Birgi

Birgi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,832 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). Its current name is a turkified version of its medieval Greek name, Pyrgion (Greek: Πυργίον, meaning "Little Tower").

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Grand Mosque of Birgi

Birgi Grand Mosque, also called "Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque", is a historical mosque in Turkey. The mosque is in the Birgi town in Ödemiş ilçe of İzmir Province. Aydınids was an Anatolian beylik in the 14th century in West Anatolia. Birgi, now a village was the capital of the beylik. The mosque was commissioned by Mehmet, the first ruler of the beylik.

Fire Station Mosque

3.4 km

Dios Hieron

It is located 9 km. northeast of Ödemiş/İzmir. Dios Hieron was a town of ancient Lydia, in the upper valley of the Cayster River. The city became part of the Roman Republic and the Roman province of Asia with the annexation of the Attalid kingdom. It also bore the name Diospolis, and was cited by the sixth century Byzantine geographer Stephanus of Byzantium under that name. It was renamed to Christopolis or Christoupolis in the 7th century and was known as Pyrgium or Pyrgion from the 12th century on. Pyrgion fell to the Turks in 1307, and became the capital of the beylik of Aydin. The town minted coins in antiquity, often with the inscription "Διοσιερειτων". Its site is located near Birgi, Asiatic Turkey.

Settlement

5.4 km

Sweet chestnut of Gölcük Highland

The sweet chestnut of Gölcük Highland is a very old chestnut tree in İzmir Province, western Turkey. It is a registered natural monument of the country. The chestnut tree is located at Gölcük Highland in Ödemiş district of İzmir Province. It is a sweet chestnut. The tree is 20 m high, has a circumference of 10 m at 3 m diameter. Its age is dated to be about 600 years old. The tree was registered a natural monument on September 27, 1994. The protected area of the plant covers 2,500 m2.

Landmark Monument

6.3 km

Gereli, Ödemiş

Gereli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 955. It is situated to the east of Ödemiş. Distance to Ödemiş is 8 kilometres and to İzmir is 118 kilometres.

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Ödemiş

Ödemiş is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,019 km2, and its population is 132,740. It is located 113 km southeast of the city of İzmir. About 4 km north of Ödemiş town are the ruins of Hypaepa. The historical importance of the region is also reflected by the small town of Birgi, east of Ödemiş, which was the capital of the Aydınids, which has examples of Seljuq and Ottoman architecture. Birgi has been on the tentative UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 2012, and points of interest here include Çakırağa Mansion, İmam-i Birgivi Medrese and Sultanşah Mausoleum. Ödemiş is famous for its potatoes, which has the best quality in Turkey, as well as its "Ödemiş Kebab". The city is the biggest potato grower of Turkey with its annual 350,000 tons of potato production.

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