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unusual facts about Gediz, Kütahya



1970 Gediz earthquake

The event killed 1,086 people and left 1,260 people wounded and many thousands homeless in Gediz.

Anergates

The only report about T. chefketi as a host of A. atratulus was given by Schulz & Sanetra (2002) as an amendment of the identified material published by Heinze (1987) from Tavşanlı (Turkey, Kütahya district).

Battle of the Gediz

The Battle of the Gediz was fought between the Turkish Kuva-yi Milliye forces and the Greek forces near the Gediz River in the city of Gediz.

Devlet Shah Hatun

Devlet Şâh (Shâh) Khātûn, دولت شاه خاتون, (died 1411, Kütahya, Germiyan dynasty) was the wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, the daughter of Süleyman Shah (Şah Çelebi) of Germiyanids.

Galibi Order

The Order's central dargah is in Ankara and it has various branches throughout Turkey (e.g., Istanbul, Çorum, Adana, Gaziantep, Kütahya, Isparta, Antalya).

Gümüşsu

Gümüşsu, Simav, a town in the district of Simav, Kütahya Province

İznik pottery

Blue and white fritware pottery became known as 'Abraham of Kütahya ware' as the decoration was similar to that on a small ewer that once formed part of the collection of Frederick Du Cane Godman and is now in the British Museum.

Kuşadası

An outpost of Ephesus in ancient Ionia known as Pygela (Πύγελα), the area between the Büyük Menderes (Maeander) and Gediz (Hermos) rivers, the original Neopolis is thought to have been founded on the nearby point of Yılancı Burnu.

Şehzade Korkut

Feeling that Korkut was preparing to revolt, Selim had Korkut executed in 1513 near Emet (around Kütahya in Turkey).

Suleiman ibn Qutulmish

Suleyman intercepted Botaneiates' small force between Cotyaeum and Nicaea, whereupon the usurper persuaded Suleyman to join his rebellion by offering him incentives superior to those of the emperor.


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