Uşak Tourist Map With Attractions Visiting Places

history

Uşak, which was called "Temenothyrea" in ancient times, is located in the region that connects Western and Central Anatolia in the Central Aegean Region. It is understood that Uşak and its environs were opened to settlement since 4000 BC. Especially in the Bronze Age, it is seen that the settlement became more widespread. B.C. In 2000, the first political union in Anatolia, the Hittites, BC. In 1000 Uşak and its environs, which constitute the western border of the Phrygians, were under the influence of Ionic culture rather than these cultures. B.C. In the 7th century BC, when King Gyges conquered the Lydian Empire, Uşak, the majority of its territory, remained in Lydia. In 620, it was completely under the sovereignty of Lydia. B.C. As a result of the deletion of Lydia in 546, the region came under Persian rule.

Persian sovereignty BC. It continued until 334. As a result of Alexander the Great's expedition to Anatolia on this date, the region came under the rule of Alexander the Great like all of Anatolia, and after Alexander's death, the region was given to Antigonos, one of Alexander's generals. Later, Uşak and its environs were connected to the kingdom of Bergama for a while. In 189 BC, under the domination of Rome, the Roman Empire divided into two as a result of the remaining within the borders of Eastern Rome Uşak, MS. It remained under Byzantine rule until the 12th century.

After 1071, the region changed hands from time to time between the Seljuks and the Byzantines, in 1176 the Seljuk Sultan II. Kılıçarslan and Byzantine Emperor Manuel Komnenos Miryakefalon (Sanddanlı) as a result of the war passed to the Seljuks. Uşak and its environs, which were subject to the Germiyanoğulları during the Principalities, were included in the Ottomans when Yıldırım Bayezid ended the dominance of Germiyanoğulları in 1391, the principalities were revived in the Age of Fetret, and in 1429 the last ruler of the Germiyanoğulları II. With the will of the Ottoman Empire Yakup Bey. Uşak is an accident of the Kütahya Sanjak of the Anatolian Province according to the administrative division made after the Ottoman rule. Uşak, which was occupied by Greek forces on 29 August 1920, survived the occupation on 1 September 1922. Uşak, which was an accident connected to the Kütahya Sanjak of the Hüdavendigar Province in the Ottoman period, remained as an accident of the Kütahya Province in the administrative arrangement made with the Law no. 491 on 20 April 1924. It became the central district of the province of Uşak, which was turned into a province by law dated July 9, 1953 and numbered 6129.

Settlement in the Ottoman period
Aybeğ neighborhood in the northeast of the city is the oldest settlement. The city has developed to the south of this neighborhood. In his work Cihannüma, Kâtip Çelebi mentioned Uşak as a castle town within the stream (Dokuzsele stream). Evliya Çelebi also stated in his travel book that the fortress walls were rebuilt by the people of the city against Celali bandits. According to what is written in the travelogue, the city is quite developed in trade; There were 2 baths, 370 shops, 7 inns, 1 guild inn, 4 mosques, 10 masjids and 7 coffee houses.

In 1520, there were 10 neighborhoods in Uşak and there were 12 neighborhoods according to the 1570 rams. These neighborhoods; "Aybeğ" or Karaoğlu Ahmed, after the "Mosque" Friday (now Cluster), "Hacı Hasan" (now Ünalan), "Kassab Hasan", "Mashhad", "Suleyman Fakih" or Dervish Mehmed, " Burhan Fakih "(Özdemir today)," Cedid "," Hacı Yayarlu "," Hacı Sıddık "," Memi Çelebi "and" Hacı Hızır "are. According to the 1570 records, a total of 493 households lived in these neighborhoods.

According to the evangelical records of 1676, there were 455 households in 383 soldiers and 72 military population in 9 neighborhoods in the accident. In the 16th century, there were 10 non-Muslim households in the town of Uşak, where there were no non-Muslim populations, according to 1676 avarız. In 1792-93, the settlement was the scene of the rebellion of Acemoğlu Seyyid Ahmed, the Usak Voivodeship. With the murder of Acemoğlu in 1795, control was achieved in Uşak.

According to 1844 dividend settlement; There were 9 neighborhoods: Aybeğ, Kamer, Cuma (Mosque), Eslice, Sabah, Hacı Hızır, Karaağaç, Burhan Fakih, Hacı Hasan neighborhoods where Muslim and non-Muslim populations lived. Towards the end of the 19th century, the gentleman named Hacı Muradoğlu rebelled and retreated to Shah Ishaq's castle but his rebellion was suppressed. In 1894 and the so-called "Big Fire" disaster, the settlement was completely burned except for the Aybeğ neighborhood. In 1898, the railway linking Uşak to İzmir was built.

On August 29, 1920, Greek forces captured Uşak. The city was taken back by the Turkish forces on September 1, 1922 as a result of the War of Independence. The city, which was the district of Kütahya during the Republican period, became the central district of the newly established Uşak province on 15 July 1953.

culture
Traditional dishes of the region include Tarhana Soup, Egg Leak, Bulgur with Liver, Rotation, Arab vaccine, Kashkek, Alacatene, Foam Halva, Höşmerim and Tahini Halva. javelin competitions in Turkey in April each year are held in Usak. Since Uşak's location is on the verge of Inner Western Anatolia, it was influenced by the zeybek plays and the Teke region. Yeyru zeybe is played more than Zeybek games. Carpets and kilims come to the fore as crafts in Uşak.

There is also a book called U Uşak Province Villages Dictionary ğı which includes local words, sayings and common proverbs used in the villages of Uşak in 1970s.

Historical places
As a historical monument in the city center of Usak; Stone artifacts belonging to various periods, terracotta artifacts, glass artifacts, various ornaments made of gold and silver, bronze artifacts, bronze, gold coins and Karun Treasures from the Chalcolithic period to the end of the Byzantine Period are exhibited in the Uşak Archeology Museum and ethnographic arrangements showing Uşak life. The "Atatürk and Ethnographic Museum", which was held in memory of Atatürk during his stay in Uşak, exhibited many works of Atatürk and carpets and rugs of Uşak and its region, was built by Tiritoğlu Mehmet Paşa in 1898 by a French architect. "Pasha Han" was built by an Italian architect in 1901 using two floors and stone and restored in the 1980s as "Bedesten", the construction date of the "Ulu Mosque", which is the architectural feature of the Germiyan Principality. Date unknown evil "Burma Mosque" with Aybey, light, and can be found in the Elm neighborhood of Independence, made in the early years of the Republic, and there are houses which reflects Ottoman architectural features.

Which symbolizes the liberation war and Turkey's War of Independence monument composition as the biggest since 2001, is located in the city center and tells the story of the construction of this monument and the monument that Prof. There is also a book in which Tankut Öktem shares his thoughts and includes many documents.