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Cine District Guide

Cine Aydin

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Cine is a district of Aydin City, in the Aegean region of Turkey, 38 km. from the city of Aydin, on the road to Mugla.

Formerly known as Kiroba, Cine's an attractive rural district in the southern part of the valley of the Big Menderes River, on the southern flank of Madran mountain. The local economy depends on mining of quartz and amethyst, forestry and agriculture. A dam is being built for a hydro electric power station, after which the reservoir will be used to irrigate the surrounding farmland, however this project, which began in 1995, was still incomplete as of 2006. Cine local cuisine features meatball and fish.

Throughout the ages this area has belonged to the Ionians, Caria, Lydians, Persia, Ancient Rome and Byzantium, was viciously fought over by the Seljuk Turks and Byzantines, eventually ending up in the hands of the Anatolian beylik of the Mentese. The original settlement is 8 km. south of the modern town.

In 1426 the area was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Murat II. The town grew in the IXX. C. when following the Russo Turkish war of 1877-1878 displaced Turks from Russia were resettled here by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The town was destroyed by fire in 1900 and rebuilt.

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