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| official_name           = Emirdağ
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| leader_title            = Governor
| leader_name             = Mehmet Özel
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| leader_name1            = Cengiz Pala ([[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]])
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| timezone                = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
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| postal_code             = 03600
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'''Emirdağ''' is a town and district of [[Afyonkarahisar Province]] in [[Turkey]], between the city of [[Afyon]] and [[Eskişehir]]. The district covers an area of 2,009&nbsp;km², and the population (2014) is 38,269 of which 19,093 live in the town of Emirdağ itself.<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/6WFCR7KBp?url=http://rapory.tuik.gov.tr/09-02-2015-12:28:44-113389077016452324121978970929.html</ref> The mayor is Cengiz Pala ([[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]]).

The Emir Mountains rise steeply behind the town. The region is vulnerable to earthquakes. The weather is very cold in winter.

==Etymology== 
The actual name of Emirdağ was '''Amorion'''. ({{lang-el|Ἀμόριον}}) After [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Arab attacks on Anatolia and sieges of Constantinople|Arab conquests of Anatolia]] was the city named as '''Ammūriye''' by Arab-Islamic sources. Emirdağ was called after the Ottoman rule as '''Hergen Kale''' which refers to the [[Amorium|old city]] outside the town. After 17th century, the city was named as '''Muslucalı''' (Which means ''"From Mosul"'') due to the mass immigrations of Turkmens from [[Mosul Vilayet|Mosul]] and [[Rakka Eyalet|Rakka]].<ref>[http://www.turkmenhost.com/documents/Avshar/index.htm Avşar Türkmenleri, Oğuz Menderes Kaya]</ref> From 1867 until the foundation of the [[Turkish Republic]], the town was named '''Azîziyye''' in honour of Sultan [[Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire|Abdülâziz]]. After the [[Turkish War of Independence|Turkish war of independence]] at 1932 the name ''"Emirdağ"'' was restored by [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] which derives from Seljuk commander Emir Ahmed Mengücek who defeated the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] by the Battle of Bolybotum and rested by the [[mountain range]] near the area during the battle, therefore the mountain was named as ''"Emirdağ"''.<ref>http://www.turkcebilgi.com/emir_da%C4%9F%C4%B1</ref>

"[[Emir]]" means ''High officer'' and "dağ" means ''mountain''.

==History==
The area has been occupied since at least 1437 BC by a succession of peoples beginning with [[Hittites]], [[Lydians]], [[Persia]]ns, and [[Greeks]].{{citation needed|date=July 2015|comment=I'm sure it was populated long before that; where does that date come from?}}

The ruins of the [[Hellenistic Empire|Hellenistic]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city of [[Amorium]] lie about 12&nbsp;km east of Emirdağ. Amorium was one of the four principal Byzantine cities in [[Anatolia]], and was the home of the Byzantine [[Amorian dynasty]]. It was conquered in 838-845 by the [[Abbassid]] Caliph [[Al-Mu'tasim]].

The area was settled by [[Turkmen people|Turkmen]] from 1068 onwards and particularly following the battle of nearby [[Bolvadin]], between the Byzantines and the [[Seljuk Turks]]. Later further waves of Turkmen followed including the [[Dulkadirids]]; [[Yörük]] nomads were settled here by the [[Ottoman Empire]].

During the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)|Greco-Turkish War]], Emirdağ was occupied by Greek forces from 16 August 1921 till 22 September 1921.<ref>[http://www.emirdag.com.tr/index.php/ahmet-urfal/6468-emirdag-n-duesman-isgalinden-kurtulusunun-94-y-ldoenuemue] EMİRDAĞ’IN DÜŞMAN İŞGALİNDEN KURTULUŞUNUN 94.YILDÖNÜMÜ</ref>

==Emirdağ today==
Many Turkish migrants in [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]] originally came from Emirdağ and the surrounding villages, including Karacalar where there is a strong [[Alevi]] minority. People originally went abroad to work as miners in the 1950s and nowadays are typically occupied with running restaurants, cafes, and bars.

This emigration helps to explain why the population growth in Emirdağ in recent decades has been less than most Anatolian towns (the population of the town in 1960 was 10,069). It also means that in summer the district is swollen with local families returning on vacation.

Many of these families have invested their savings in apartment buildings, offices and shops (and smart cars) in Emirdağ. This is still a typical Turkish country town and quite conservative; the tea-gardens are segregated into areas for families and single men. There are some basic restaurants and internet cafes. There is a [[jandarma]] training camp in Emirdağ and the army is important for the economy of the town in winter.

The local cuisine includes [[arabaşı]], a soup with dumplings.

==Politics==
Ugur Serdar Kargın ([[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]]) is elected as new mayor in 2014. The council had an ''alderman for external affairs'' in 2004-2009, Metin Edeer ([[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]]), who has been living in [[Schaerbeek]] ([[Brussels]]) since 1978, where he runs two restaurants and presided over an association of people from Emirdağ (EYAD); he visits Emirdağ during the summer holidays.<ref>Mehmet Koksal, '[https://web.archive.org/web/20041021173759/http://www.minorites.org/article.php?IDA=1251 Emirdag et son échevin belge des Affaires étrangères]', ''Minorites.org'', 14 April 2004 {{fr icon}}</ref>

Previous mayors:
*Lütfi Ihsan Dag, [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]] (2004-2009)
*Ismet Güler, [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|CHP]] (1994-2004)
*Ali Kocaman, [[True Path Party|DYP]] (1989-1994)
*Ömer Faruk Pala, [[Social Democratic People's Party (Turkey)|SHP]] (1985-1989)
*Erol Sarıer, [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|ANAP]] (1984-1985)
*Hacı Ali Kılıçalp

===Mayors and electoral results in the district===
There are 6 municipalities (''belediye'')<ref>[http://www.emirdag.gov.tr/sayfa_goster.asp?h_id=89 Emirdağ Kaymakamiği. Belediyelerimiz]</ref><ref>[http://www.yerelnet.org.tr/belediyeler/belediye_listesi.php A Harfi ile Başlayan Belediyeler] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027113644/http://www.yerelnet.org.tr/belediyeler/belediye_listesi.php |date=October 27, 2007 }}</ref> in the district, and 57 villages (''köy'')
*Emirdağ: Cengiz Pala ([[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]])
*Adayazı: Cema Güçlü ([[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|CHP]])
*Aşağı Piribeyli: Recep Çelik ([[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]])
*Bademli: Musa Karamanlı ([[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]])
*Davulga: Salih Gündoğan ([[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]])
*Gömü: Hakkı Tekin ([[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]])

==Population Statistics==
The statistics of the population of Emirdağ since 2007 according to TUIK ([http://www.tuik.gov.tr Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu]) are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Total !! Town Center !! Urban
|-
| 2014 || 38.269 || 19.093 || 19.197
|-
| 2010 || 42.111 || 19.991 || 22.120
|-
| 2009 || 42.848 || 20.253 || 22.595
|-
| 2008 || 43.706 || 20.531 || 23.175
|-
| 2007 || 46.199 || 21.898 || 24.301
|-
|}

==Muhacir settlements==
According to [[Sevan Nişanyan]]'s ''Index Anatolicus'', several villages in the area of Davulga were originally Azeri settlements: İncik, Karakuyu, Daydalı, Davulga itself, Avdan, Eşrefli, Yeniköy, Gelincik (before 1928: Vahdetiye), Yarıkkaya and Aşağıaliçomak.<ref>Sevan Nişanyan, "[http://nisanyanmap.com/?y=&t=Davulga&u=1&ua=0 Davulga]", ''Index Anatolicus''</ref>

The village of Yusufağa was founded in 1901 by Bulgarian emigrants.<ref>Sevan Nişanyan, "[http://nisanyanmap.com/?yer=48302&haritasi=yusufa%C4%9Fa Yusufağa]", ''Index Anatolicus''</ref>

== Emirdağ Folk Songs ==
Emirdağ Folk Songs are very famous.

Some Emirdağ Folk Songs: 
* Al Fadimem
* Emirdağ'ı Birbirine Ulalı
* Harmana Sererler
* Suvermez Diyorlar
* Zalım Poyraz
* Dabandan
* Düz Oyun
* Pancar Ektim Emirdağ'ın Düzüne
* Ağıl Ören
* Yoğurt Çaldım Kazana
* Yalanmıydı Yaşar
* Ekizce Üstünde Bir Karabulut
* Emirdağ'ın Güzelleri
* Kuşburnu Pürlenirmi
* Ta Yaylanın Yükseğinde Evleri
* Erzurumdan Çevirdiler Yolumu
* Eylülde Gel
* Emirdağına Vardım Sabaha Karşı

==Settlements==
{{colbegin||18em}}
*[[Ablak, Emirdağ]]
*[[Adayazı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Alibeyce, Emirdağ]]
*[[Avdan, Emirdağ]]
*[[Ağılcık, Emirdağ]]
*[[Aşağıaliçomak, Emirdağ]]
*[[Aşağıkurudere, Emirdağ]]
*[[Aşağıpiribeyli, Emirdağ]]
*[[Bademli, Emirdağ]]
*[[Balcam, Emirdağ]]
*[[Bağlıca, Emirdağ]]
*[[Başkonak, Emirdağ]]
*[[Beyköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Beyören, Emirdağ]]
*[[Burunarkaç, Emirdağ]]
*[[Büyüktuğluk, Emirdağ]]
*[[Camili, Emirdağ]]
*[[Ciftlik, Emirdağ]]
*[[Davulga, Emirdağ]]
*[[Daydalı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Dağılgan, Emirdağ]]
*[[Dağınık, Emirdağ]]
*[[Demircili, Emirdağ]]
*[[Dereköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Ekizce, Emirdağ]]
*[[Elhan, Emirdağ]]
*Emirdağ
*[[Emirinköyü, Emirdağ]]
*[[Eskiakören, Emirdağ]]
*[[Eşrefli, Emirdağ]]
*[[Gedikevi, Emirdağ]]
*[[Gelincik, Emirdağ]]
*[[Gökçeyaka, Emirdağ]]
*[[Gömü, Emirdağ]]
*[[Gözeli, Emirdağ]]
*[[Güneyköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Güneysaray, Emirdağ]]
*[[Güveççi, Emirdağ]]
*[[Hamzahacılı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Hisar, Emirdağ]]
*[[Karaağaç, Emirdağ]]
*[[Karacalar, Emirdağ]]
*[[Karakuyu, Emirdağ]]
*[[Karayatak, Emirdağ]]
*[[Kılıçlar, Emirdağ]]
*[[Kılıçlı Kavlaklı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Kılıçlı kavlaklı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Kırkpınar, Emirdağ]]
*[[Kuruca, Emirdağ]]
*[[Kurudere, Emirdağ]]
*[[Leylekli, Emirdağ]]
*[[Salihler, Emirdağ]]
*[[Sığracık, Emirdağ]]
*[[Soğukkuyu, Emirdağ]]
*[[Suvermez, Emirdağ]]
*[[Tabaklar, Emirdağ]]
*[[Tepeköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Tezköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Toklucak, Emirdağ]]
*[[Topdere, Emirdağ]]
*[[Türkmen, Emirdağ]]
*[[Türkmenakören, Emirdağ]]
*[[Umraniye, Emirdağ]]
*[[Veysel, Emirdağ]]
*[[Y. kurudere, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yarıkkaya, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yarımca, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yavuz, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yenikapı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yeniköy, Emirdağ|Yenikoy]]
*[[Yeniköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yukarıkurudere, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yusufağa, Emirdağ]]
*[[Yüreğil, Emirdağ]]
*[[Çatallı, Emirdağ]]
*[[Çaykışla, Emirdağ]]
*[[Çiftlik, Emirdağ]]
*[[Çiftlikköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Örenköy, Emirdağ]]
*[[Özkan, Emirdağ]]
*[[İncik, Emirdağ]]
{{colend}}

==Notable natives==
Emirdağ has long had a rich folk culture and has given us many folk songs ([[türkü]]) and singers including in the 20th century.

*[[Kubat]] - popular singer specialising in a hybrid of Turkish folk music with electronic instruments. He was brought up in Belgium of an Emirdağ family.
*[[Azra Akın]] - [[Miss World 2002]], brought up in the [[Netherlands]] of an Emirdağ family.
*[[Tevfik Başer]] - film director
*[[Bülent Akın]] - [[Association football|Footballer]] who has played for Turkish giants [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] and English club [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
*[[Fuat Çapa]] - Belgian-Turkish football manager.
*[[Cemal Çavdarlı]] - Former Belgian member of Parliament
*Necdet Sağlam -  Director at Association Civil Society and Development Institute, Anadolu University

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Refimprove|date=March 2008}}

==External links==
* [http://www.doaks.org/abstracts05/ByzSym05Lightfoot.html Christopher S. Lightfoot, ''Trade and Industry in Byzantine Anatolia – The Evidence from Amorium'', 2005 (abstract)]
* [http://www.amoriumexcavations.org/ Archaeological site of Amorium]
* [http://www.emirdag.bel.tr/ Emirdağ Municipality web site]
* [http://www.emirdag.gen.tr/ News about Emirdağ]

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