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Denizli

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Denizli (dĕnēzlē`), city (1990 pop. 203,130), capital of Denizli prov., W Turkey. Picturesquely situated, it is an agricultural market center and the gateway for excursions by tourists to the nearby ruins of Laodicea Laodicea , name of several Greek cities of Asia and Asia Minor built by the Seleucids in the 3d cent. B.C. The most important, Laodicea ad Lycum, was N of Colossae near the present Denizli. On the trade route from the East, the city prospered, particularly under Rome.
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 at Lycum and Hierapolis Hierapolis , ancient city of Phrygia, W Asia Minor, 7 mi (11.3 km) N of Laodicea and on a plateau 500 ft (152 m) above the Lycus valley (in present-day Turkey). Devoted to the worship of Leto in ancient times, it became an early seat of Christianity (Colossians 4.13).
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. The city was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1389. It was badly damaged by earthquakes in 1710 and 1899.
Denizli 

a city in southwestern Turkey, administrative center of the vilayet of Denizli. Population, 64,300 (1965). The city has a railroad station and is a road junction. It has textile manufacturing; manganese ore is mined in the vicinity. North of Denizli are the ruins of the ancient city of Laodicea.



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4 kg of hashish in Cal town of the western province of Denizli on Monday.
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Denizli lost Edouard Cisse and Turkish international Gokhan Zan in the transfer window, but he persuaded Nihat to return to the club where he made his name as well as bagging experienced defensive stalwarts Michael Fink and Matteo Ferrari.
 
 
 
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