Kayapa, İvrindi

Kayapa is a town (officially a neighborhood) in the İvrindi District, Balıkesir Province, Turkey. It is located approximately 15 kilometers southwest of the town of İvrindi. Its population is 1,733 (2012). In the past, each household in the town included at least one potter, so the place was known as Desti Diyarı ("Jug Land").[1][2][3]

Geography

The town's altitude is approximately 400 meters above sea level.[4] The terrain around the town is mountainous, geologically volcanic and sedimentary formations of the Neogene. The town is north of Taşoluk Creek; the valley of the creek is the main agricultural area in the area of the town. Clay deposits 2-3 kilometers northeast of the town are used for pottery making. The raw clay is almost black, but fires to red.[5][6]

Average annual temperature is 12.8 °C, with January the coldest month and July the warmest. Average annual rainfall is 680.3 millimeters, with the most rainfall in January and the least in August.[7]

History

The people of Kayapa reportedly first settled in a place called Dölağılı. After a war, two beys from that village settled their people in two separate places. These two villages eventually merged and became known as Ören. When Ören was struck by a disease called çarıkçıkartmaz (cholera), however, its people moved to what is now Kayapa.[8][9]

Kayapa was part of the Kaza of İvrindi in 1530.[10]

Between 1891 and 1893, the Kayapa Mosque was renovated and decorated.[11]

In July 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence,the Greek army occupied Kayapa. Skirmishes took place in and around the village. In September 1922, the Greeks abandoned the village.[12][13]

In 1929, Kayapa became part of the newly established (Bucak) of Osmanköy. However, in 1934, the center of this bucak was moved to Kayapa. In 1991, Kayapa was made a municipality (belediye).[14][15]

Economy

The town's economy relies on dryland farming, mainly tobacco and grapes, and on clay products such as bricks and pottery.[16]

Ceramics

The town's workshops produce ceramic items. Local names for these items include

  • bardak (jug, literally "cup")
  • emzikli bardak (jug with spout, literally "nippled cup")
  • emziksiz bardak (jug without spout, literally "nipple-less cup")
  • coptan destisi (small jug, literally more or less "jug of twig")
  • Balıkesir işi (large jug, literally "Balıkesir work") [17][18][19]

Festival

The town hosts an annual "Traditional Kayapa Jug and Cornelian Cherry Festival" (Geleneksel Kayapa Desti ve Kızılcık Festivali). The festival includes an oil wrestling tournament.[20][21][22]

References

  1. ^ Şimşir, Nahide (2003). "XIX. Yüzyılda Karesi Sancağı'nda Kayapa Köyü'nün Sosyo-Ekonomik Özellikleri" [Socio-Economic Characteristics of Kayapa Village in Karesi Sanjak in the 19th Century]. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları (in Turkish) (142): 122.
  2. ^ "Sade Nüfuslar" [Simple Populations] (PDF). Türkiye Belediyeler Birliği (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  3. ^ Akbulut, Elif (2023). Marmara Bölgesi'ndeki Çömlekçilik Merkezlerinin Araştırılması [Research into Pottery Centers in the Marmara Region] (master's thesis) (in Turkish). Serdivan: Sakarya Üniversitesi. p. 20. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  4. ^ Balıkesir İl Yıllığı [Balıkesir Provincial Yearbook] (in Turkish). 1967. p. 80. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  5. ^ Şimşir, Nahide (2003). "XIX. Yüzyılda Karesi Sancağı'nda Kayapa Köyü'nün Sosyo-Ekonomik Özellikleri" [Socio-Economic Characteristics of Kayapa Village in Karesi Sanjak in the 19th Century]. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları (in Turkish) (142): 122.
  6. ^ Akbulut, Elif (2023). Marmara Bölgesi'ndeki Çömlekçilik Merkezlerinin Araştırılması [Research into Pottery Centers in the Marmara Region] (master's thesis) (in Turkish). Serdivan: Sakarya Üniversitesi. pp. 20, 25. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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  8. ^ Balıkesir İl Yıllığı [Balıkesir Provincial Yearbook] (in Turkish). 1967. p. 80. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  9. ^ Koç, Aylin (2010). "Hastalık İsimlerinde Örtmece" [Euphemisms in Disease Names] (PDF). Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları (in Turkish) (188): 11. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  10. ^ Armağan, A. Munis (2009). Ege Tarihi Coğrafyası: Boylar, Aşiretler, Obalar, Kentler, Köyler, Tarihi Semtler [Historical Geography of the Aegean: Tribes, Clans, Settlements, Cities, Villages, Historical Districts] (in Turkish). Tire. p. 117. ISBN 978-975-98001-5-4. Retrieved 26 February 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  12. ^ Yazıcı, Nesimi (2002). "Millî Mücadelede Bir Mücahit veya Pıtır Hüseyin Efe'nin Anıları" [A Mujahid in the National Struggle, or the Memoirs of Pıtır Hüseyin Efe]. Ankara Üniversitesi Türk Inktlâp Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi (in Turkish) (29–30): 182, 193. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  13. ^ Balıkesir İl Yıllığı [Balıkesir Provincial Yearbook] (in Turkish). 1967. p. 80. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  14. ^ Şimşir, Nahide (2003). "XIX. Yüzyılda Karesi Sancağı'nda Kayapa Köyü'nün Sosyo-Ekonomik Özellikleri" [Socio-Economic Characteristics of Kayapa Village in Karesi Sanjak in the 19th Century]. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları (in Turkish) (142): 126.
  15. ^ Balıkesir İl Yıllığı [Balıkesir Provincial Yearbook] (in Turkish). 1967. pp. 79–80. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
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  17. ^ "Sanayi" [Industry]. T.C. İvrindi Kaymakamlığı (in Turkish). Cumhurbaşkanlığı İletişim Merkezi. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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  22. ^ Çalışkan, Vedat (2018). Türkiye'de Geleneksel Panayırlar: Birbirine Bağlı Bir Sistemde Çözülme ve Kültürel Fonksiyonlarda Kayıplar [Traditional Fairs in Turkey: Disintegration of an Interconnected System and Losses in Cultural Functions] (PDF). TÜCAUM 30. Yıl Uluslararası Coğrafya Sempozyumu. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi. pp. 1324, 1328. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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