Sultanhisar

For other uses, see Sultanhisar (disambiguation).

Sultanhisar
Sultanhisar
Coordinates:
Country	Turkey
Province	Aydın
Government
• Mayor	Ertegün Ünal (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Orhan Mardinli
Area
• District	236.08 km2 (91.15 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Urban	6,159
• District	21,235
• District density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Post code	09470

Sultanhisar is a town and a small district of Aydın Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, 30 km east of the city of Aydın on the road to Denizli.

History

The first settlement here was the ancient city of Nysa, founded in the Hellenistic period and continuing to thrive under the Ancient Romans, when the geographer Strabo was educated here. Nysa is 3 km from the modern town of Sultanhisar, which was founded by the Seljuk Turks in 1270 and brought into the Ottoman Empire in 1425.

Geography

Sultanhisar is an agricultural district in the Büyük Menderes valley. The main products of the area are typical of the Aegean region: olives, figs, citrus fruits, grapes, strawberries etc. and the local industry is the processing of these products: olive oil pressing, spinning cotton, preparing and packing fruit, especially figs. Sultanhisar itself is a small town of 6,000 people on the İzmir-Afyon railway line. The local cuisine features typical Aegean dishes such as the bread-pancakes called gözleme. The town has a horticultural school of Adnan Menderes University.

Towns in the district

• Atça - Well-planned and tidy, with 7,600 people a larger town than Sultanhisar itself. One of Turkey's largest strawberry growing districts. There is an annual strawberry harvest festival.
• Salavatlı -

Places of interest

• Nysa, Anatolia - ruins of the ancient Carian city, including a large theatre, bridges (Nysa Bridge), baths and a gymnasium. The site is still being excavated, led by Professor Vedat Idil of Ankara University.

External links

• District governor's official website
• local information (Turkish)
• archaeology in Nysa (Turkish)
• Sultanhisar information