Turgutalp is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Soma,
Manisa Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its population is 16,219 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was 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 ...
'').
It is situated to the south of Turkish state highway D240 and to the west of Soma to which it is almost merged to. The distance to Manisa is .
Turgutalp was founded by Muslim people from present
Bulgaria
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in 1877, during the
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan (
Turgut Alp
Turgut Bey () was one of the warriors and Alp (title), Bey's who fought for Ertuğrul, a Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman leader and bey, and Ertuğrul's son Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. After the establishment of the Empire, he becam ...
was one of the early
gazi
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s of the
Ottoman Empire
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). In 1986 it was declared a seat of township. Major economic sector of the town is agriculture. The main crops are tobacco, cotton, olive, tomato and wheat. Some town residents work in the power plant and coal mine of Soma.
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Neighbourhoods in Soma District