Akköy

Akköy (Ottoman Turkish: اق کوی) is a town and a district of Denizli Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. A large part of the borders of Akköy district are surrounded by the area of the province seat Denizli's central district, to the south and to the east, and Akköy itself was a township depending Denizli directly until 1991, when it was made into a district center by its own right. To the west and the north Akköy district area neighbors those of three other districts of the same province, namely Sarayköy, Buldan and Güney clockqise. Akköy first came into existence with the fusion of two small villages, Aziziye and Sultaniye in reference to the 19th century Ottoman sultan, founded by Dagestani refugees of the Russo-Turkish War...