Aidin Vilayet

ولايت ايدين‎ Vilâyet-i Aidin' Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1864–1922 → Aidin Vilayet in 1900 Capital Smyrna[1] (Izmir) History  - Established 1864  - Disestablished 1922 Population  - Muslim, 1914[2] 1,249,067   - Greek, 1914[2] 299,097   - Armenian, 1914[2] 20,287   - Jewish, 1914[2] 35,041  Today part of  Turkey

The Vilayet of Aidin^[3] or Aydin, (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت ايدين, Vilâyet-i Aidin),^[4] also known as Vilayet of Smyrna or Izmir after its administrative centre, was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in the south-west of Asia Minor including the ancient Lydia, Ionia, Carla and western Lycia.^[1] It was described by the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica as the "richest and most productive province of Asiatic Turkey".^[1]

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 17,370 square miles (45,000 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 1,390,783.^[5] The stated accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.^[5]

Administrative divisions

Before 1914, the vilayet was subdivided into:^[6]

1. The Sanjak of Smyrna, subdivided into the kazas of Smyrna (İzmir, seat of the Vali), Nif, Kara Burun, Kush Adasy (Kuşadası), Cheshme (Çeşme), Odemish, Vurla (Urla), Focha (Foça), Bayndyr, Menemen, Bergama, Sivri Hissar (Seferihisar), and Tire.
2. The Sanjak of Sarukhan, subdivided into the kazas of Manisa, Alashehir, Kula, Ak Hissar, Salykhly (Salihli), Gordiz, Demirji, Eshme, Kyrkaghach, Soma, and Kassaba.
3. The Sanjak of Aidin, subdivided into the kazas of Aidin (Aydın), Nazly (Nazilli), Bozdoghan, Sokia (Söke), and China (Çine).
4. The Sanjak of Menteshe, subdivided into the kazas of Mughla, Milas, Makri, Budrum, Koijigez, and Mermeris.
5. The Sanjak of Denizli, subdivided into the kazas of Denizli, Davas, Glial, Buladan, Serai Koi, and Kara Aghach.

References

External links

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aidin". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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