Turgutlu
| Turgutlu | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Manisa | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 30 ' N , 27 ° 42' E | |||
| Height : | 64 m | |||
| Residents : | 114,483 (2008) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 236 | |||
| Postal code : | 45 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 45 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2009) | ||||
| Mayor : | Turgay Şirin ( MHP ) | |||
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| Turgutlu County | ||||
| Residents : | 139,897 (2008) | |||
| Surface: | 473 km² | |||
| Population density : | 296 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Nazmi Günlü | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Turgutlu is a city and a district in the Manisa Province in Turkey . The city has 114,483 inhabitants and four incorporated localities, the district 139,897 on an area of 473 km². It goes back to antiquity and was destroyed in the First World War. Before the war the city was called Cassaba .
Up to 100 brickworks were founded in the 1920s, but for economic reasons they closed or will close in the next few years. The city is on the E 96 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Alberto Hemsi (* 1898; † 1975), Jewish-Italian composer and ethnomusicologist
- Hilmi Özkök (* 1940), 24th commander of the Turkish armed forces
- Kadriye Partici (1947 - 1971), criminal and execution victim
- Veysel Aksu (born 1985), football player
- Mithat Yaşar (* 1986), football player
Web links
Commons : Turgutlu - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 23, 2009
- ^ Districts of Turkey , accessed September 1, 2009.
- ↑ History of the Chemin de fer Smyrne-Cassaba et Prolongements (SCP)
