Çine is a municipality and

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Aydın Province Aydın Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. Its area is 8,116 km2, and its population is 1,148,241 (2022). T ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 820 km², and its population is 48,466 (2022). It is from the city of

Aydın Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar; Greek: Τράλλεις)'' is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient ...

, on the road to

Muğla Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe, Muğla, Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...

History

Throughout the ages this area has belonged to the

Ionians The Ionians (; , ''Íōnes'', singular , ''Íōn'') were one of the traditional four major tribes of Ancient Greece, alongside the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans. The Ionian dialect was one of the three major linguistic divisions of the ...

Caria Caria (; from Greek language, Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian main ...

Lydians The Lydians (Greek language, Greek: Λυδοί; known as ''Sparda'' to the Achaemenids, Old Persian cuneiform Wikt:𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭) were an Anatolians, Anatolian people living in Lydia, a region in western Anatolia, who spo ...

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

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and

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, was viciously fought over by the

Seljuk Turks The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate society, Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persi ...

and Byzantines, eventually ending up in the hands of the

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of the Menteşe. The original settlement is 8 km south of the modern town. In 1426 the area was brought into the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

by Murat II. From 1867 until 1922, Çine was part of

Aidin Vilayet The Vilayet of Aidin or Aydin (, ) also known as Vilayet of Smyrna or İzmir after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the south-west of Asia Minor, including the ancient regi ...

. The town grew in the 19th century when following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 displaced Turks from Russia were resettled here by Sultan

Abdul Hamid II Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (; ; 21 September 184210 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a Decline and modernizati ...

. The town was destroyed by fire in 1900 and rebuilt.

Geography

Formerly known as ''Kıroba'', Çine is an attractive rural district in the southern part of the valley of the

Büyük Menderes River The Büyük Menderes River ("Great Meander", historically the Maeander or Meander, from Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος, ''Maíandros''; ), is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west thr ...

, on the southern flank of Madran mountain. The local economy depends on mining of

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and

amethyst Amethyst is a Violet (color), violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek from - , "not" and (Ancient Greek) / (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from Alcohol into ...

, forestry and agriculture. The Çine Dam and its hydro-electric power station were completed in 2013. The local cuisine features köfte and fish.

Composition

There are 72

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in Çine District: * Akçaova * Akdam * Alabayır * Altınabat * Altınova * Bağlarbaşı * Bahçearası * Bedirler *

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* Bölüntü * Bucak * Çaltı * Camızağılı *

Çatak Çatak (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,952 km2, and its population is 18,462 (2022). Its inhabitants are Kurds. As mayor Abdürrahman Şeylan from the Justice and Development Par ...

* Çöğürlük * Cumalı * Cumhuriyet * Dereli * Doğanyurt * Dorumlar * Dutluoluk * Elderesi * Esentepe * Eskiçine * Evciler * Gökyaka * Hacıpaşalar * Hallaçlar * Hamitabat * Hasanlar * İbrahimkavağı * Kabalar * Kabataş * Kadılar * Kahraman * Karahayıt * Karakollar * Karanfiller * Kargı * Kasar * Kavşıt * Kirazderesi * Kırkışık * Kırksakallar * Kızılgüney * Kuruköy * Mutaflar * Ovacık * Özeren * Sağlık * Saraçlar * Sarıköy * Sarıoğlu * Sarnıç * Seferler * Şevketiye * Soğancılar * Soğukoluk * Söğütçük * Subaşı * Taşoluk * Tatarmemişler * Tepeköy * Topçam * Umur * Ünlüce * Yağcılar * Yeni * Yeniköy * Yeşilköy * Yolboyu * Yörükler

Education

There are 3 kindergartens, 25 primary schools, 5 secondary schools, 9 high schools, 1 public education center, 1 vocational training center, 1 science and art center, and 1 special education practice center affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the district.

References

External links

the district governor
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cine Populated places in Aydın Province Districts of Aydın Province Çine District Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey