Işıklar (literally "lights") is a town (''

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...

'') and municipality in the

Afyonkarahisar District Afyonkarahisar District (also known as ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district in the Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Afyonkarahisar. Its occupied an area of , and had a population of 319,574 in 2021. Etymology Afyon ...

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 ...

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 population is 7,427 (2021). It is situated on Turkish state highway D.300 close to the Sugar refinery of Afyon. The distance to Afyon is . Before the advance of motor vehicles, Işıklar was a stop in

caravan Caravan or caravans may refer to: Transport and travel *Campervan, a type of vehicle also known as a motor caravan *Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together **Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop *Caravan (trail ...

routes and the name of the settlement may refer to its fire lights in that period.

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Town municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Afyonkarahisar District {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub