Manisa
"The Weeping Rock", associated with the Lydian princess Niobe, attends Manisa from the heights of the Spil Mount (Mount Sipylus)
Location of Manisa within Turkey. Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy Niobe (Νιόβη was the daughter of the semi-legendary ruler Tantalus, called the " Phrygian " and sometimes even as "King of Phrygia Mount Spil (elevation 1513 m the ancient Mount Sipylus (in Turkish Spil Dağı) is a mountain rich in legends and history situated near
Country	Turkey
Region	Aegean
Province	Manisa
Population (2007)
- Total	841,059
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	45x xx
Area code(s)	236
Licence plate	45
Website: www.manisa.bel.tr

Manisa (Ottoman Turkish: مانيسا Manisa; Greek: Μαγνησία) is a large city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the seat of Manisa Province. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Turkish car number plates are License plates found on Turkish vehicles Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Manisa Province is a province in western Turkey. Its neighboring provinces are İzmir to the west Aydın to the south Denizli to Historically, the city was also called Magnesia, and more precisely as Magnesia ad Sipylum, by the name of the Mount Sipylus (Mount Spil) that towers over the city. Magnesia ad Sipylum was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna (now İzmir) on the river Hermus (now Gediz) at Mount Spil (elevation 1513 m the ancient Mount Sipylus (in Turkish Spil Dağı) is a mountain rich in legends and history situated near Mount Spil (elevation 1513 m the ancient Mount Sipylus (in Turkish Spil Dağı) is a mountain rich in legends and history situated near The English language root words "magnet" and "magnesia", their derivations, as well as their equivalents in many other languages, derive from the city's name. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The root is the primary lexical unit of a Word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents A magnet (from Greek grc μαγνήτης λίθος " Magnesian stone" is a material or object that produces a Magnetic field. Periclase occurs naturally in contact Metamorphic rocks and is a major component of most basic Refractory bricks In Linguistics, derivation is "Used to form new words as with happi-ness and un-happy from happy, or determination from In Ottoman times, many of the sons of sultans received their education in Manisa and the city is commonly known as "the city of shahzades" (Şehzadeler şehri) in Turkey, a distinctive title it shares only with Amasya and Trabzon. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Amasya (Ἀμάσεια the Amaseia of antiquity or Αμάσεια Amáseia) is the administrative district of Amasya Province in northern Turkey Trabzon ( Greek: Τραπεζούντα, Trapezounta) is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Today, Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port city and the regional metropolitan center of İzmir and by its fertile hinterland rich in quantity and variety of agricultural production. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. The hinterland is the land or district behind the borders of a coast or river Traditionally spreading out immediately from the slopes of the Mount Sipylus, Manisa's area of extension more than tripled in size in the last decade, with the construction of new block apartments, industrial zones and the Celal Bayar University campus. Industrial district was initially introduced as a term to describe an area where workers of a monolithic Heavy industry ( Ship-building, Coal mining, A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated

First time in 2004 and again for 2006/07, Manisa scored as the top Turkish city in terms of cost effectiveness, transport, and overall FDI promotion strategy and development in the ranking drawn among cities across 13 European regions by Financial Times' FDi magazine ^[1]. The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper.

Manisa is also widely visited, especially during the March and September festivals and for Mount Spil national park, and is a departure point for other visitor's attractions of international acclaim which are located nearby within its depending region, such as Sardes and Alaşehir (ancient Philadelphia). A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution Sardis, also Sardes ( Lydian: Sfard, Greek: Σάρδεις, Persian: Sparda) modern Sart in Alaşehir ( Greek: Philadélphia (Φιλαδέλφεια is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey İzmir's proximity also adds a further dimension to all aspects of life's pace in Manisa in the form of a dense traffic of daily commuters between the two cities, separated as they are by an half-hour drive served by a fine six-lane highway nevertheless requiring attention at all times due to its curves and the rapid ascent (sea-level to more than 500 meters at Sabuncubeli Pass) across Mount Sipylus's mythic scenery. Mount Spil (elevation 1513 m the ancient Mount Sipylus (in Turkish Spil Dağı) is a mountain rich in legends and history situated near

19th century Yeni Han caravanserai built by Karaosmanoğlu family in Manisa

History

Traces of prehistory in Manisa region, although few in number, nevertheless include two very interesting finds that shed much light on western Anatolia's past. A caravanserai ( kārvānsarā, Turkish kervansaray) was a roadside Inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black The first are the fossilized footprints, numbering more than fifty and dated to around 20. FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. 000-25. 000 BC, discovered in 1969 by MTA, Turkey's state body for mineral exploration, in Sindel village near the depending district of Salihli and referred to under that village's name. The year 1969 in Archaeology involved some significant events Mineral exploration is the process undertaken by companies partnerships or corporations in the endeavour of finding Ore (commercially viable concentrations of minerals to Salihli is a large town and a district in Manisa Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. Some of these footprints are on display today in Manisa Museum. The second finds are tombs contemporaneous with Troy II (2500-3000 BC) and come from Yortan village near Kırkağaç district center, north of Manisa. Troy ( Greek: grc Τροία Troia, also, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium, Hittite: Wilusa or Kırkağaç is a town and a district of Manisa Province of Turkey. Original burial practices observed in these sepulchres led scholars to the definition of a "Yortan culture" in Anatolia's prehistory, many of whose aspects remain yet to be explored ^[2].

Central and southern parts of western Anatolia entered history with the still obscure kingdom of Arzawa, neighbors and, after around 1320 BCE, vassals of the Hittite Empire. Arzawa was the name of a region or kingdom in Western Anatolia, which later to be known as Lydia (Assyrian Luddu, Greek Λυδία in the post- Hittite A vassal (also called feodary or fedary) in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudalism of Medieval Europe, Hittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa The first millennium BC saw the emergence, impregnated with myths, of "Meonians", who were to attain statehood a few centuries later under a more commonly known name as the Lydian civilization, centered in their capital Sardes situated more inland and of which the region around Manisa was initially the western boundary ^[3]. See also Mythology Myth is derived from the Greek word μύθος mythos, which simply means 'story' Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy Sardis, also Sardes ( Lydian: Sfard, Greek: Σάρδεις, Persian: Sparda) modern Sart in The legends surrounding such historical figures like the local ruler Tantalus, his son Pelops, his daughter Niobe, the departure of a sizable part of the region's population from their shores to found, according to one account, the future Etruscan civilization in present-day Italy, all centered around Mount Sipylus, where the first urban settlement was probably located, date from this period of proto-Lydians. In Greek mythology Tantalus ( Greek Τάνταλος was a son of Zeus and the Nymph Plouto. In Greek mythology, Pelops ( Greek Πέλοψ, from pelios: dark and ops: face eye king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus was venerated Niobe (Νιόβη was the daughter of the semi-legendary ruler Tantalus, called the " Phrygian " and sometimes even as "King of Phrygia Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It has been suggested that the mountain could be the geographical setting for Baucis and Philemon tale as well, while most sources still usually associate it with Tyana in modern-day Kemerhisar near Niğde ^[4]. In Ovid 's moralizing fable ( Metamorphoses VIII which stands on the periphery of Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Baucis and Philemon For the Genus of nolid Moths see Tyana (moth. Tyana (or Tyanna) was an ancient city of Anatolia Niğde is a small city and the capital of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.

In Classical antiquity, the city was known as Magnesia ad Sipylum and played an important role in the history of the epoch by being the place where, in 190 BC, Antiochus the Great was defeated in the Battle of Magnesia by the Roman Empire. Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean Magnesia ad Sipylum was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna (now İzmir) on the river Hermus (now Gediz) at Events By place Greece The Battle of the Eurymedon is fought between a Seleucid fleet and ships from Rhodes and Antiochus III the Great, ( Greek; ca 241&ndash187 BC ruled 222&ndash187 BC younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus The Battle of Magnesia was fought in 190 BC near Magnesia ad Sipylum, on the plains of Lydia (modern Turkey) between the Romans The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial It became a city of importance under the Roman dominion and, though nearly destroyed by an earthquake in the reign of Tiberius, was restored by that emperor and flourished through the Roman empire. Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (or Tiberius I) born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16 42 BC – March 16 AD 37) was the second Roman

The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) administered Manisa in two periods in the 15th century

Bust of Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, Süleyman the Magnificent's mother, a resident of Manisa for 7 years in the 16th century, the initiator of the city's Mesir Festival, and the builder of a large religious complex in the city

Under Turkish rule since its capture first by the Beylik of Saruhan in the beginning of the 14th century, and then by the Ottomans in the beginning of the 15th, it remained prosperous, and developed steadily, especially as of the mid-16th century. Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (1479-1534 was Ottoman Sultan Selim I 's wife and his successor Süleyman the Magnificent 's mother Suleiman I (سليمان Sulaymān, Süleyman almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) ( 6 November 1494 5/ 6 September 1566 The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language The Anatolian Turkish Beylik of Saruhan with its capital in Manisa was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans As the central town of the Ottoman Empire's Saruhan province, the city's development was enhanced particularly by its choice as the training ground for shahzades (crown princes), and it stood out as one of the wealthiest parts of the Empire with many examples of Ottoman architecture built. Crown Princess redirects here for the ship see Crown Princess (ship. Ottoman architecture is the Architecture of the Ottoman Empire which emerged in Bursa and Edirne in 14th and 15th centuries Around 1700, Manisa counted about 2,000 taxpayers and 300 pious foundations (vakıf) shops, was renowned for its cotton markets and a type of leather named after the city, large parts of the population had begun settling and becoming sedentary and the city was a point of terminus for caravans from the east, with İzmir's growth still in its early stages ^[5]. A waqf ( plural, awqāf; vakıf wæqəf is an inalienable religious endowment in Islam, typically devoting a building or plot of land for Muslim But already during the preceding century, influent western merchants such as Orlando, often in pact with local warlords such as Cennetoğlu, a brigand (sometimes cited as one of the first in line in western Anatolia's long tradition of efes to come) who in the 1620s had assembled a vast company of disbanded Ottoman soldiers and renegades and established control over much of the fertile land around Manisa, had triggered a movement of more commercially sensitive Greek and Jewish populations towards the port city ^[6]. EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ramón Serrano Súñer and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spain 's minister of the

Statue in Manisa park of a figure of symbol for the city, the "Tarzan of Manisa" (real name; "Ahmet Bedevi"), a hero of the War of Independence who, in his veteran years, dedicated himself to reforestation of the region and to raising consciousness of the protection of the environment among the public. Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to This chronology of the Turkish War of Independence is a timeline of events during the Turkish War of Independence ( May 19 1919 October 29

Architectural landmarks

The 16th century Sultan Mosque was built for Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, Süleyman the Magnificent's mother. Masjid Sultan ( Malay for Sultan Mosque;) is located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road within the Kampong Glam district of Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (1479-1534 was Ottoman Sultan Selim I 's wife and his successor Süleyman the Magnificent 's mother Suleiman I (سليمان Sulaymān, Süleyman almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) ( 6 November 1494 5/ 6 September 1566 In her honor, the Mesir Macunu Festival (featuring spiced paste in the form of candy, and supposed to restore health, youth and potency, also known in recent years as the "Turkish Viagra") is held every year in March, in the grounds of this mosque. Sildenafil citrate, sold as Viagra, Revatio and under various other trade names is a drug used to treat Erectile dysfunction (male impotence

The mosque is part of a large külliye -a religious compound- among whose buildings the hospital "darüşşifa" is particularly notable. Külliye, deriving from the Arabic word "kûl" (meaning the whole all) is a term which designates a Complex of buildings centered around Dar al-Shifa (from Arabic دار الشفاء) literally "house of health" or "house of cure", is the term used in the historical context of Islamic Focused on mental diseases, the medical center was in activity until the beginning of the 20th century when new buildings were built within the same compound. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as That Turkey's only two institutions until recently specialized on mental health were located in İstanbul district of Bakırköy and in Manisa gave way in Turkey's public lore to gentle innuendos on the challenging spirit of the natives - Manisalı. Location Bakırköy is a large densely populated Middle class Residential Suburb of İstanbul, Turkey on its An innuendo (also called insinuation) is a remark or question typically disparaging that works obliquely by Allusion. One such warming eccentric of the 20th century was Ahmet Bedevi, the Tarzan of Manisa, a figure who became a symbol for the city by greatly contributing to raising consciousness for protection of the environment across the country, and by preserving and enriching Mount Sipylus's forests almost single-handed. Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to

16th century hospice and mental health center built by Ayşe Hafsa Sultan

The Muradiye Mosque of the 16th century was built by the great architect Sinan (and completed by Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa), and the Murad Bey Medresse now houses the Archaeological Museum of Manisa. Palliative care (from Latin palliare to cloak is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of Disease Symptoms Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (1479-1534 was Ottoman Sultan Selim I 's wife and his successor Süleyman the Magnificent 's mother Koca Mi‘mār Sinān Āġā ( Ottoman Turkish: خوجه معمار سنان آغا ( April 15, 1489 - April 09, Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa (about 1540 - 1617 is recorded as the Ottoman Architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque" in Istanbul Murad Bey (1750&ndash1801 was an Egyptian Mamluk chieftain Cavalry commander and joint ruler of Egypt with Ibrahim Bey. Archeological Museum of Manisa is situated in the historic Kulliye of Muradiye Mosque.

Manisa celebrates the Vintage Festival every September, when the fruits of the vineyards are celebrated. The vineyards surround the city and provide dry fruit for export from İzmir, and grapes for wine making. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice

Modern Manisa

Modern Manisa is very much associated with the consumer electronics and white goods giant Vestel, although its economic base is far from being confined to a sole company. Consumer electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday use Refrigerator1svg|left|100px]]A major appliance, or domestic appliance, is usually defined as a large Machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task which Manisa registered roughly 200m US Dollars in FDI in 2004 and well-known businesses such as Italian white goods company Indesit, German electrical goods company Bosch, UK packaging company Rexam and Imperial Tobacco of the UK have all invested in Manisa. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Refrigerator1svg|left|100px]]A major appliance, or domestic appliance, is usually defined as a large Machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task which Indesit Company, an Italian Company based in Fabriano (AN is one of Europe ’s biggest makers of Home appliances. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Packaging is the science art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution storage sale and use Rexam PLC ( is a leading British provider of Plastic Packaging solutions and manufacturer of beverage cans. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ( is the world's fourth largest international Tobacco company

The city also has a football team, Vestel Manisaspor, which plays in the Turkish Premier Super League under the home colors of red and white and away colors of black and white. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Manisaspor is a Turkish sports club based in Manisa and currently playing in the Turkish Premier Super League.

An example of civil arcihtecture: A 1930s house in Manisa

Notable natives

Preparation of charcoal-grilled Manisa Kebab, a specialty of the city. Charcoal' is the blackish residue consisting of impure Carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from Animal and Vegetation

• Ahmet Bilek - Olympic gold medalist in wrestling
• Asuman Dabak - Film and theater actress
• Demet Evgar - Film and theater actress
• Hilmi Özkök - General and former Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
• İlhan Berk - Poet
• Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi - Ottoman mathematician and academics
• Kenan Evren - General, military coup leader and 7th President of Turkey
• Ruhi Sarıalp - Olympic bronze medalist in triple jump
• Sinan Erdem - Former volleyball player and head of Turkish National Olympic Committee

See also

Park in Manisa

• Celal Bayar University
• Vestel Manisaspor
• Mount Sipylus (Mount Spil)
• Sultana (grape)

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