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)

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

1898-built Dülgeroğlu House in Uşak

Clandıras bridge near Karahallı

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

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.

Ahmet Yıldırım (born 25 February 1974 in Amasya) was a Turkish professional footballer who played lastly as a defender for Adanaspor in the TFF First League before finishing 2008-2009 season. He is currently sports director of Mersin İdmanyurdu.

Yıldırım has played for Fenerbahçe S.K., Samsunspor, Ankaragücü, İstanbulspor A.Ş., Galatasaray S.K., Beşiktaş J.K. and Ankaraspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Yıldırım appeared in four matches for the senior Turkey national football team, his debut was a second half substitute in a friendly against Ukraine on 12 February 2003. He also appeared in one match at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (IPA: [ɾeˈd͡ʒep tajˈjip ˈæɾdoan]; born 26 February 1954) has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003 and is chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Commercial Sciences. Erdoğan was also a semi-professional footballer from 1969 to 1982.

Erdoğan was elected Mayor of Istanbul in the local elections of 27 March 1994. He was banned from office and sentenced to a prison term for reciting a poem during a public address in the province of Siirt on 12 December 1997. The poem was allegedly quoted from a book published by a state enterprise and one that had been recommended to teachers by the Ministry of Education. After six months in prison, Erdoğan established the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on August 14, 2001. From its first year, the AK Party became the largest publicly-supported political movement in Turkey. In the general election of 2002 the AK Party won nearly two-thirds of the seats in parliament, forming the first single-party government for 9 years.