Efeler is a municipality and
district
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of
Aydın Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 124 km
2, and its population is 303,772 (2022).
The district was established as a part of the
2013 local government reorganisation from the former central district of Aydın. The name Aydın was reserved for the metropolitan municipality.
Efeler is the plural of the title ''
Efe
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'' and it refers to the irregular soldiers from the
Aegean Region
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Located in w ...
who fought during the
Turkish War of Independence
, strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...
.
Composition
There are 83
neighbourhoods
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in Efeler District:
* Adnan Menderes
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Alanlı
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Alatepe
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Ambarcık
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Armutlu
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Aşağıkayacık
* Ata
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Bademli
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Balıkköy
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Baltaköy
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Böcek
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Çayyüzü
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Çeştepe
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Çiftlikköy
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* Cuma
* Cumhuriyet
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DaÄŸeymiri
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Dalama
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DaniÅŸment
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Dereköy
*
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* DoÄŸan Abukay, Turkish experimental physicist and academic
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Efeler
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EÄŸrikavak
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EmirdoÄŸan
* Fatih
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Girne
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*
Gödrenli
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Gölcük
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Gölhisar
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Gözpınar
* Güzelhisar
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Hasanefendi RamazanpaÅŸa
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Horozköy
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Ilıcabaşı
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Ä°lyasdere
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İmamköy
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Işıklı
* Ä°stiklal
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Kadıköy
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Kalfaköy
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Karahayıt
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Karaköy
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Karaköy is one of the oldest and mo ...
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Kardeşköy
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Kemer
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Kemer is o ...
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Kenger
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Kırıklar
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Kızılcaköy
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Kocagür
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Konuklu
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Köprülü Veysipaşa
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Kozalaklı
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KuloÄŸullar
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KurtuluÅŸ
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Kuyucular
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Kuyulu
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MeÅŸrutiyet
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Mesudiye
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Mesutlu
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Mimarsinan
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Musluca
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Orta
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Ortaköy
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Osman Yozgatlı
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Ovaeymir
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Pınardere
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Şahnalı
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Savrandere
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Serçeköy
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Åževketiye
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Sıralılar
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Tepecik
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Tepeköy
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Terziler
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Umurlu
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Yağcılar
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Yedieylül
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Yeniköy
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Yeniköy (Dalama)
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Yılmazköy
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Yukarıkayacık
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Zafer
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Zeybek
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Zeytinköy
Education
There are 20 kindergartens, 50 primary schools, 34 secondary schools, 24 high schools, 1 public education center, 1 vocational training center, 1 science and art center, and 1 counseling and research center affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the district.
References
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Districts of Aydın Province
Efeler District
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey