Kütahya

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Kütahya ( Kytachia, Kotiaeion, Kotiaion, Cotyaeium, Cotyaeum, Cotyaium ) is the capital of the Turkish province in Asia Minor. The city of Kütahya has 202 118 residents without their county seats and without the surrounding villages.

History

The city has a 5000 years long history and has been inhabited by the following peoples and dynasties and ruled:

• Hittites
• Phrygians
• Persian
• Macedonians / Hellenistic successor kingdoms
• Roman Empire
• Byzantine Empire
• Sultanate of Rum - Seljuks
• Armenian
• Greeks
• Germiyan
• Ottoman Empire

Economy

Kütahya is famous for colorful decorated pottery, tiles and glaze.

Attractions

• Castle of Kütahya ( Kütahya Hisarı )
• Rotating Restaurant Hisar
• Old wooden houses (Greek / Ottoman )
• Ancient city Aizanoi ( Çavdarhisar ) with the well-preserved Temple of Zeus
• Kütahya houses one of the largest universities in the country, the Dumlupinar University
• Porcelain shopping centers
• Every year in July-August, a national shopping fair held ( Kütahya Fuarı )
• Kütahya is also famous for its physical health centers ( Yoncali and Ilica Kaplicalari )
• Hungarian House ( home of Lajos Kossuth )

Famous people

• Erol Bilgin, weight lifters
• Ayla Dikmen (1944-1990), singer
• Şeyhi, physician and poet
• Vardapet Komitas, Armenian priest and musicologist