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Sultanhisar
Sultanhisar
	— Town —
	Location of Sultanhisar within Turkey.
Country	Turkey
Region	Aegean
Province	Aydın
	Government
- Mayor	Fazıl Törün MHP
- Governor	Orhan Mardinli
	Area
- Total	215 km2 (83 sq mi)
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)
	Population (2000)
- Total	22,795
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	09470
Area code(s)	+90 256 351
Turkish car number plates	09

Sultanhisar is a town and a small district of Aydın Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, 30 km east of the city of Aydın on the road to Denizli.

[edit] History

The first settlement here was the ancient city of Nysa, founded in the Hellenistic period and continuing to thrive under the Ancient Romans, when the geographer Strabo was educated here. Nysa is 3 km from the modern town of Sultanhisar, which was founded by the Seljuk Turks in 1270 and brought into the Ottoman Empire in 1425.

[edit] Geography

Sultanhisar is an agricultural district in the Büyük Menderes valley. The main products of the area are typical of the Aegean region: olives, figs, citrus fruits, grapes, strawberries etc. and the local industry is the processing of these products: olive oil pressing, spinning cotton, preparing and packing fruit, especially figs. Sultanhisar itself is a small town of 6,000 people on the İzmir-Afyon railway line. The local cuisine features typical Aegean dishes such as the bread-pancakes called gözleme. The town has a horticultural school of Adnan Menderes University.

[edit] Towns in the district

Atça - Well-planned and tidy, with 7,600 people a larger town than Sultanhisar itself. One of Turkey's largest strawberry growing districts. There is an annual strawberry harvest festival.
Salavatlı -

[edit] Places of interest

Nysa, Anatolia - ruins of the ancient Carian city, including a large theatre, bridges baths and a gymnasium. The site is still being excavated, led by Professor Vedat Idil of Ankara University.