Kemalpaşa

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Kemalpaşa is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. Its name is antiquity was Nymphaion and this name was echoed in the Turkish name "Nif" that was used till the early years of the Republic of Turkey. Nif has been changed to Kemalpaşa in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who had spent the night of 8 September 1922 here, before closing the chapter of the Occupation of İzmir the next day, putting an end to the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the field. "Nif" is no longer used, even colloquially, although its status of former name is common knowledge. The hill on the foot of which the town lies is still called Mount Nif (Dağı). The city is well known for its cherries (Kemalpaşa kirazı) and also its pine forests, and situated close to İzmir right on the axis of İzmir-Ankara highway, has a fastly growing industrial base.

The historical background of Kemalpaşa, which lies 29 km west of İzmir, dates back to 1300 BC. It was host to the Hittites, ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman civilisations. The Karabel relief situated within the district boundaries was till recently the only Hittite trace in western Anatolia, but the recent discovery and the explorations currently conducted in the prehistoric mound of Ulucak Höyük, near the depending municipality of Ulucak, is likely to shed new lights to the region's ancient history.

Kemalpaşa (Nif, Nymphaion) was one of the centers that were densely populated by Anatolian Greeks till the first quarter of the 20th century, before the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations.

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