Tavşanlı

Tavşanlı was told to be named after a hunting party held by the Ottoman prince Bayezid I, in which he is said to have hunted 7 rabbits. Thus the name Tavşanlı meaning "the place with rabbits" was given to the area.

{{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Kütahya lies the ancient town of Tavşanlı with a notable 12th-century Seljuq mosque called Ulucami. {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north in a side valley of the Adronos stream stands a Phrygian rock monument Dikilitaş, a huge volcanic partly smoothed rock with geometric designs.

Tavşanlı Höyük is a massive mound of more than 40 hectares, located in the centre of the Tavşanlı Plain.Coordinates: Latitude, longitude: 39.529617, 29.485383 It is the largest mound in this region, located near the Orhaneli river (:de:Orhaneli Çayı). The settlement started during the Neolithic Period, but most of the remains belong to the Bronze Age.{{cite journal | last=Fidan | first=Erkan | title=GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE EARLY BRONZE AGE LAYERS OF TAVŞANLI HÖYÜK (INLAND WESTERN ANATOLIA) | journal=Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry Vol. 21, No 2 | publisher=Zenodo | date=2021 | doi=10.5281/ZENODO.5057560 | url=https://zenodo.org/record/5057560 | access-date=2023-10-25 | page=211-225}}

The excavations here started in 2017, as part of the “Prehistoric Periods Survey of Eskişehir and Kütahya Provinces (EKAR)” project. They revealed that most of the mound occupation belongs to the Early Bronze Age II (2700-2400 BC), after which there was a great fire outbreak during the Early Bronze Age III period.

The mound contains remains from the Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, and Early Iron Age. Early Bronze Age pottery is mostly concentrated on the eastern and north-eastern parts of the mound.

Tavşanlı Höyük city building layout is somewhere in between the “Anatolian Settlement Plan”, as defined by M. Korfmann, and the layout that was common in the coastal zone of Western Anatolia and in the Aegean Islands. But Tavsanli is actually somewhat closer to Inland Western Anatolia in this regard.

The “Anatolian Settlement Plan” also known as the “Inland Western Anatolian Settlement Model” represents "an enclosed system where the houses open to a common courtyard facing each other, or where the backsides of the houses function as an enclosure wall." On the other hand, the Aegean-coastal settlements were in the form of "clusters of houses (insulae) around the streets and alleys".

4,200-year-old hazelnuts, as well as the marble figurines were found by the excavators in 2022.August 24, 2022, [https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/4200-year-old-hazelnuts-marble-idols-found-in-turkeys-ktahya 4,200-year-old hazelnuts, marble idols found in Turkey's Kütahya.] thearchaeologist.org

Mycenaean type seal and a dagger were also discovered here in 2022.July 22, 2022 [https://www.ancientpages.com/2022/07/22/3300-year-old-mycenaean-like-seal-and-dagger-discovered-in-turkey/ 3,300-Year-Old Mycenaean-Like Seal And Dagger Discovered In Turkey.] ancientpages.com

Tavşanlı has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}} with hot, dry summers, and cold winters.

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| location = Tavşanlı (1991–2020)

| Jan high C = 6.7

| Feb high C = 9.0

| Mar high C = 13.0

| Apr high C = 17.9

| May high C = 23.5

| Jun high C = 27.8

| Jul high C = 31.5

| Aug high C = 31.9

| Sep high C = 27.4

| Oct high C = 21.5

| Nov high C = 14.8

| Dec high C = 8.5

| year high C = 19.5

| Jan mean C = 1.3

| Feb mean C = 2.8

| Mar mean C = 6.0

| Apr mean C = 10.4

| May mean C = 15.4

| Jun mean C = 19.3

| Jul mean C = 22.4

| Aug mean C = 22.3

| Sep mean C = 18.0

| Oct mean C = 12.9

| Nov mean C = 7.3

| Dec mean C = 3.1

| year mean C = 11.8

| Jan low C = -2.9

| Feb low C = -2.2

| Mar low C = 0.0

| Apr low C = 3.5

| May low C = 7.8

| Jun low C = 11.0

| Jul low C = 13.2

| Aug low C = 13.3

| Sep low C = 9.4

| Oct low C = 5.8

| Nov low C = 1.3

| Dec low C = -1.2

| year low C = 5.0

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 49.92

| Feb precipitation mm = 45.55

| Mar precipitation mm = 49.06

| Apr precipitation mm = 51.06

| May precipitation mm = 53.25

| Jun precipitation mm = 46.73

| Jul precipitation mm = 18.66

| Aug precipitation mm = 25.4

| Sep precipitation mm = 24.91

| Oct precipitation mm = 43.23

| Nov precipitation mm = 41.03

| Dec precipitation mm = 52.77

| year precipitation mm = 501.57

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 7.6

| Feb precipitation days = 7.4

| Mar precipitation days = 8.1

| Apr precipitation days = 7.5

| May precipitation days = 7.7

| Jun precipitation days = 5.6

| Jul precipitation days = 2.6

| Aug precipitation days = 3.0

| Sep precipitation days = 3.8

| Oct precipitation days = 6.0

| Nov precipitation days = 6.5

| Dec precipitation days = 8.3

| year precipitation days = 74.1

| Jan humidity = 77.7

| Feb humidity = 73.4

| Mar humidity = 68.1

| Apr humidity = 65.3

| May humidity = 65.1

| Jun humidity = 63.4

| Jul humidity = 58.2

| Aug humidity = 59.5

| Sep humidity = 62.4

| Oct humidity = 68.9

| Nov humidity = 71.7

| Dec humidity = 77.9

| year humidity = 67.6

| source = NOAA{{cite web

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|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Tavşanlı

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = January 15, 2024}}

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• Mustafa Kalemli, physician and politician
• Kemal Zeytinoğlu, engineer and politician

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• [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/tavsanli Pictures from private source of the city]

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Category:Populated places in Tavşanlı District

Category:District municipalities in Turkey