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Flag of Buldan, current and former versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 26 December 2017
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The municipality of Buldan (27,335 inhabitants in 2016; 51,000 ha) is located 40 km north-west of Denizli.
Ivan Sache, 12 January 2018
The flag of Buldan (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality". The former flag of Buldan (photo) was white with the municipality's former emblem.
The emblem features the ruins of Tripolis on the Meander.
Tripolis was a part of ancient Phrygia, but its border location causes
that it is occasionally assigned to Caria and Lydia. The city was
founded on the northern bank of the Meander river, in its upper course.
Its location on the route connecting Sardes and Philadelphia with
Laodycea allowed it to compete for regional influence with Hierapolis.
The coins minted in Tripolis were adorned with the head of the goddess
Latona, the mistress of Zeus and the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
The first records mentioning Tripolis are relatively late and come from
Pliny the Elder (the 1st century AD), who wrote about this city as of
Lydian settlement situated by the Meander river. Claudius Ptolemy (the
2nd century AD) and Stephanus of Byzantium (the 6th century AD) describe
Tripolis as a Carian town. The city was also known in ancient times
under the names Neapolis, Antoninopolis and Apollonia.
Thanks to the archaeological excavations it is now known that the
history of the settlement in Tripolis begins at least in the 4th
millennium BC. It has also been confirmed that the city development
gained its momentum during the Hellenistic period and Tripolis reached
the peak of its power in Roman times, especially in the period after the
2nd century AD. During this period new public buildings, including the
city gates, streets, baths, stadium, theatre and city council were
constructed.
In 325 AD the bishop of Tripolis took part in the First Council of
Nicaea. In 494 the city was partially destroyed by an earthquake. This
event started the gradual depopulation of Tripolis, which was sealed
with the Sassanid Persian invasions in the late sixth and seventh
centuries. City inhabitants, harassed by attackers, moved to the city of
Direbol, just 5 miles north of Tripolis, which was better protected by
the mountains.
From the forced migration until the 13th century the area of
Tripolis was abandoned. In the first half of the thirteenth century, the
hill above Tripolis was fortified by the Byzantines. In 1243 the peace
treaty between the Emperor John III Ducas of Nicea and the Seljuk sultan
Giyaseddin Keyhusrev II was signed in this fortress. In the beginning of
the fourteenth century the entire region around Denizli became an arena
of fighting between the Byzantine Empire and the Turkish tribes.
Eventually, Tripolis came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in 1429.
[Turkish Archaeological News, 28 December 2013]
Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 12 January 2018
Yenicekent
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Flag of Yenicekent - Image by Jens Pattke, 9 June 2015
The flag of Yenicekent (photo) was white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
Tomislav Šipek, 11 June 2013
