Geographical Elements Named After Vegetation in Akhisar District (Manisa)

Abstract

Places are almost the identity of a geographical place. Place names that provide information about the historical processes that have been going on since the establishment of a settlement provide an explanation of the socio-cultural and socio-economic histories of the settlements today. This research actually serves this purpose. In Akhisar, which hosted many civilizations until the present day the influence of geographical location and geographical units of vegetation that constitutes one of the factors influential in the naming of the name of the place in question with the work, how effective is the provision in the county through individual and geographic sources, the names of the units obtained by a detailed analysis was tried to be uncovered. The research area within the borders of the main Aegean Division of the Aegean region is administratively dependent on the province of Manisa. Akhisar, one of the developed districts of Manisa province, is located on the Istanbul-Balıkesir Highway. As a result of factors such as geographical location, climate characteristics, transportation conditions, the population of the site has exceeded 170,000 as of today. In historical periods, vegetation was used in naming some geographical elements in the district which was of similar importance in terms of geography. The geographical elements named after the vegetation were used to determine the 1 / 25000 scale Akhisar paftasının. After the process of identifying these elements, the literature search phase started and during this period, all studies about the place names of Akhisar were tried to be reached. The final stage consists of field observations and interviews. In order to evaluate the names of the places in place correctly, we visited all the settlements and conducted interviews with the local people. In addition to the local people, the knowledge of local researchers who have knowledge of the historical history and geographical structure of the district has also been made available. As a result of all these, the data obtained is divided into various classes and the points that may be overlooked are minimized.