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Sandıklı

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Country
  
Turkey

Climate
  
Csb

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:38 PM

Elevation
  
1,095 m (3,593 ft)

Website
  
www.sandikli.bel.tr

Province
  
Afyonkarahisar Province

Sandıklı

Weather
  
14°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 42% Humidity

Sandıklı is a town and a district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It has a population of 60.126 of which 33.144 live in the city centre according to the 2010 census. The mayor is Mustafa Çöl (AKP).

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Sandıklı is famed for its marble quarries, its dairy cream kaymak, and its Turkish delight. People also come from all over Turkey to bathe in the hot springs and natural mud baths in the district.

Notable natives

  • Nuri Bilgin Professor of psychology at Ege Universitesi in İzmir. Father of writer Elif Şafak.
  • Ahmet Inam writer and philosopher, at Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
  • References

    Sandıklı Wikipedia