Kütahya (English spelling)

Japanese: キュタヒヤ（英語表記）Kütahya

A city in the center of western Turkey, capital of the province of the same name. It is located 60 km southwest of Eskisehir, on the Porsuk River, which flows at the foot of the hills. In ancient times, it was known as Kotiaeum, and was on the route from the Sea of Marmara to Mesopotamia, and its fate was shared with the rise and fall of the trade route. A medieval Byzantine town, it was occupied by the Seljuk Turks at the end of the 11th century, and after passing through Turkmen rule, it was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire in 1429. In the 16th century, it was known as a center of pottery, supplying tiles and painted pottery (faience) to mosques and churches both in Turkey and abroad. At the end of the 19th century, it was overtaken by the development of neighboring Eskisehir, but by the middle of the 20th century, industry flourished again and it regained prosperity. In addition to industries such as sugar refining, leather tanning, sodium nitrate, pottery, and carpet manufacturing, there are also handicrafts such as meerschaum pipes. It is connected to Afyonkarahisar and Eskisehir by railway and highway. Population: 139,440 (1990).

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Japanese:

トルコ西部中央の都市で，同名県の県都。エスキシェヒルの南西 60km，丘陵のふもとを流れるポルスク川沿いに位置する。古くはコティアエウムとして知られ，マルマラ海地方からメソポタミアへの通路にあって，交易路の盛衰と運命をともにした。中世ビザンチンの町で，11世紀末にセルジューク・トルコに占領され，トルクメンの支配を経て，1429年オスマン帝国に吸収された。 16世紀には製陶業の中心として知られ，国内外のモスク，聖堂などにタイルや彩色陶器 (ファイアンス) を供給した。 19世紀末には隣接するエスキシェヒルの発展に凌駕されたが，20世紀なかばには再び工業が隆盛となり繁栄を回復した。精糖，なめし皮，硝酸ソーダ，製陶，絨毯製造などの工業のほか，海泡石パイプなどの手工業などもある。アフィヨンカラヒサル，エスキシェヒルと鉄道，ハイウェーで結ばれている。人口 13万 944 (1990) 。

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