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![[Municipality flag]](../images/t/tr-45-ak20.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek,
27 January 2022
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The new flag is white with a new logo.
https://www.manisameydangazetesi.com.tr/akhisar-belediyesi-2021-yilinin-son-meclis-toplantisi-yapildi/6566/
Tomislav Šipek, 27 January 2022
The municipality of Akhisar (160,620 inhabitants in 2010, 107,086 in the town
of Akhisar; 170,698 ha) is located 50 km north-east of Manisa.
The new
logo was adopted on 13 November 2020.
"T.C.", standing for "Türkiye
Cumhuriyeti", "Republic of Turkey", was added.
The crescent and star
symbolizes the Turkish idiosyncrasy and Islam. They point upwards as a symbol of
independence and freedom.
The olive tree represents the mains source of
income in the region, as Akhisar's "black gold". Mentioned in sacred texts,
olive has been a symbol of peace, abundance and fertility for centuries. The
color of the elements of the logo is the color of olive oil.
The column
represents the old town of Thyateira, highlighting Akhisar's 6000 years long
history.
The labrys (double-bladed axe) belonged, according to Hellenistic
texts, to the Amazons living in Anatolia.
https://www.akhisar.bel.tr/haberler/3507/yeni-ve-cagdas-logomuz-yayinlandi.html
Municipal website
Turkey has the second place in table olive
production and fourth place in olive oil production in the world. Olive
production may fluctuates due to periodicity of olive trees, but exports of
table olives have been continuously increasing over the last years. In 2012, the
export of table olives have been reached US$ 118 million in Turkey. Aegean
region is the major olive production area in Turkey and there are more than 12
million olive trees in the Akhisar district of Manisa which is also known for
largest number of olive trees in Turkey.
[A.A. Aydar & A.O. Aydar. 2013.
Production and characteristics of olive and olive oils in Akhisar district of
Turkey. 2nd Conference on Traditional Foods From Adriatic to Caucasus]
Thyatheira, a considerable city in the north of Lydia, on the river Lycus, and
on the road leading from Sardes in the south to Germa in the north. It was
anciently called Pelopeia, Euhippa, and Semiramis. Strabo calls it a Macedonian
colony, which probably means only that during the Macedonian period it was
increased and embellished, for Stephanus B., admitting that it previously
existed under other names, relates that Seleucus Nicator gave it the name of
Thygateira or Thyateira on being informed that a daughter (Θυγάτηρ) was born to
him. But whatever we may think of this etymology, it seems clear that the place
was not originally a Macedonian colony, but had existed long before under other
names, and at one period belonged to Mysia.
After the time of Antiochus
Nicator, however, it became an important place, and is often noticed in history.
When the two Scipios arrived in Asia on their expedition against Antiochus the
Great, the latter was encamped near Thyateira, but retreated to Magnesia. After
the defeat of the Syrian king, the town surrendered to the Romans.
In
Christian times Thyatira appears as one of the seven Churches in the Apocalypse;
in the Acts of the Apostles (16.14) mention is made of one Lydia, a
purple-seller of Thyateira, and at a still later period we hear of several
bishops whose see it was.
[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=thyateira-geo,
W. Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 1854]
In 366, the
Cilician commander Procopius (325-366) attempted to claim the Roman throne. The
legions under his command met the troops of Valens (328-378), the brother of the
heir to the Roman throne, Valentinian I (321-378), in Thyateira. At the end of
the battle, the usurper was captured and executed.
Known to the Byzantines as
Asprokastro, the town was seized in 1307 by the Turks, who renamed it to Akhisar
and incorporated in 1390 to the Ottoman Empire. The town was part of the sanjak
of Saruhan, transformed into a province in 1923 and renamed to Manisa in 1927.
A part of the ruins of the town of Thyateira can be seen today at the Tepe
Mezarı site in Akhisar's downtown.
https://www.akhisar.bel.tr/akhisardayasam/14/akhisarin-tarihcesi.html
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 29 January 2022
![[Municipality flag]](../images/t/tr-45-ak.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 9 November 2012
The [former] flag of Akhisar (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
Tomislav Šipek, 15 October 2012
Akhisar Chamber of Commerce and Industry
![[Flag]](../images/t/tr-45$ak.gif)
Flag of ATSO - Image by Ivan Sache, 12 October 2017
The flag of ATSO is white with the organization's emblem (photo, photo, photo).
Ivan Sache, 12 October 2017
Akhisar Commodity Exchange
![[Flag]](../images/t/tr-45$a1.gif)
Flag of the Akhisar Commodity Exchange - Image by Ivan Sache, 12 October 2017
The Akhisar Commodity Exchange was established
on 22 August 1968.
The flag of the Akhisar Commodity Exchange (photo) is white with the organization's emblem and name written below in grey letters.
Ivan Sache, 12 October 2017
![[Flag]](../images/t/tr-45@ak.gif)
Flag of Akhisar - Image by Ivan Sache, 21 February 2016
Akhisar Belediyespor (website) was established in 1970 as the merger of three clubs (Güneşspor, Gençlikspor, and Doğanspor) from Manisa. The club's football section won the Second League in 2012 and has been playing in the First League since then.
The flag of Akhisar Belediyespor (photo) is white with the club's emblem in the center.
Ivan Sache, 21 February 2016