Eğerce
Eğerce is located in Turkey
Eğerce
Eğerce
Location in Turkey
Eğerce is located in Marmara
Eğerce
Eğerce
Eğerce (Marmara)
Coordinates: 40°21′40″N 28°37′55″E / 40.36111°N 28.63194°E / 40.36111; 28.63194
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBursa
DistrictMudanya
Population
 (2022)
286
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Eğerce (also: Eyerci) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mudanya, Bursa Province in Turkey.[1] Its population is 286 (2022).[2]

The village was present during the Ottoman period, and archival evidence suggests that the village is more than 420 years old. In the 17th century the village was a Christian village and the name of it was "Eğerciler", which meant "saddle-makers" in Turkish. The village was providing sheep to the capital in the beginning of the 17th century.[3]

References

  1. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. Yılmaz, Gülay (1 December 2015). "The Devshirme System and the Levied Children of Bursa in 1603-4". Belleten (in Turkish). 79 (286): 901–930. doi:10.37879/belleten.2015.901. ISSN 0041-4255.



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