Mahmutgazi

Mahmutgazi
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Denizli
District ( ilçe ) :	Çal
Coordinates :	38 ° 2 '  N , 29 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 1 '36 "  N , 29 ° 25' 28"  E
Telephone code :	(+90) 258
Postal code :	20 xxx
License plate :	20th

Mahmutgazi is a village in Çal District in Denizli Province in Turkey . It is located at the transition from the Çökelez Mountains to the Baklan Plain , near the connecting road 20-02 Çal- Denizli . It is 7 km away from the district capital Çal and is said to have been founded by a Mahmut Gazi . In 2014 the village received the status of a mahalle through the introduction of the city administration in the Denizli province .

According to tradition, the village of Mahmut Gazi was founded around 1070. It currently has 352 residents.

There is a Türbe of Mahmut Gazi in the village cemetery , but it bears no inscription.

The economic basis of the village is agriculture and viticulture, which is known for its "Küp-Şarabı". According to tradition, wine was grown in the region in Byzantine times and this was pressed in clay vessels . This method was rediscovered in the 1950s and after a few years of experimentation it was possible to press wine in clay jugs. The first Küp wine cellar was in Mahmutgazi.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey No. 28489. Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey No. 28489 - Law on the establishment of metropolitan administrations in 13 provinces and the establishment of 26 counties. Retrieved July 4, 2016 (Turkish). 
2. ↑ Dynamic query of population register statistics. (No longer available online.) Turkish Institute of Statistics, archived from the original on February 4, 2016 ; Retrieved July 4, 2016 (Turkish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Research on the village literature of Mahmutgazi (Turkish, German translation; PDF, 252 kB)