Gökçen, İzmir

Gökçen
Gökçen
Town
	Gökçen Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 38°07′N 27°52′E / 38.117°N 27.867°E
Country	Turkey
Province	İzmir Province
District	Tire
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,499
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	35910
Area code	0232
Licence plate	35

Gökçen is a town in İzmir Province, Turkey

Geography

Gökçen is a town in Tire district of İzmir Province at 38°07′N 27°52′E / 38.117°N 27.867°E / 38.117; 27.867 . It is situated in bottom land and along a tributary of Büyük Menderes River. The distance to Tire is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) and to İzmir is 90 kilometres (56 mi). The population of Gökçen is 2499^[1] as of 2011

History

The area around the town was inhabited during the Lydian era (6th century BC and before) age. But the town of Gökçen was established in 1957 by merging two villages. Both of villages were Aydınoğlu villages in the 14th century. (Aydınoğlu or Aydın was a Turkmen beylik later merged to Ottoman Empire) One was called Fetih (later Fata) and the other Karaehat (later Kahrat) The new name Gökçen refers to Gökçen Efe a folk hero of Turkish War of Independence, who fell in Fata in 1919.

Economy

Cattle breeding is the most important economic sector of the town. Olives and various fruits are among the main agricultural crops. There is also a tomato sauce factory and a sand quarry in the town.^[2]

References

^ Statistical Institute
^ Mayor’s page Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

[1] Statistical Institute

[2] Mayor’s page Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

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