Bekilli is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 304 km2, and its population is 6,424 (2022). Bekilli district area neighbors the district areas of Çal and Çivril, both also depending Denizli to the west, south and east, and those of two districts of Uşak Province to the north, namely Ulubey and Karahallı.
The town of Bekilli is located in the inner Aegean region midway between the province seats of Denizli and Uşak, at a distance of from the first and from the second.
The town is renowned for its vineyards and celebrates an annual wine festival. Viticulture is a principal constituent of local culture.
Until the confirmation of its site slightly north of the town and south of the present-day neighboring district center of Karahallı, at a very short distance from Bekilli, the location of Bekilli was one of the leading candidates matched with ancient Pepuza (as well as its neighboring Tymion), associated with Montanism. Nevertheless, there are interesting and yet largely unexplored traces dating from Phrygian, Lydian, Roman and early Christian and Byzantine periods within Bekilli district area itself.
Composition There are 15 neighbourhoods in Bekilli District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Bahçeli Bükrüce Çamköy Çoğaşlı Deşdemir Gömce İkizbaba Köselli Kutlubey Poyrazlı Sırıklı Üçkuyu Yahyalar Yeni Yeşiloba
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External links
The local radio station Bekilli Municipality Prefecture of Bekilli