Çivril () is a municipality and

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Denizli Province Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to t ...

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. Its area is 1,570 km², and its population is 59,967 (2022). Çivril district area neighbors those of two districts of

Uşak Province Uşak () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa Province, Manisa to the west, Denizli Province, Denizli to the south, Afyon Province, Afyon to the east, and Kütahya Province, Kütahya to the north. ...

to its north, namely Sivaslı and

Karahallı Karahallı is a town in Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karahallı District.

, and four districts of

Afyonkarahisar Province Afyonkarahisar Province (), often shortened to Afyon Province, is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its area is 14,016 km2, and its population is 747,555 (2022). The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar. Adjacent provinces a ...

from the north-east to the south which are, clockwise,

Sandıklı Sandıklı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sandıklı District.Dinar The dinar () is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار (''dīnār''), which was bor ...

, Dazkırı and Dazkırı, and to its south-west, three districts of the same province as itself depending

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. These last three are

Bekilli Bekilli is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 304 km2, and its population is 6,424 (2022). Bekilli district area neighbors the district areas of Çal and Çivril, both also depending Denizli to the west, south ...

Çal Çal () is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 860 km2, and its population is 17,889 (2022). Çal district area occupies a central position in the northern part of its province and neighbors the district of Pa ...

and

Baklan Baklan is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 283 km2, and its population is 5,296 (2022). The town is at a distance of about an hour from the city of Denizli, neighboring the town of Çivril, and it is situate ...

. It is the third-most populated district of the province after

Merkezefendi Merkezefendi () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 336 km2, and its population is 336,818 (2022). The district was established as a result of the 2013 Turkish local government reorganis ...

and

Pamukkale Pamukkale, () meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish language, Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of Hot spring, thermal spring water. It is located in ...

and is situated on a plain to the northeast of the city of

, being actually closer to the neighboring provincial seat of

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and other European countries in the 1960s. Thus Çivril has a number of wealthy citizens living abroad or in

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and in summer is populated with returning families for holiday. But in general this is a typical quiet rural

Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...

n district.

History

Beycehöyük

During an excavation carried out by the British archaeologists Prof. Seton Lloyd and Prof. James Mellaart between 1953 and 1959 at Beycehöyük, south of the town of Çivril, several artefacts dating back to the

Copper Age The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in dif ...

(circa 3000 BC) were found. It is assumed that Beycehöyük was the centre of the

Arzawa Arzawa was a region and political entity in Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age. In Hittite texts, the term is used to refer both to a particular kingdom and to a loose confederation of states. The chief Arzawan state, whose capital wa ...

kingdom, contemporaries of the Hittite Empire. Later on

Phrygians The Phrygians (Greek: Φρύγες, ''Phruges'' or ''Phryges'') were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity. Ancient Greek authors used "Phrygian" as an umbrella term t ...

Carians The Carians (; , ''Kares'', plural of , ''Kar'') were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia, who spoke the Carian language. Historical accounts Karkisa It is not clear when the Carians enter into history. The definition is ...

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 ...

Persians Persians ( ), or the Persian people (), are an Iranian ethnic group from West Asia that came from an earlier group called the Proto-Iranians, which likely split from the Indo-Iranians in 1800 BCE from either Afghanistan or Central Asia. They ...

and Macedonians passed through the region during recorded history but left very few traces. It is assumed that the relics of raiders and chariots in mounds and on rocks found at Yavuzca farm, from Çivril, date back to the Phrygians in whose time the most notable settlement here was called Eumeneia. A tomb located on Beycehöyük dates from

Seljuk Seljuk (, ''Selcuk'') or Saljuq (, ''Saljūq'') may refer to: * Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia * Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities * S ...

era.

Turkish era

A village in

Hüdavendigâr vilayet The Hüdavendigâr Vilayet () or Bursa Vilayet after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of .Sandıklı Sandıklı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sandıklı District.Eğirdir Eğirdir is a town in Isparta Province in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Eğirdir District.

in 1912. Çivril continued to grow by becoming a township with its own municipality in 1892 and a district center in 1910, attached at first to Afyonkarahisar and to Denizli after 1925. The railway line was closed in 1988 and the transportation relies today on intercity buses.

Composition

There are 77

neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in Çivril District: * Akçaköy * Akpınar * Aktaş * Aşağı * Balçıkhisar * Bayat * Bekirli * Belence * Beydilli * Beyköy *

Bozdağ Bozdağ is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 508 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is at the east of the province on Bozdağ Mountains whi ...

* Bucak * Bulgurlar * Caber * Çağlayan * Çakallar *

Çandır Çandır is a town in Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çandır District.

* Çapak * Çarşı * Çatlar * Çayır * Çetinler * Çıtak * Cumalar * Düzbel * Emircik * Gökgöl * Gümüşsu * Gürpınar * Hamam * Haydan * İğdir * İmrallı * İnceköy * Irgıllı * İshaklı * Işıklı * Karabedirler * Karahacılı * Karalar *

Karamanlı Karamanlı can refer to: * Karamanlı, Burdur, Turkey * Karamanlı, Çivril, Turkey * Karamanli Turkish Karamanli Turkish (; ) is an extinct dialect of the Turkish language spoken by the Karamanlides. Although the official Ottoman Turkish w ...

* Karayahşılar * Kavakalanı *

Kavakköy Kavakköy (/Λυσιμάχεια) is a town (''belde'') in the Gelibolu District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,865 (2021). It is situated in the East Thracian plains. It is close to both the Aegean Sea at the west and the Mar ...

* Kıralan * Kızılcasöğüt * Kızılcayar * Koçak * Kocayaka * Menteş * Ömerli * Osmanköy * Özdemirci *

Reşadiye Reşadiye is a town of Tokat Province, Turkey, located within the Cappadocia land within the Kızılırmak arc in the central part of the Black Sea region. It is the seat of Reşadiye District.Sarıbeyli * Sarılar * Savran * Şehitler * Şenköy * Seraserli *

Sökmen Sökmen is a Turkish surname. Notable persons with that name include: Given name * Sökmen (Artuqid) (died 1104), Turkish bey * Sökmen el-Kutbî (died 1111), Turkish bey * Sökmen II (died 1185), Turkish ruler Surname * Ayhan Sökmen (1929–201 ...

* Somak * Stadyum * Sundurlu * Süngülü *

Tekkeköy Tekkeköy is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 326 km2, and its population is 56,318 (2022). It covers the easternmost part of the Samsun, city of Samsun. Agriculture and animal breed ...

* Tokça * Tuğlu *

Yahyalı Yahyalı is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,587 km2, and its population is 35,481 (2022). It is the southernmost district of the province. The Aladağlar Mountains, a part of the roc ...

* Yakacık * Yalınlı *

Yamanlar Mount Yamanlar () is a mountain in İzmir Province, Turkey, located within the boundaries of the Greater Metropolitan Area of the city. Easily accessible from Izmir, Yamanlar is a popular excursion spot for the inhabitants of the city. It is se ...

* Yassıhüyük * Yukarı * Yukarıçapak * Yuvaköy

Lake Işıklı

Lake Isikli Civril DenizliProvince Turkey

Çivril district area is notable by the large size within its boundaries of

Lake Işıklı Lake Işıklı () is a freshwater lake in Turkey's inner Aegean Region extending on Çivril Plain between the provinces of Denizli and Afyonkarahisar. The lake is bordered by the boundaries of several districts, namely, clockwise Çivril (Denizli ...

, a freshwater lake which is a fishing reserve and recreational are for its region, aside from being one of the sources of

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 ...

. The lake lies at an altitude of 821 m and its area is 73 square kilometres. Its waters are also used for irrigation for the surrounding agricultural lands. It is a site for breeding waterbirds and large numbers of wintering wildfowl. It has been assessed as an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

.Işıklı Lake
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet. The lake is at about south of Çivril and extends in Çivril Plain. It is fed by streams from further east. Another stream, Işıklı Stream, in its turn, departs from the lake to join later Büyük Menderes River.

Other places of interest

Gumussu Waterfalls Civril DenizliProvince Turkey

The ancient and as yet superficially explored city of

Eumeneia Eumeneia or Eumenia () was a town of ancient Phrygia, situated on the river Glaucus, on the road from Dorylaeum to Apameia. It is said to have received its name from Attalus II, who named the town after his brother and predecessor, Eumenes II. A ...

is located on the shore of Lake Işıklı near Çivril and the locality is arranged into a recreational area. There are a number of

waterfalls A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several ...

on Işıklı Stream between Lake Işıklı and

, including the Gümüşsu falls. To the north of the district center is the township of Gürpınar, which was previously known as Bulkaz. Another waterfall is located practically within the township.

References

External links

District governor's official website

Municipality of Gürpınar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Civril Populated places in Denizli Province Districts of Denizli Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey