Germencik is a municipality and

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

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 394 km², and its population is 44,172 (2022).

Geography

Germencik is located in the middle of the fertile

Büyük Menderes Büyük means "big" in Turkic languages and may refer to: People Given name * Büyük Jeddikar (1929–2013), Iranian retired footballer * Büyük Vatankhah (born 1943), Iranian retired footballer Surname * Adem Büyük (born 1987), Turkish ...

(Meander) plain, inland from the Aegean coastal town of

Kuşadası Kuşadası () is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 265 km2, and its population is 130,835 (2022). It is a large resort town on the Aegean coast. Kuşadası is south of İzmir, and about west of Aydın. T ...

, on the Aydın-

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

highway 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 ...

. It is also the junction of the İzmir-Aydın-

Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar (, 'poppy, opium', ''kara'' 'black', ''hisar'' 'fortress') is a major city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the ...

and Ortaklar-

Söke Söke is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,064 km2, and its population is 123,301 (2022). It is the largest district of Aydın Province by area. Söke is 54 km (34 miles) south-west of the city of Ayd� ...

railway lines. Until the 1950s, the plain was a swampy area prone to regular flooding and Germencik grew as people moved from the wet lands into the town. Today Germencik itself is a small town of 12,000 people, astride the Izmir-Aydın highway, providing high schools, a hospital, a library and other services for the surrounding district. There are more health centres and primary schools in the villages of the district. The economy of Germencik depends on agriculture, the main crops are figs and olives but cotton, sesame and other crops are also grown here. Of the 374.39 km² total area of Germencik, 255.8 km² is planted and of the remainder 106.23 km² is forest, 6.65 km² is meadow/pasture, 5.19 km² is unused and 0.52 km² is lake or swamp. In 1998, 16,950 tons of cotton were produced from 56.5 km², 7,500 tons of figs from 87.22 km² and 44,170 tons of olives from 92.92 km². Sheep and cattle are raised too and there is a small dairy industry as well as bee-keeping and some poultry farming. Industry in the area is mainly the processing of the local produce to make

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, olive oil, etc. The people live the traditional Turkish rural lifestyle with strong family ties, etc. The women generally cover their heads and wear long skirts.

Composition

There are 36

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in Germencik District: * Abdurrahmanlar * Alangüllü * Balatçık * Bozköy * Camikebir * Çamköy * Çarıklar * Dağkaraağaç * Dağyeni * Dampınar * Dereköy * Gümüşköy * Gümüşyeniköy * Habibler * Hıdırbeyli * İstasyon * Karaağaçlı * Kızılcagedik * Kızılcapınar * Meşeli * Mesudiye * Moralı * Mursallı * Naipli * Neşetiye * Ömerbeyli * Ortaklar *

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* Reisköy * Selatin *

Tekin Tekin is a Turkish name and surname derived from the Turkic word Tegin, which means "king". It may refer to: Given name * Tekin Alp (1883–1961), Turkish politician * Tekin Arıburun (1903–1993), Turkish soldier and statesman * Tekin Bilge (19 ...

* Turanlar *

Üzümlü Üzümlü ( is a municipality (belde) and seat of Üzümlü District of Erzincan Province in Turkey. It had a population of 8,325 in 2021. It is divided into the neighborhoods of Babacan, Bahçeşehir, Ciminlibaba, Çavuşlu, Çay, Fatih, Geyik ...

* Uzunkum * Yedieylül *

Yenimahalle Yenimahalle is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 219 km2, and its population is 704,652 (2022). It is a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. Its elev ...

Places of interest

The remains of the antique city of

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are located on the west side of Route D525 between Ortaklar and

, just west of the village of

. The hot springs in the villages of Alangüllü, Çamur, and Gümüşlü, all 10–12 km north of Germencik.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Aydın Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey Archaeological sites in the Aegean region Districts of Aydın Province

Geography

Composition

Places of interest

See also

References