Takmak, Eşme Explained

Type:village
Province:Uşak
District:Eşme
Takmak
Population Total:454
Population As Of:2022
Coordinates:38.4486°N 28.9769°W

Takmak is a village in Eşme District of Uşak Province, Turkey.[1] [2] Its population is 454 (2022). The village is famous for its rugs. But nowadays rug production is reduced.

Takmak is 6 km from the town of Eşme. It has a continental climate transitioning to a Mediterranean climate and there was a Greek speaking population in the town until 1922.

Economy

Like most villages in the district the village economy of agriculture and animal husbandry is based mainly on tobacco farming, which has fallen dramatically in the past years. Today's main agricultural activities; wheat, barley, vetch, corn, and bean cultivation. There are a limited number of families dealing vineyard. Livestock breeding cattle in the foreground. The milk produced is sold to various milk factory obtained a substantial income.

Archaeology

Ruins near Takmak have been tentatively identified as the remains of Mesotymolus, a Byzantine era City and Bishopric.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy
  2. http://www.usakozelidaresi.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_koybil&page=show_ad&catid=7&adid=172&Itemid=93 Uşak İl Özel İdaresi
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1143.htm Titular Episcopal See of Mesotymolus