{{short description|Place in Denizli, Turkey}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox Turkey place | type = metro district | name = Çardak | image_skyline = Hanabad_Caravanserai_Cardak.jpg | image_caption = Hanabad Caravanserai | image_map = Denizli location Çardak.png | map_caption = Map showing Çardak District in Denizli Province | coordinates = {{coord|37|49|29|N|29|40|34|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | province = Denizli | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Ali Altiner | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 423 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/> | population_total = 8452 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = 20350 | area_code = 0258 | website = {{url|http://www.cardak.bel.tr/}} }} '''Çardak''' is a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Denizli Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its area is 423 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> and its population is 8,452 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> It is situated on the road from [[Denizli]] to [[Ankara]] near the banks of the [[Lake Acıgöl]].
[[Denizli]]'s airport ([[Çardak Airport]]) is in Çardak.
A very notable sight in the town is the [[caravanserai]] of Hanabad, built in the 13th century by the local ruler Esedüddin Ayaz during the reign of [[Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate|Seljuk]] [[sultan]] [[Alaeddin Keykubad I]]. It bears typical characteristics of [[Seljuks|Seljuk]] caravanserais and on its stones are carved fish, cow and human relics.
A small village until the early years of the [[Turkey|Turkish Republic]], Çardak started growing as of 1958 when it was made into a district. Streets and buildings are well arranged and it is a tidy little town.
The economy is based on agriculture, and [[surface mining]] of [[sodium sulfate]] reserves in [[Lake Acıgöl]] whose name means "the bitter lake". Services rendered to the airport are also taking an increasingly important share in the town's economy. Hanabad Caravanserai is being restored.
==Composition== There are 15 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Çardak District:<ref>[http://www.cardak.gov.tr/mahalli-idareler Mahalli İdareler], Çardak Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 23 August 2023.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * [[Ayvaz, Çardak|Ayvaz]] * Bahçelievler * [[Beylerli, Çardak|Beylerli]] * [[Çaltı, Çardak|Çaltı]] * Çınar * Cumhuriyet * [[Gemişli, Çardak|Gemişli]] * Gemişpınarı * [[Gölcük, Çardak|Gölcük]] * [[Hayriye, Çardak|Hayriye]] * Hürriyet * İstiklal * Saray * [[Söğütlü, Çardak|Söğütlü]] * Söğütözü {{div col end}}
==See also== * [[Çardak Airport]] * [[Lake Acıgöl]]
==References== {{Commons category|Çardak}} {{reflist}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Denizli|sortkey=Cardak|}} {{Çardak District}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardak}} [[Category:Çardak| ]] [[Category:Populated places in Denizli Province]] [[Category:Districts of Denizli Province]] [[Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey]]
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