OUR CITY - DENİZLİ
Denizli  is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey.
It is surrounded by a beautiful valley in an area rich in culture and history. The Luvians were the first inhabitants, followed by the Hittites centuries later. Throughout time the fertile plain nourished other civilizations, too: the Phrygians, Lydians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and the Ottomans.Â
POPULATION
The city has a population of about 650,000 . Denizli has achieved a remarkable economic development in the last decades based on textile production and export.
THE SYMBOL OF THE CITY ďƒ’
Denizli is most famous for its Denizli rooster. Since ancient times, it has only ever been raised in Denizli. During the first year of its life its crowing period lasts for about 20 seconds. This period gets longer as the rooster matures.
PAMUKKALE
The province of Denizli is one of the tourism centres which attracts the tourists with unique Pamukkale (meaning Cotton Castle in Turkish).The place is beautiful, and unique in the world with its white travertine offering spectacular scenery and also the thermal water, which is believed to be good for health.
ANCIENT CITIES
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The ruins of the ancient city of Laodiceia, which was one of the Seven Churches mentioned in the book of Revelations, is 6km away from the Province of Denizli.
The city of Hierapolis was founded by the Pergamon King Eumenes II in 190 B.C. As a result of several earthquakes, a great part of the town was destroyed, and its people migrated.
PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY
Pamukkale University (PAU), founded in 1992 in Denizli , has 45,000 students and 1400 academicians.