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Denizli

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Denizli, Turkey Laodicea ad Lycum, Lādhīq ‘(Town of) Flowing Waters’. Lying close to the Çürüksu River, Denizli assumed the mantle of Laodicea ad Lycum ‘Laodicea‐on‐Lykos’, whose ruins stand some 4 miles (6 km) away, when it was abandoned in the 12th century. According to Ibn Battutah (1304–68/9), the famous Arab traveller, who visited Lādhīq, its alternative name was Dun Ghuzluh ‘Town of the Swine’.

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Denizli

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Denizli , 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 at Lycum and Hierapolis . The city was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1389. It was badly damaged by earthquakes in 1710 and 1899.

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