Karahisar

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{{Infobox Turkey place

| type = neighbourhood

| province = Denizli

| district = Tavas

| name = Karahisar

| population_total = 2579

| population_as_of = 2022

| coordinates = {{coord|37|37|N|28|57|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}

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|elevation_m = 935

|postal_code = 20960

|area_code = 0258

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Karahisar (formerly: Karaasar) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Tavas, Denizli Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.{{cite web|url=http://www.tavas.gov.tr/mahalli-idareler |title=Mahalli İdareler |publisher=Tavas Kaymakamlığı |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=tr}} Its population is 2,579 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).{{Cite web |title=Law No. 6360|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm |date=6 December 2012 |work=Official Gazette|language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2010/09/20100912-1-1.doc |date=12 September 2010|work=Official Gazette|language=tr|format=DOC}}

It is situated along the Akçay creek, a tributary of Büyükmenderes River (historical Maeander). The distance to Tavas is {{convert|10|km}}. The settlement was founded in 1530s by nomadic Turkomans. The earlier name of the settlement Karaasar probably refers to Kara Fatma, the wife of the tribe. Gülfem one of the concubines of Suleyman I, the Ottoman sultan (also called the Magnificent) commissioned a mosque and a fountain in the settlement. In 1954 the settlement was declared a seat of township.{{Cite web |url=http://www.karahisar.bel.tr/?page_id=2 |title=Mayor's page |language=tr |access-date=2012-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918225531/http://www.karahisar.bel.tr/?page_id=2 |archive-date=2012-09-18 |url-status=dead }}