Söğüt

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Söğüt
Municipality
Söğüt Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Söğüt Söğüt (Marmara) Show map of Marmara
Coordinates: 40°1′7″N 30°10′53″E / 40.01861°N 30.18139°E / 40.01861; 30.18139
Country	Turkey
Province	Bilecik
District	Söğüt
Government
• Mayor	İsmet Sever (MHP)
Population  (2021)[1]	13,566
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	11600
Area code	0228
Website	www.sogut.bel.tr

Söğüt (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈsœ.yt], lit. 'willow') is a town in Bilecik Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Söğüt District.^[2] Its population is 13,566 (2021).^[1] The mayor is İsmet Sever (MHP), elected in 2019.^[3]

Söğüt is notable as the founding location and first capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1335.

Name and etymology

The name of the settlement is first attested under the Greek name Thêbásion (Greek: Θηβάσιον or Θηβάσιο) in 13th century. According to Ottoman cadastral record books of 1487 in Hüdavendigâr area the town was registered under the Turkish name Beğsöğüdü or Bey Söğüdü, and this name took the form Söğüd in government records after the first half of the 17th century.^{[citation needed]}

History

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The town was originally known under the name Thêbásion and lay on a strategically important road between

The village of Thebasion until 1231 served during this time as the capital of the Osmanlı Beylik until the capture of the

Greek Army during the Turkish War of Independence

: 8–11 January 1921, 24 March-21 April 1921 and 12 July 1921 – 6 September 1922.

Today Söğüt is a small town in the humid river valley of Bilecik Province in Turkey. Turkish history and life-size statues of the Ottoman sultans are exhibited in the Söğüt Ethnographical Museum. It is also the 3rd biggest district center in its province after Bozüyük and Bilecik.

References

1. ^
   TÜİK
   . Retrieved 30 January 2023.
2. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. ^ Başkanın Özgeçmiş, Söğüt Municipality. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
4. ISBN 9780472095070
   . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
5. ^ Farrell & Fairey 2018, p. 113.

Sources

• Farrell, Brian P.; Fairey, Jack, eds. (2018). Empire in Asia: A New Global History From Chinggisid to Qing. Vol. 1. Bloomsbury Publishing.

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