Mursallı, Germencik

Mursallı is a town in Germencik district of Aydın Province, Turkey. At 37°51′N 27°34′E it is situated to the south of Motorway O-31 which connects Aydın to İzmir. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to Germencik and 30 kilometres (19 mi) to Aydın. The population of the town was 1144[1] as of 2012. According to town page the name of the town refers to two brothers named Musa and Ali who founded the settlement during the Ottoman Empire era. Later Greeks also settled in the village. After the Population exchange agreement between Turkey and Greece, the Greeks left the village for Euboea island in the Aegean Sea and they named their new village as Neo Mursallı. (Recently the village in Euboea was renamed as Taxiarches referring to the name of the church in Mursallı.) According to the agreement Turkish families from Grevena in Greece were settled in Mursallı. There are also some Turkish families from Albania in Mursallı. In 1957 Mursallı was declared a seat of township.[2]

Mursallı
Town
Mursallı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°51′N 27°34′E
Country Turkey
ProvinceAydın Province
DistrictGermencik
Elevation
72 m (235 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total1,144
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
09720
Area code(s)256
Licence plate09

References
  1. "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. Town page (in Turkish) Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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