In the context of the Turkish economy , Anatolian Tigers ( Turkish : Anadolu Kaplanları ) are a number of cities in Turkey which have displayed impressive growth records since the 1980s, as well as a defined breed of entrepreneurs rising in prominence and who can often be traced back to the cities in question and who generally rose from the status of small and medium enterprises .
21-463: Where particular cities are concerned, the term is most often used for the capitals or depending centers of Denizli , Gaziantep , Kayseri , Balıkesir , Konya , Kahramanmaraş , Bursa and İzmit . Within Turkey, the accent is laid on cities that have received little state investment or subsidies over the years. Ordu , Çorum , Denizli , Gaziantep and Kahramanmaraş , in particular, are cited among
42-712: A direct manner. Following World War I , during the Turkish War of Independence , the Greek Army managed to capture and come as close as Sarayköy , a small town 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Denizli, but did not venture into Denizli. They were then ousted from the region by Mustafa Kemal Pasha . The most widespread symbols of Denizli province are of textile industry. Denizli has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen : Csa or Trewartha : Cs ), with hot, dry summers and mild to cool, rainy winters. The inland areas, like Çardak, Bozkurt, Çivril, and Çal districts/counties of
63-502: A fighter in local efe costume to commemorate this struggle. There are 32 neighbourhoods in Sarayköy District: The major activity of the area is textile production (following in the footsteps of nearby Babadağ ), mainly weaving but some printing and sewing of bedding and other home textiles. 5,000 homes in the town are heated with water run off from the geothermal power station in the village of Kızıldere, which
84-579: A major domestic tourism destination due to the various types of thermal waters in Sarayköy , Central/Denizli (where Karahayıt and Pamukkale towns are located), Akköy (Gölemezli), Buldan (Yenicekent), and Çardak districts. The ancient ruined city of Hierapolis , as well as ruins of the city of Laodicea on the Lycus , the ancient metropolis of Phrygia , are nearby. Also in the vicinity of Honaz , about 10 mi (16 km) west of Denizli is, what was, in
105-462: A multitude of smaller ones. Aside from their production units, the definition generally excludes companies who have their headquarters in the largest cities of Turkey; namely Istanbul , Ankara , İzmir , Bursa and Adana , as well as companies constituted with public capital. The term is also echoed, in the form "Anatolian Lions" (Turkish: Anadolu Aslanları ), by the name of the private sector association Askon that brings together businessmen from
126-727: A number of other cities who have found common grounds between each other. This association has branches in Ankara , Burdur , Bursa , Gebze , İzmit , Konya , Malatya and Trabzon . These lions are less often cited among the tigers for several reasons. Other variations of the term, such "Turkey's Tigers" or "Turkish Tigers", as used by the PBS without excluding the most commonly used form of "Anatolian Tigers" have also been pronounced. Beyond their shared characteristics in an economical perspective, references have also been made, especially in international media, to different political connotations within
147-591: Is a city in Aegean Turkey , and seat of the province of Denizli . The city forms the urban part of the districts Merkezefendi and Pamukkale , with a population of 651,200 in 2022. Denizli has seen economic development in the last few decades, mostly due to textile production and exports. Denizli also attracts visitors to the nearby mineral-coated hillside hot spring of Pamukkale , and with red color thermal water spa hotels Karahayıt , just 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of Pamukkale. Recently, Denizli became
168-513: Is a municipality and district of Denizli Province , Turkey . Its area is 379 km , and its population is 30,834 (2022). It is 20 km west of the city of Denizli , on a plain between mountains and watered by Büyük Menderes River . Sarayköy is at a high altitude inland from the Mediterranean and thus has hot dry summers and very cold winters. The mountain sides are mostly bare but there are ongoing forestry projects. The town
189-542: Is about 45 minutes drive from the city center. The extension of İzmir-Aydın highway to Denizli has been announced for several years. Initial infrastructure was laid in Aydın , but the rest is still forthcoming. The present Aydın-Denizli road, has a very high level of traffic, especially trucks, with each town along the road possessing its own industrial zone. Denizli is twinned with: Denizli also cooperates with Bursa and Tokat in Turkey. Sarayk%C3%B6y Sarayköy
210-483: The 1st century AD, the city of Colossae . The weather is hot in Denizli in summers, whereas in winters, it may occasionally be very cold with snow on the mountains that surround the city. Some years, snow can be observed in the urban areas. Springs and autumns are rainy, with a mild warm climate. The word deniz means 'sea, large lake'. No sea or lake can be found near Denizli. However, the original Turkish name for
231-680: The East, new Mosque gate in the South, and vineyard gate in the West. There are some fifty armed watchmen in the fortress, and they attend the shop. The main city is outside the fortress with 44 districts and 3600 houses. There are 57 small and large mosques and district mosques, 7 madrasahs , 7 children's schools, 6 baths and 17 dervish lodges. As everybody lives in vineyards the upper classes and ordinary people do not flee from each other." The city lived in peace for centuries without being involved in wars in
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#1732772557950252-632: The Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi visited Denizli and recorded the town as follows: "The city is called by Turks as (Denizli) (which means has abundant of water sources like sea in Turkish) as there are several rivers and lakes around it. In fact it is a four-day trip from the sea. Its fortress is of square shape built on flat ground. It has no ditches. Its periphery is 470 steps long. It has four gates. These are: painters gate in North, saddle-makers gate in
273-506: The Seljuk period. Ibn Battuta visited the city, noting that "In it there are seven mosques for the observance of Friday prayers, and it has splendid gardens, perennial streams, and gushing springs. Most of the artisans there are Greek women, for in it are many Greeks who are subject to the Turks and who pay dues to the sultan, including the jizya , and other taxes." In the 17th century,
294-404: The cities who "made it themselves". In time order, while Denizli in Turkey's Aegean Region was the early hour precursor for rapid growth in an Anatolian Tiger pattern, Gaziantep , Malatya , Konya and Kayseri are the most recently cited prominent Tigers on the basis of the number of companies they have among Turkey's 500 biggest. These largest are the forerunners of further large companies and
315-549: The city was called Dun Ghuzluh . The latter is said to mean 'the town of the swine'. In antiquity, it was an important Greek town, called Attouda (Αττούδα), that existed through the ancient Greek and Roman eras; it was near the cities ( Hierapolis and Laodicea on the Lycus ) and flourished through the Byzantine period. The city was conquered by the Seljuk Turks . Inhabitants of Laodicea were also resettled here in
336-542: The entrepreneurs and their values. Several business awards or conferences in Turkey draw reference from the term "Anatolian Tigers" or its variants. The term was copied after the Asian Tigers . According to the 2005 Istanbul Chamber of Industry's annual ranking of Turkey's top 1000 industrial enterprises, the adjacent table contains cities which best fit the definition of Anatolian Tigers. Among these cities Trabzon has one company in top 25. Denizli Denizli
357-485: The place was Tonguzlu , pronounced as toŋuzlu or doŋuzlu , later donuzlu (from toŋuz ' wild boar '). Thus Tonguzlu means a 'place where boars dwell'. Because of the phonetical process (t->d, ŋ->n), the name was changed into denizlü or denizli , similar in pronunciation but different in meaning, in order to avoid the connotation 'boar, pig', which is considered offensive in Islam . Ibn Battuta recorded that
378-659: The province are cooler and have a higher elevation than the seaside, western part of the Province. Therefore, there are climatic differences within the province and even in the Denizli urbanized area. The land is open to winds coming from the Aegean Sea as the mountains are perpendicular to the coastline. Highest recorded temperature:44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on 15 August 2007 Lowest recorded temperature:−11.4 °C (11.5 °F) on 9 February 1965 During World War I , Denizli mined chromium . Denizli Çardak Airport
399-495: The term, including by associating this capital with Islamic values or extending its whole under such definitions as "Islamic capital" or "green capital". The political choices and the voting trends of the cities and of particulars in question may differ widely between each other. A 2005 study by the European Stability Initiative that was focused on Kayseri uses the term "Islamic Calvinists " to define
420-574: Was previously a village named Sarıbey after the Turkmen lord that settled his tribe here in the 14th century. Sarayköy was an important point of resistance to the Greek Army in the Turkish War of Independence . Volunteers assembled here were able to defend the bridge across the River Menderes and thus prevent the Greeks from occupying the city of Denizli . There is a statue in the town of
441-405: Was the first plant of its kind in Turkey. There are also plants near the power station making dry ice and bottling carbon dioxide. The plain is irrigated and mostly used for growing cotton and there is a large cotton storage and processing plant in the town. Other crops include figs, olives and apricots. Other activities include limestone quarrying and coal mining. Sarayköy is also a market town for
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