Ödemiş () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,019 km2, and its population is 132,740 (2022). It is located 113 km southeast of the city of İzmir.
About 4 km north of Ödemiş town are the ruins of Hypaepa. The historical importance of the region is also reflected by the small town of Birgi, east of Ödemiş, which was the capital of the Aydınids, which has examples of Seljuq and Ottoman architecture. Birgi has been on the tentative UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 2012, and points of interest here include Çakırağa Mansion, İmam-i Birgivi Medrese and Sultanşah Mausoleum. Ödemiş is famous for its potatoes, which has the best quality in Turkey, as well as its "Ödemiş Kebab". The city is the biggest potato grower of Turkey with its annual 350,000 tons of potato production.
History From 1867 until 1922, Ödemiş was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Composition There are 99 neighbourhoods in Ödemiş District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3 Eylül Akıncılar Alaşarlı Anafartalar Artıcak Atatürk Bademli Balabanlı Bayırlı Bengisu Beyezitlar Bıçakçı Birgi Bozcayaka Bozdağ Bucak Bülbüller Büyükavulcuk Çağlayan Çamlıca Çamyayla Çayır Çaylı Cevizalan Çobanlar Cumhuriyet Demircili Demirdere Derebebekler Dereuzunyer Dolaylar Emirli Emmioğlu Ertuğrul Gerçekli Gereli Gölcük Güney Günlüce Hacıhasan Hamam Horzum Hürriyet İlkkurşun İnönü Işık Karadoğan Karakova Kayaköy Kaymakçı Kazanlı Kemenler Kemer Kerpiçlik Kışla Kızılca Kızılcaavlu Köfündere Konaklı Köseler Küçükavulcuk Küçükören Küre Kurucuova Kutlubeyler Kuvvetli Mescitli Meşrutiyet Mimarsinan Mursallı Ocaklı Oğuzlar Orhangazi Ortaköy Ovacık Ovakent Pirinççi Sekiköy Seyrekli Şirinköy Suçıktı Süleyman Demirel Süleymanlar Tekke Tosunlar Türkmen Türkönü Üçkonak Umurbey Üzümlü Uzundere Veliler Yeniceköy Yeniköy Yeşilköy Yılanlı Yolüstü Yusufdere Zafer
Climate
Transport See also: Ödemiş railway station Basmane-Ödemiş Regional – the railway service from Basmane Terminal in İzmir.
Notable people Muzafer Sherif (1906-1988), a Turkish-American social psychologist Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1872 kayaköy-Ödemiş – ö. 17 Kasım 1911 ) the legendary hero Gökçen Efe (1881-1919), folk hero of the Turkish War of Independence Şükrü Saracoğlu, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20080415075630/http://www.odemisnet.com/