Time zone EET (UTC+2) Licence plate 09 | Elevation 160 m (525 ft) Postal code 09000 Area code 0256 | |
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Points of interest Aydın Arkeoloji Müzesi, Tales Matematik Müzesi, İstiklal Anıtı, Gençlik Parki |
Efeler is a new intracity district and second level municipality in Aydın Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created new districts within the capital city which have second level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality. . Efeler is one of them.
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Thus after 2014 the present Aydın central district was named Efeler and the name Aydın was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (Efeler is the plural of the title Efe and it refers to the irregular soldiers who fought during the Turkish War of Independence)
Rural area
There were 5 towns and 57 villages in the rural area of Efeler. Now their status became "neighborhood of Efeler".