Country Turkey District Mustafakemalpaşa Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 3,550 (2012) | Province Bursa Province Elevation 35 m (115 ft) Postal code 16550 Area code 0224 | |
Tatkavaklı (former Kavaklı) is a town in Bursa Province, Turkey.
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- Geography
- History
- Economy
- References
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Geography
Tatkavaklı is in Mustafakemalpaşa district of Bursa Province. At 40°02′N 28°22′E it is on Turkish state road which connects Bursa to İzmir. Its distance to Mustafakemalpaşa is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and to Bursa is 89 kilometres (55 mi). The population of the town was 3550 as of 2012.
History
The settlement was founded by a group of families migrated from Kangal (Sivas Province, east of Central Anatolia) in the early 16th century. The first building of the settlement was a mosque commissioned by Sipahi Kapucu a tımarlı sipahi (fief holder) of the Ottoman Empire in 1505. The earlier name of the settlement was Kavaklı ("with poplar") . But in 1973 when the settlement was declared a seat of township, the prefrix Tat was added referring to a factory around.
Economy
The economy of the town depends on agriculture. There is a tomato paste factory and a dairy products factory around the town.