Merkezefendi

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Merkezefendi

Total population

329,451

Founded

2012

Elevation530 m

Land area336 km²

Coordinates37.78°, 29.08°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Merkezefendi is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 336 km2, and its population is 336,818 (2022). The district was established as a result of the 2013 local government reorganisation from part of the former central district of Denizli. Another part of the former central district was added to the Pamukkale District. The name of the district refers to the 16th-century Sufi Merkez Efendi.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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İsmail Konuk

Turkish association football player (born 1988)

Zülfiye Kaykin

German politician

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Süleyman Olgun

Turkish association football player (born 1987)

Özay Gönlüm

Turkish musician and singer (1940–2000)

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İsmail Baydil

Turkish association football player (born 1988)

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İsmail Kaşıkçı

Turkish engineer (born 1952)

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Adnan Erkan

Turkish association football player (born 1968)

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Şinasi Dikmen

Turkish-German writer (born 1945)

Tuba Ünsal

Turkish actor and fashion model (born 1981)

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Aysel Gürel

Turkish poet (1929–2008)

Bülent Ertuğrul

Turkish association football player (born 1978)

Kerem Yılmazer

Turkish actor (1945–2003)

Hüseyin Altin

German sculptor (born 1944)

Polemon of Laodicea

Greek sophist (c. 90 – 144)

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Bahtiyar Yorulmaz

Turkish association football player (born 1955)

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Menander Rhetor

3rd or 4th century Greek rhetorician and commentator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.