Uşak Province Uşak ili
—  Province of Turkey  —
Location of Uşak Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	Aegean
Capital	Uşak
Area
• Total	5,341 km2 (2,062 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
• Total	338,019
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0276
Vehicle registration	64
Website	uşak.gov.tr

Uşak (Turkish: Uşak ili ) is a province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa to the west, Denizli to the south, Afyon to the east, and Kütahya to the north. The provincial capital is Uşak, and its traffic code is 64. The province covers an area of 5,341 km² and has a population of 335,860 (2009 est). The population was 322,313 in 2000.(338,019 as of 2010)

Districts[link]

Uşak province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold):

• Banaz
• Eşme
• Karahallı
• Sivaslı
• Ulubey
• Uşak

Gallery[link]

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  1898-built Dülgeroğlu House in Uşak

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  Clandıras bridge near Karahallı

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Uşak Province

• (Turkish) Uşak governor's official website
• (Turkish) Uşak municipality's official website
• (English) Uşak weather forecast information
• News from Uşak province and 6 districts
• Famous Blankets of Uşak

Coordinates: 38°31′26″N 29°20′31″E / 38.52389°N 29.34194°E / 38.52389; 29.34194

v t e Uşak Province (in the Aegean region) of Turkey Urban districts Uşak Rural districts Banaz - Eşme - Karahallı - Sivaslı - Ulubey Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - Izmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elâzığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

v t e Provinces of Turkey Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Aksaray Amasya Ankara Antalya Ardahan Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bartın Batman Bayburt Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Düzce Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkâri Hatay Iğdır Isparta Istanbul İzmir Kahramanmaraş Karabük Karaman Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kilis Kırıkkale Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Mardin Mersin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Osmaniye Rize Sakarya Samsun Şanlıurfa Siirt Sinop Şırnak Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Uşak Van Yalova Yozgat Zonguldak

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Uşak
1898-built Dülgeroğlu House in Uşak
Location of Uşak within Turkey.
Coordinates: 38°41′N 29°24′E / 38.683°N 29.4°E / 38.683; 29.4Coordinates: 38°41′N 29°24′E / 38.683°N 29.4°E / 38.683; 29.4
Country	Turkey
Region	Aegean
Province	Uşak
Population
• Urban	338.019.
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	64x xx
Licence plate	64
Website	www.usak.bel.tr

Uşak (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈuʃak]) is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 180,414 (2010 census) and is the capital of Uşak Province. The mayor is Ali Erdoğan (MHP).

Uşak city is situated at a distance of 210 km (130 mi) from İzmir, the region's principal metropolitan center and port city. Benefiting from its location at the crossroads of the Central Anatolian plateau and the coastal Aegean Region, and from a climate and agricultural production incorporating elements of both of these zones, Uşak has also traditionally had a strong industrial base. Uşak was the first city in Turkey to have an urban electricity network, and the first city where a collective labor relations agreement was signed, during the Ottoman era, between leather industry employees and workers. It was here that the first factory of Republican Turkey, a sugar refinery, was set up through a private sector initiative among local businessmen. The tradition of industriousness continues today around two industrial zones.

Uşak carpets[link]

In pre-industrial times, Uşak was already a major center of production and export, particularly of Ushak carpets. Ushak carpets are also called Holbein carpets in reference to the 16th century painter Hans Holbein the Younger who depicted them in minute detail in his paintings, reflecting their popularity in European markets. The level of international popularity attained by Uşak's carpets became such that the word "Ushak" is considered an English word of Turkic origin.^[1]

Although Uşak's carpet patterns have evolved since then, large-scale weaving still continues and the name of the city still has an important presence in the market for carpets, both hand-woven and industrial. On the other hand, the district of Eşme, which is also in Uşak Province, is famous for its kilims.

Among other district centers in Uşak Province, Banaz is the largest and is notable for its varied agricultural production as well as for its forests, while Ulubey's canyon is a natural site attracting many visitors.

History[link]

The first known organized states to have ruled over the region of Uşak were the Phrygians in the eastern portion and the Lydians in the west during the 7th century BC. The Karun Treasure, discovered by clandestine treasure hunters in Uşak in 1965, and whose smuggling outside Turkey and subsequent retrieval decades later from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art made international headlines, gives an indication of the high degree of civilization attained by these Anatolian states. The region of Lydia was later taken over by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BC and by Alexander the Great and his successors as of the 4th century. Thereafter, Uşak was ruled successively by the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Germiyanids and finally the Ottoman Empire (as of 1429).

In Ottoman times, the city's name was Uşşak, which could mean "lovers" and "minstrels" at the same time. Tradition privileges the second derivation, which could be a reference to the region's rich folk literature.

Uşak was occupied by the Greek army between 28 August 1920 and 1 September 1922. The city was set on fire by the rapidly retreating Greek troops, causing the city significant damage, which has been documented and calculated^{[citation needed]}. The day after, the Greek general Nikolaos Trikoupis was captured near Uşak at the village of Göğem, today buried under a dam reservoir.

Uşak was a district center within Kütahya Province until 1953, when Uşak Province was constituted and Uşak became its provincial capital.

Climate[link]

Uşak has a continental Mediterranean climate with cold, wet and regularly snowy winters and hot, long and dry summers.

Twin Cities[link]

• Charleroi - Belgium
• Offenbach am Main - Germany
• Astana - Kazakhstan
• Besni - Turkey

See also[link]

• Ushak carpets
• Karun Treasure
• Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Uşak

References[link]

v t e Uşak in Uşak Province (in the Aegean region) of Turkey Urban districts Uşak Rural districts Banaz - Eşme - Karahallı - Sivaslı - Ulubey Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - Izmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elâzığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

Volkan Konak
Background information
Born	(1967-02-27) 27 February 1967 (age 45)
Origin	Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey
Genres	Folk
Years active	1993-present
Website	http://www.volkankonak.com/

Volkan Konak, (Born February 27, Maçka, Trabzon) is a Turkish folk singer.^[1] His song Cerrahpaşa has a been a great success and his album, [Mora], released in 2006, was awarded a gold plaque by the Turkish recording producers association, MÜ-YAP. Konak is known for his friendly, caring attitude in concert which he intersperses his highly emotional and sad songs with amusing anecdotes and life stories.

Albums[link]

• 1993: Efulim
• 1994: Gelir misin Benimle?
• 1996: Volkanik Parçalar
• 1998: Pedaliza
• 2000: Şimal Rüzgarı
• 2003: Maranda
• 2006: Mora
• 2009: Mimoza
• 2012: Lifor

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official web site

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