Geographical Factors that are Influential in Naming Rural Settlements in Akhisar (Manisa) District

Abstract

The aim of the course is to examine the specific names of places and to reveal the tradition of naming them. Although toponymy is an area that has attracted the attention of researchers, the use of different methods in studies in this area shows that these studies do not fit into a particular Systematics. Toponymy and systematic studies in this field contribute to other fields, especially historical researchers as well as linguists. The names of the settlements can shed light on the identification of migration routes, and the ethnonymderived yerads can lead a history researcher who studies ethnic structure. Today, forgotten words that are not used colloquially live in their place. A hill, a stream, a spring who knows what our ancestors who lived in this land would like to tell us. To reveal the richness of language in Anatolian geography and to bring the words used by our ancestors back to the surface should be the most important mission in the work of yeradı. The sooner these names are identified and recorded, the stronger our connection to the past will be. Akhisar Akhisar (Manisa) rural settlements in the name of the factors that are effective in the naming of this study is a research on the determination of physical and Human Geography factors that are effective in the naming of rural settlements within the boundaries of Akhisar district. The purpose of the study is to determine the names of rural settlements in the district, to investigate these places by using the information obtained from the region and the studies made on the land names so far and to uncover the tradition of giving the place names in the region of Akhisar.