Polatlı

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Polatlı
Polatlı coat of arms
Polatlı (Turkey)
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Park in front of the mosque Ankara cd. at the busstop, city center of Polatlı, Province of Ankara, Turkey.JPG
Polatlı main street by the mosque
Basic data
Province (il) : Ankara
Coordinates : 39 ° 35 '  N , 32 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 35 '3 "  N , 32 ° 8' 50"  E
Height : 870  m
Telephone code : (+90) 312
Postal code : 06 900
License plate : 06
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure : 95 Mahalle
Mayor : Mürsel Yıldızkaya ( MHP )
Postal address : Kurtuluş Mah.
Adnan Menderes Cad. No: 20
06900 Polatlı / Ankara
Website:
Polatlı County
Residents : 122,287 (2018)
Surface: 3,618 km²
Population density : 34 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Nedim Tunçer
Website (Kaymakam):

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Polatlı formerly Polad is a district town and district in the Turkish province / city of Ankara . The district is the largest of the metropolitan municipality Ankara is located in the southwest. It borders the Eskişehir and Konya provinces .

Etymology and history

The name Polatlı comes from Turkmen tribes who settled here from the 16th century. The tribal name itself is Persian and means strong or iron . The variants Polatlu and Polatluca also appear in Ottoman documents.

In ancient times the area belonged to Phrygia . About 10 km northwest of the city of Polatlı is the ancient city of Gordion . The city was under Ottoman rule for several centuries . During the Turkish War of Liberation 1919–1922, the important battle of the Sakarya between Turks and Greeks took place near Polatlıs . After the founding of the republic in 1923, the city received the status of a Belediye (municipality) in 1926 .

Residents

In 1907 the Vilayet Ankara had 344,019 Muslim and 19,531 non-Muslim residents. After the Turkish war of liberation and the population exchange between Turkey and Greece , the Greeks in Ankara were also exchanged for Turks from Greece. In a census in March 1927, 10,838 Turks , 2,557 Tatars , 742 Kurds and 312 Bosniaks lived in Polatlı .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nufusu.com Türkiye Nüfusu , accessed on August 30, 2019
  2. ↑ Kaymakam website ( Memento from August 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )