Kütahya
Kütahya (Latin: Cotyaeum) is the central city of Kütahya Province in the Aegean Region. The Kütahya region has a wide slope area with agricultural lands culminating on high mountain ridges in the north and west. The Greek name of the city is Kotyaion and the Roman name is Cotyaeum.
According to ancient sources, coins and inscriptions, the old name of Kütahya was "Kotiaeion" (Cotiaeion). The famous ancient geographer Strabo states that this name means "City of Kotys". Kotys is the name of a commander who was one of the Odris living in Thrace and was sent to Anatolia by the Romans in 38 AD. This name is referred to as "Koti" on a coin found in the Kütahya Archaeological Museum. The name Kütahya was given by the Turks by analogy with the old one. The population of the province is 249,558 as of 2013. Its population fell from 17,000 in 1927 to 131,000 in 1990, 167,000 in 2000, 213,000 in 2008, 235,000 in 2010, and 228,000 in 2014. Today, the must-see places of the city include Kütahya Castle, Cumhuriyet Caddesi (New name Sevgi Yolu), the vase made of tiles that have become the symbol of the city, and the historical Germiyan Street, the Clock Tower, the Zafertepe Monument, the Historical Government House (currently used as the Courthouse). Phrygian Valleys.
Kütahya is one of the new members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network announced on October 31, 2017, and has been awarded the title of "Creative City" in the field of "Crafts and Folk Art".
