Emirdaàis a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey, between the cities of Afyon and Eskià Âehir. It is the seat of EmirdaàDistrict.Emirdaàdistrict has a total population of 43,484 according to the 2024 census. The mayor is Serkan Koyuncu (AKP).
The Emir Mountains rise steeply behind the town. The region is vulnerable to earthquakes. The weather is very cold in winter.
During the Hellenistic era the name of Emirdaàwas Amorion (). After the Arab conquests of Anatolia the city was known as Ammà «riye by Arab-Islamic sources. The Ottomans called the settlement , which refers to its old city. After 17th century, the city was named as (Which means "from Mosul") due to migrations of Turkmens from Mosul Vilayet and Rakka Eyalet. From 1867 until 1932, the town was called in honour of Sultan Abdulaziz. In 1932 the name Emirdaàwas given by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk which derives from the Seljuk commander Emir Ahmed Mengücek, who defeated the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Bolybotum, and rested on the mountain range near the area. Therefore the mountains were called Emir (Amir) and daÃÂlarñ (mountains).
The area has been occupied since at least 1437 BC by a succession of peoples beginning with Hittites, Lydians, Persians, and Greeks.
The ruins of the Hellenistic and Byzantine city of Amorium lie about 12 km east of EmirdaÃÂ. Amorium was one of the four principal Byzantine cities in Anatolia, and was the home of the Byzantine Amorian dynasty. It was conquered in 838-845 by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mu'tasim.
The area was settled by Turkmen from 1068 onwards and particularly following the battle of nearby Bolvadin, between the Byzantines and the Seljuk Turks. Later further waves of Turkmen followed including the Dulkadirids; Yörük nomads were settled here by the Ottoman Empire.
From 1867 until 1922, Emirdaà(Azîziyye) was part of the Hüdavendigâr vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. During the Greco-Turkish War, Emirdaàwas occupied by Greek forces from 16 August 1921 till 22 September 1921.
Many Turkish migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands originally came from EmirdaÃÂ and the surrounding villages, including Karacalar where there is a strong Alevi minority. People originally went abroad to work as miners in the 1950s and nowadays are typically occupied with running restaurants, cafes, and bars.
This emigration helps to explain why the population growth in EmirdaÃÂ in recent decades has been less than most Anatolian towns (the population of the town in 1960 was 10,069). It also means that in summer the district is swollen with local families returning on vacation.
Many of these families have invested their savings in apartment buildings, offices and shops in EmirdaÃÂ. This is still a typical Turkish country town and quite conservative; the tea-gardens are segregated into areas for families and single men. There are some basic restaurants and internet cafes. There is a jandarma training camp in EmirdaÃÂ and the army is important for the economy of the town in winter.
The local cuisine includes arabaà Âñ, a soup with dumplings.
Emirdaàhas a borderline humid subtropical and humid continental climate (Köppen: Cfa/Dfa), with hot, dry summers, and cold, somewhat snowy winters.
Ugur Serdar Kargñn (MHP) is elected as new mayor in 2014. The council had an alderman for external affairs in 2004âÂÂ2009, Metin Edeer (MHP), who has been living in Schaerbeek (Brussels) since 1978, where he runs two restaurants and presided over an association of people from Emirdaà(EYAD); he visits Emirdaàduring the summer holidays.
Previous mayors:
The population of the municipality of EmirdaÃÂ is shown below:
EmirdaÃÂ Folk Songs are very famous.
Some EmirdaÃÂ Folk Songs:
Emirdaàhas long had a rich folk culture and has given us many folk songs (türkü) and singers including in the 20th century.