Çivril
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| Country |  Turkey |
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| Region | Aegean |
| Province | Denizli |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 20x xx |
| Licence plate | 20 |
| Website: www.civril.bel.tr | |
Çivril is an attractive town and a district of Denizli Province in the inner Aegean Region of Turkey. It is the most populated district of the province after Denizli center and is situated on a plain to the northeast of the city of Denizli, and is closer to the neighboring provincial seat of Uşak.
The weather is dry and hot in summer, cold in winter. Although there was a railway line, it was closed in 1988 and the transportation relies on intercity buses.
The villagers of Çivril are mostly occupied with growing the district's well-known tasty apples. Many more migrated to work in Germany and other European countries in the 1960s. Thus Çivril has a number of wealthy citizens living abroad or in Istanbul and in summer is populated with returning families for holiday. But in general this is a typical quiet rural Anatolian district.
At about 20 km (12 mi) south of Çivril is the Lake Işıklı which is fed by streams from further east and from which, in its turn, departs Işıklı Stream that later joins Menderes River. The lake is an area of great natural beauty and is an important fishing reserve.
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[edit] Beycehöyük
During an excavation carried out by the British achaeologists Prof. Seton Lloyd and Prof. James Mellaart between 1953 and 1959 at Beycehöyük, 6 km (4 mi) south of the town of Çivril, several artefacts dating back to the Copper Age (circa 3000 BC) were found. It is assumed that Beycehöyük was the centre of the Arzawa kingdom, contemporaries of the Hittite Empire. Later on Phrygians, Carians, Lydians, Persians and Macedonians passed through the region during recorded history but left very few traces. It is assumed that the relics of raiders and chariots in mounds and on rocks found at Yavuzca farm, 20 km (12 mi) from Çivril, date back to the Phrygians. A tomb located on Beycehöyük dates from Seljuk era.
[edit] Other places of interest
- The ancient and as yet superficially explored city of Eumenia is located on the shore of Lake Işıklı near Çivril and the locality is arranged into a recreational area.
- There are a number of waterfalls on Işıklı Stream between Lake Işıklı and Büyük Menderes River, among which the falls called Gümüşsu is famous for the natural beauty of the surroundings which are arranged into a recreational area.
- To the north of the district center is the beautiful township of Gürpınar which was previously known as Bulkaz. Another waterfall is located practically within the township.
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Townships of Çivril District, Denizli, Turkey |  |
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Çivril | Çıtak | Emirhisar | Gümüşsu | Gürpınar | Irgıllı | Işıklı | Kıralan | Kızılcasöğüt | Özdemirci |
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