Nazilli

Nazilli is a Turkish name that has somehow evolved from the former (also Turkish) name of Pazarköy (marketplace). According to legend, the son of Aydın's governor in the Ottoman period, fell in love with a young woman from Pazarköy but was rejected by the girl's father. The young man later named the town Nazlı Ili (Nazlı's Home) after his loved one. The 17th century traveller Evliya Çelebi held that the town was named for the capriciousness ("naz") of the local women in this wealthy town. Or it could have been the name of a family of Turkomans that settled here.

Nazilli was still called Nazli by the British as of 1920.{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=G.W.|title=Anatolia|year=1920|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|location=London|page=101|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11766/view/1/101/}}

File:Define Vadisi.106.jpg (Ancient Greek: Ἅρπασα), within the borders of the Esenköy village of Aydın-Nazilli district.]]

These people practiced weaving and thus planted cotton in the area for this purpose. The Oghuz Turks were succeeded by the Anatolian beyliks of Menteşe (in 1280) and then Aydinids.

In 1390 Bayezid I brought the area into the Ottoman Empire. At this time, the town comprised two villages, Cuma Yeri (Friday Square) and Pazarköy (Weekday Market). The town was only later referred to as Nazliköy. In 1402 Timur defeated Bayezid at the Battle of Ankara and took control of the Aegean region, expelling the Knights Hospitaller and giving the Nazilli area back to the Aydinid family. It was quickly recovered for the Ottomans by Sultan Murad II.

From 1867 until 1922, Nazilli was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. During the Turkish War of Independence, Nazilli was occupied by the Greek Army and came under Turkish control on September 5, 1922.

Nazilli stands on the Menderes River and much of the district is in the Menderes valley, full of citrus trees, olives and figs as well as cotton, wheat and other crops.

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| location = Nazilli (1991–2020)

| Jan high C = 12.6

| Feb high C = 14.6

| Mar high C = 18.4

| Apr high C = 23.2

| May high C = 28.8

| Jun high C = 33.8

| Jul high C = 37.0

| Aug high C = 37.0

| Sep high C = 32.6

| Oct high C = 26.6

| Nov high C = 19.4

| Dec high C = 13.9

| year high C = 24.9

| Jan mean C = 7.2

| Feb mean C = 8.6

| Mar mean C = 11.6

| Apr mean C = 15.7

| May mean C = 21.0

| Jun mean C = 26.1

| Jul mean C = 29.1

| Aug mean C = 28.6

| Sep mean C = 23.9

| Oct mean C = 18.6

| Nov mean C = 12.4

| Dec mean C = 8.4

| year mean C = 17.7

| Jan low C = 3.0

| Feb low C = 4.0

| Mar low C = 5.9

| Apr low C = 9.3

| May low C = 13.8

| Jun low C = 18.3

| Jul low C = 21.3

| Aug low C = 21.2

| Sep low C = 16.5

| Oct low C = 12.3

| Nov low C = 7.3

| Dec low C = 4.5

| year low C = 11.5

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| Jan precipitation mm = 104.77

| Feb precipitation mm = 85.18

| Mar precipitation mm = 66.61

| Apr precipitation mm = 51.98

| May precipitation mm = 34.84

| Jun precipitation mm = 16.3

| Jul precipitation mm = 5.53

| Aug precipitation mm = 7.63

| Sep precipitation mm = 12.56

| Oct precipitation mm = 41.46

| Nov precipitation mm = 73.77

| Dec precipitation mm = 102.36

| year precipitation mm = 602.99

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 8.9

| Feb precipitation days = 7.5

| Mar precipitation days = 6.8

| Apr precipitation days = 6.1

| May precipitation days = 5.1

| Jun precipitation days = 2.4

| Jul precipitation days = 2.0

| Aug precipitation days = 1.6

| Sep precipitation days = 2.5

| Oct precipitation days = 3.9

| Nov precipitation days = 6.0

| Dec precipitation days = 9.1

| year precipitation days = 61.9

| Jan humidity = 72.1

| Feb humidity = 68.6

| Mar humidity = 65.0

| Apr humidity = 61.5

| May humidity = 54.8

| Jun humidity = 46.6

| Jul humidity = 44.0

| Aug humidity = 48.2

| Sep humidity = 53.5

| Oct humidity = 61.8

| Nov humidity = 69.9

| Dec humidity = 74.6

| year humidity = 60.0

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There are 82 neighbourhoods in Nazilli District:[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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• Akpınar
• Aksu
• Altıntaş
• Apaklar
• Arslanlı
• Aşağıörencik
• Aşağıyakacık
• Aydoğdu
• Bağcıllı
• Bayındır
• Beğerli
• Bekirler
• Bereketli
• Bozyurt
• Çapahasan
• Çatak
• Çaylı
• Çobanlar
• Cumhuriyet
• Dallıca
• Demirciler
• Dereağzı
• Derebaşı
• Dualar
• Dumlupınar
• Durasıllı
• Esenköy
• Esentepe
• Eycelli
• Gedik
• Gedikaltı
• Güzelköy
• Hamidiye
• Hamzallı
• Hasköy
• Haydarlı
• Hisarcık
• İsabeyli
• Işıklar
• İstiklal
• Kahvederesi
• Karaçay
• Karahallı
• Kardeşköy
• Kaşıkçılar
• Kavacık
• Kestel
• Ketendere
• Ketenova
• Kırcaklı
• Kızıldere
• Kocakesik
• Kozdere
• Kurtuluş
• Kuşçular
• Mescitli
• Ocaklı
• Ovacık
• Pınarbaşı
• Pirlibey
• Prof. Muammer Aksoy
• Rahmanlar
• Sailer
• Samailli
• Sevindikli
• Şimşelli
• Şirinevler
• Sümer
• Toygar
• Turan
• Uzunçam
• Yalınkuyu
• Yaylapınar
• Yazırlı
• Yellice
• Yeni
• Yenisanayi
• Yeşil
• Yeşilyurt
• Yıldıztepe
• Yukarıörencik
• Zafer

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File:Nazilli-Söke regional.jpg to Söke]]

Historically, Nazilli was a producer of lignite. As of 1914, they were producing large quantities which were managed by a company from the United States. The lignite, in 1920, was described as being "deplorably bad," despite demand for it to be exported to Smyrna. Just north of Nazilli, in 1920, were reported emery mines, too.{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=G.W.|title=Anatolia|year=1920|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|location=London|page=105|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11766/view/1/105/}} Nazilli has also been renowned for being an important dried fig producer towns of Anatolia. Petros Mengos, a Greek from Kokluca village in Smyrna, who volunteered to fight in the Greek Revolution stated that "The best figs exported from Smyrna are brought on camels, from a province sixty miles interior, called Naslée, or in Greek Ilioupolis."{{Cite book |last=Mengous |first=Petros |title=Narrative of a Greek Soldier: containing anecdotes and occurrences illustrating the character and manners of the Greeks and Turks in Asia Minor, and detailing events of the late war in Greece, in which the author was actively engaged by land and sea, from the commencement to the close of the Revolution |publisher=Elliott & Palmer |year=1830 |location=New York |pages=49–50}}

• Arpaz Castle, also known as Arpaz Beyler Mansion.

Nazilli today has a population of 156,748 (according to the 2018 census).

The Basmane-Nazilli Regional railway service runs between İzmir and Nazilli.

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.nazilli.gov.tr Website of the District Governorate]
• [https://www.nazilli.bel.tr/ Nazilli Municipality]

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Category:Populated places in Aydın Province

Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey

Category:Districts of Aydın Province