in a non-negligible position in their relations this time with the Ottoman dynasty.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turgutlu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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