Çine is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 820 km2, and its population is 48,466 (2022). It is from the city of Aydın, on the road to Muğla.
History Throughout the ages this area has belonged to the Ionians, Caria, Lydians, Persia, Ancient Rome and Byzantium, was viciously fought over by the Seljuk Turks and Byzantines, eventually ending up in the hands of the Anatolian beylik of the Menteşe. The original settlement is 8 km south of the modern town.
In 1426 the area was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Murat II. From 1867 until 1922, Çine was part of Aidin Vilayet. The town grew in the 19th century when following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 displaced Turks from Russia were resettled here by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The town was destroyed by fire in 1900 and rebuilt.
Geography Formerly known as Kıroba, Çine is an attractive rural district in the southern part of the valley of the Büyük Menderes River, on the southern flank of Madran mountain. The local economy depends on mining of quartz and amethyst, forestry and agriculture. The Çine Dam and its hydro-electric power station were completed in 2013.Çine Adnan Menderes Dam & HEPP, Su-Yapı Engineering and Consulting Inc.. Retrieved 21 July 2023. The local cuisine features köfte and fish.
Composition There are 72 neighbourhoods in Çine District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Akçaova Akdam Alabayır Altınabat Altınova Bağlarbaşı Bahçearası Bedirler Bereket Bölüntü Bucak Çaltı Camızağılı Çatak Çöğürlük Cumalı Cumhuriyet Dereli Doğanyurt Dorumlar Dutluoluk Elderesi Esentepe Eskiçine Evciler Gökyaka Hacıpaşalar Hallaçlar Hamitabat Hasanlar İbrahimkavağı Kabalar Kabataş Kadılar Kahraman Karahayıt Karakollar Karanfiller Kargı Kasar Kavşıt Kirazderesi Kırkışık Kırksakallar Kızılgüney Kuruköy Mutaflar Ovacık Özeren Sağlık Saraçlar Sarıköy Sarıoğlu Sarnıç Seferler Şevketiye Soğancılar Soğukoluk Söğütçük Subaşı Taşoluk Tatarmemişler Tepeköy Topçam Umur Ünlüce Yağcılar Yeni Yeniköy Yeşilköy Yolboyu Yörükler
Education There are 3 kindergartens, 25 primary schools, 5 secondary schools, 9 high schools, 1 public education center, 1 vocational training center, 1 science and art center, and 1 special education practice center affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the district.
References
External links the district governor