Akhisar

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Akhisar ( dt: White Castle or Castle Light ) is the county seat of the eponymous county in the province of Manisa in the Aegean region of Turkey. The city is located at an altitude of 94 m. The district is located in the northwest of the province and is bordered to the west by the province of Izmir and to the north by the province of Balıkesir.

The district covers an area of ​​1754 km ² has 159.650 inhabitants, the city 104 777 ( 2009).

History

In ancient times it was known as Thyatira, some ruins of which are still to be seen near the center of the city. Akhisar was conquered by the Ottomans in 1382, but went into the time of the Mongol invasion under Tamerlane lost again. 1425/6 it was reconquered by Khalil Yakschi Beg again and belonged until 1921 to the Vilayet of Aydın, then to that of Manisa. 1914, the city had 12,000 inhabitants, of whom three-quarters were Muslim. 1935, the population was 21,000.

Arcades of the Thyatira ruins

Sports

Founded in 1970, The local football club Akhisar Belediyespor played since the 1980s, mainly in the third and fourth in the league, before he in the second highest league, the TFF 1 Lig, climb 2010. In his second season second division, the season of 2011/12, was the Akhisar Belediyespor Master of TFF 1 Lig and rose the first time in the Süper Lig. This Erstligateilnahme the association also led to the fact that the level of awareness of the place increased.

Gastronomy

The city is known nationwide for its Akhisar kofte, a special type known as Turkish kofte meatballs.

Sons and daughters of the town

• İlker Meral (born 1976 ), football referee
• Oğuz Sabankay (* 1987), football player
• Hakan Ates (* 1988), football player