Sinanpasa
General Information
District: Afyonkarahisar, State: Aegean Region, Turkey
Area: 845 km²
Languages Spoken: Turkish
Long Distance Code: (+90) 0272
Best Time to Visit: May to August
International Access: Eskisehir Anadolu Airport (AOE)Description
Sinanpasa (or Sincanli) is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey on a plain surrounded by pine-covered mountains, 33 km from the city of Afyon on the road to Usak and Izmir. It covers an area of 845 km², and the population (2010) is 42,294 of which 3,924 live in the town of Sinanpasa, while the majority live in the surrounding countryside. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are dry and hot. History The area has been a crossroads since antiquity, with archaeological evidence indicating habitation since 4000 BC. Surface excavations in the village of Kücükhöyük go back to 3000 BC. The name Sinan Pasa comes from the son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks who in 1473 took refuge with Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II during the war between the Akkoyunlu and the warrior Uzun Hasan (the Otlukbeli War). Later in the Ottoman period the important general Hersekzade Ahmet Pasa settled here in the village still known as Ahmet Pasa today. The town was occupied by Greek forces during the Turkish War of Independence, but was recovered during the great Turkish counter-attack in 1922.Location
Sinanpasa (or Sincanli) is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey on a plain surrounded by pine-covered mountains, 33 km from the city of Afyon on the road to Usak and Izmir. It covers an area of 845 km²Climate
Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are dry and hot.