Ahmetli is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 227 km2,[3] and its population is 16,963 (2022).[1] The town lies at an elevation of 90 m (295 ft), near the river Gediz.
History
By the end of Greek Invasion of Anatolia, Ahmetli and all its surrounding villages were burned by the retreating Greek forces. The Greek soldier Giannis Koutsonicolas from Arahova describes the events with the following words;[4]
in the evening we left and passing through Ahmetli we burned it, as well as all the villages, marching all night, and almost in the morning we reached Kasaba which was being burned, as well as Çobanisa and Manisa and all the villages.
^Κουτσονικόλας, Γιάννης (2008). Ασημάκης, Στάθης (ed.). Απ' την Αράχωβα στα Κράσπεδα της Άγκυρας. Ημερολόγιο Εκστρατείας 1919-1922 (in Greek). Athens, Greece: Δήμος Αράχωβας. p. 217. ISBN9789608854222. το βράδυ φύγαμε και διαβαίνοντες το (Αχμετλί) το κάψαμε, καθώς και όλα τα χωριά, βαδίζοντες όλην την νύχτα το πρωί σχεδόν φτάσαμε εις (Κασαμπά) όπου εκαίετο καθώς και η (Τσουμπανισιάν) και (Μαγνησία) και όλα τα χωριά.
^Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.