Ödemiş (District Municipality, Turkey)

Last modified: 2016-10-24 by ivan sache
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Flag of Ödemiş - Image by Jens Pattke, 3 November 2012

• Presentation of Ödemiş
• Flag of Ödemiş
• Former municipalities
  • Bademli

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• Turkey
• İzmir Province

Presentation of Ödemiş

The municipality of Ödemiş (129,005 inhabitants in 2012, 75,577 in the town proper; 10,157 ha) is located 110 km south-east of İzmir.

Ivan Sache, 8 March 2016

Flag of Ödemiş

The flag of Ödemiş (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
The emblem of the municipality features an efe (outlaw). These men, who rebelled against local pressures and injustices and settled in the mountains, soon became folk heroes, celebrated by poems, songs, and movies. Their irregular troops were significantly involved in the war against Greece. Ödemiş is the birth place of two legendary efe, Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1872-1922), killed by the Ottoman security force, and his relative Gökçen Efe (1881-1919), killed during a skirmish with Greek troops.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 8 March 2016

Former municipalities

Bademli

Flag of Bademli - Image by Jens Pattke, 25 May 2015

The flag of Bademli was white with the municipal emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 5 June 2013