Manisa

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Manisa is a city in Turkey with 278 967 inhabitants and the capital of the province of Manisa in western Anatolia. The city is a center for trade raisins. The city lies at the northern foot of Spil Dagi ( ancient Sipylos Mountains ) and on the banks of the River Gediz. The city of Izmir is located about 40 kilometers southwest of Manisa road.

History

The city dates back to the ancient Lydian Manisa. (For the ancient history qv) The later Byzantium belongs city came in 1313 under the rule of Saruchaniden and in 1398 part of the Ottoman Empire. Until the conquest of Constantinople ( 1453), she was alternately with Bursa residence of the sultans.

Manisa was occupied by Greece from 1919 until September 8, 1922 at the Greek troops put their town on their retreat to Smryna on fire and Turkish troops occupied the city during the Turkish War of Independence.

Attractions

• Remnants of the Byzantine city wall
• Mosques, madrasahs and Türben from the time of Seljuk and Ottoman
• The falsely Cybele relief called rock relief of Manisa
• Niobe Rock
• Citadel
• Archaeological and Ethnological Museum

Twin Cities

• Germany Ingolstadt, Germany (since 1998)
• Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia (since 1985)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina ( since 2007)

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ufuk Arslan (* 1987), football player