Tavşanlı

Tavşanlı is a city in Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tavşanlı District.[2] Its population is 73,306 (2022).[1]

Tavşanlı
Municipality
Tavşanlı is located in Turkey
Tavşanlı
Tavşanlı
Location in Turkey
Tavşanlı is located in Turkey Aegean
Tavşanlı
Tavşanlı
Tavşanlı (Turkey Aegean)
Coordinates: 39°32′N 29°29′E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKütahya
DistrictTavşanlı
Government
 • MayorMustafa Güler (AKP)
Population
 (2022)[1]
73,306
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
43300
Area code0274
Websitewww.tavsanli.bel.tr

Tavşanlı is a typical Aegean town where a government-owned coal mine company attracted thousands of settlers from surrounding cities and villages.

The town is also famous for its notable number of jewellery shops and is also famous for popular snack called "leblebi" (roasted chick peas).

Name

Tavşanlı was told to be named after a hunting party held by the Ottoman prince Bayezid I, in which he is said to have hunted 7 rabbits. Thus the name Tavşanlı meaning "the place with rabbits" was given to the area.

Places of interest

50 km (31 mi) west of Kütahya lies the ancient town of Tavşanlı with a notable 12th-century Seljuq mosque called Ulucami. 18 km (11 mi) to the north in a side valley of the Adronos stream stands a Phrygian rock monument Dikilitaş, a huge volcanic partly smoothed rock with geometric designs.

Archaeology

Tavşanlı Höyük is a massive mound of more than 40 hectares, located in the centre of the Tavşanlı Plain.[3] It is the largest mound in this region, located near the Orhaneli river (de:Orhaneli Çayı). The settlement started during the Neolithic Period, but most of the remains belong to the Bronze Age.[4]

The excavations here started in 2017, as part of the “Prehistoric Periods Survey of Eskişehir and Kütahya Provinces (EKAR)” project. They revealed that most of the mound occupation belongs to the Early Bronze Age II (2700-2400 BC), after which there was a great fire outbreak during the Early Bronze Age III period.[4]

The mound contains remains from the Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, and Early Iron Age. Early Bronze Age pottery is mostly concentrated on the eastern and north-eastern parts of the mound.

Tavşanlı Höyük city building layout is somewhere in between the “Anatolian Settlement Plan”, as defined by M. Korfmann, and the layout that was common in the coastal zone of Western Anatolia and in the Aegean Islands. But Tavsanli is actually somewhat closer to Inland Western Anatolia in this regard.

The “Anatolian Settlement Plan” also known as the “Inland Western Anatolian Settlement Model” represents "an enclosed system where the houses open to a common courtyard facing each other, or where the backsides of the houses function as an enclosure wall." On the other hand, the Aegean-coastal settlements were in the form of "clusters of houses (insulae) around the streets and alleys".[4]

4,200-year-old hazelnuts, as well as the marble figurines were found by the excavators in 2022.[5]

Mycenaean type seal and a dagger were also discovered here in 2022.[6]

Notable people

References
  1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. Coordinates: Latitude, longitude: 39.529617, 29.485383
  4. Fidan, Erkan (2021). "GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE EARLY BRONZE AGE LAYERS OF TAVŞANLI HÖYÜK (INLAND WESTERN ANATOLIA)". Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry Vol. 21, No 2. Zenodo: 211-225. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5057560. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. August 24, 2022, 4,200-year-old hazelnuts, marble idols found in Turkey's Kütahya. thearchaeologist.org
  6. July 22, 2022 3,300-Year-Old Mycenaean-Like Seal And Dagger Discovered In Turkey. ancientpages.com
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