Akhisar
Akhisar(pronounced: ah-kee-sahr, or mair formally, ahk-hee-sahr) is a coonty destrict an its toun centre inManisa Provincein theAegeanregion o WastrenTurkey.Akhisar is an aa the auncient ceety oThyatiraorThyateira.
Wi archaeological findins that are provin settlements goin back tae 3000 BC, Akhisar haes been a busy tred centre wi its strategic location at the intersection o important roads durin auncient an medieval ages. It wis ane o the ceeties whaur money wis first uised. Akhisar an aa hostit ane o the Seiven Kirks o Revelation (Thyateira, Thyatira). The name o the ceety is mentioned in theBible.Akhisar maintained its importance as a regional tred centre durin 600 years o Ottoman Empire.
The day's Akhisar is still the tred an business centre in its region. Akhisar's name is internaitionally recawed witobacco.The fertile Akhisar Plain produces aboot 10% o tot Turkish tobacco production. Akhisar's hie-qualityolivesanolive ileare an aa globally kent.
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