Kula, Manisa
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = metro district
| name = Kula
| image_skyline = Kula Fairy Chimneys 03.jpg
| image_caption = Yanıkyöre rock formations near Kula
| image_map = Manisa location Kula.svg
| map_caption = Map showing Kula District in Manisa Province
| coordinates = {{Coord|38|32|45|N|28|38|58|E|display=it|region:TR_type:city}}
| province = Manisa
| leader_party = CHP
| leader_name = Semra Gündüz
| area_total_km2 = 981
| elevation_m = 635
| population_total = 43227
| population_as_of = 2022
| postal_code = 45170
| area_code = 0236
| website = {{url|http://www.kula.bel.tr/}}
}}
Kula is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 981 km2,{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}} and its population is 43,227 (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}} The town lies at an elevation of {{convert|635|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/45/Kula.html|title=Geographical information on Kula, Turkey|access-date=6 October 2023|author=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc}}
History
Suleiman, the ruler of Germiyan ({{reign|1361|87}}), relocated his capital from Kütahya to Kula after granting the Ottomans control of much of his realm, as part of the dowry payment for the marriage of his daughter Devletşah Hatun with the Ottoman prince and future sultan Bayezid I ({{reign|1389|1402}}).{{sfn|Varlık|1974|p=65}}
From 1867 until 1922, Kula was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Until at least 1923, the town was inhabited by a mixed population of Christians and Muslims.{{Cite book |last=Toynbee |first=Arnold |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p65DAQAAIAAJ |title=The Western Question in Greece and Turkey: A Study in the Contact of Civilisations |date=1923 |publisher=Constable Publishing |pages=123 |language=en}} The Christian population was composed of Turkified descendants of the original Greek inhabitants of the town, as well as by more recent immigrants from Samos and other Aegean islands.
Composition
There are 60 neighbourhoods in Kula District:[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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- Ahmetli
- Akgün
- Aktaş
- Ayazören
- Ayvatlar
- Balıbey
- Başıbüyük
- Battalmustafa
- Bayramşah
- Bebekli
- Bey
- Börtlüce
- Camicedit
- Çarıkballı
- Çarıkmahmutlu
- Çiftçiibrahim
- Dereköy
- Dört Eylül
- Emre
- Encekler
- Erenbağı
- Eroğlu
- Esenyazı
- Evciler
- Gökçeören
- Gökdere
- Gölbaşı
- Güvercinlik
- Hacıtufan
- Hamidiye
- Hayalli
- İbrahimağa
- İncesu
- Kalınharman
- Karaoba
- Kavacık
- Kenger
- Kızılkaya
- Konurca
- Körez
- Narıncalıpıtrak
- Narıncalısüleyman
- Ortaköy
- Papuçlu
- Sandal
- Saraçlar
- Sarnıçköy
- Şehitlioğlu
- Şeremet
- Şeritli
- Şeyhli
- Seyitali
- Söğütdere
- Tatlıçeşme
- Topuzdamları
- Yağbastı
- Yeniköy
- Yeşilyayla
- Yurtbaşı
- Zaferiye
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Economy
As of 1920, Kula's main industry was carpet making.{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=G.W.|title=Anatolia|year=1920|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|location=London|page=110|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11766/view/1/110/}}
Yanıkyöre volcanic rock formations
The district is renowned for the cone-shaped volcanic rock formations, numbering at about eighty, in the nearby Yanıkyöre (literally the burnt land) area, also sometimes still referred to, including in Turkey, under the Greek name of Katakekaumene, which has the same meaning. Increasingly brought to the attention of a wider public in recent years as a natural curiosity, other recently coined terms to describe the area include "Cappadocia of the Aegean Region, Turkey" or even "Kuladocia".
File:KulaPeribacalari.jpg Kula Volcanic Geopark was accepted and certificated by UNESCO on 6 September 2013 at 37th UNESCO general conference in Naples. So that Kula Volcanic Geopark joined UNESCO Global Geopark Network. Also this patent became the first geopark of Turkey, 58th geopark in Europe, and 96th geopark in the world.
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Varlık |first1=Mustafa Çetin |title=Germiyan-oğulları tarihi (1300-1429) |date=1974 |publisher= Atatürk University Press |location=Ankara |oclc=6807984 |url=https://archive.org/details/m.-c.-varlik-germiyan-ogullari-tarihi-1300-1429-1974./mode/2up |access-date=8 January 2024 |lang=tr}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Manisa|}}
Category:Populated places in Manisa Province
Category:Districts of Manisa Province