title: Kuyucak
text: Kuyucak is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 544 km2, and its population is 26,111 (2022). It is  from the city of Aydın on the E24 highway that connects İzmir and Denizli,  east of İzmir. Kuyucak is near the larger town of Nazilli.
  
  Etymology
  The word of Kuyucak probably comes from kuyuçok (means "many wells").
  
  Geography
  In the foothills of the Aydın mountains, the economy of Kuyucak is based on agriculture. The mountain districts produce olive oil, while the lowland plain of the Büyük Menderes River produces high quality oranges, figs and cotton.
  Kuyucak itself is a small town of 7,200 people. 
  
  Kuyucak has a typical Aegean climate, with hot summers, rainy autumns, chilly winters and sunny springs.
  
  Composition
  There are 36 neighbourhoods in Kuyucak District:
  
   Aksaz
   Aydınoğlu
   Azizabat
   Başaran
   Belenova
   Beşeylül
   Bucakköy
   Çamdibi
   Çobanisa
   Cumhuriyet
   Dereköy
   Fatih
   Gencelli
   Gencellidere
   Horsunlu
   İğdecik
   Karapınar
   Kayran
   Kurtuluş
   Kurtuluş (Horsunlu)
   Merkez Beşeylül
   Musakolu
   Mustafapaşa
   Ören
   Ovacık
   Pamucak
   Pamukören
   Sarıcaova
   Taşoluk
   Yakuppaşa
   Yamalak
   Yaylalı
   Yeni
   Yeşildere
   Yöre
   Yukarıyakacık
  
  Transportation
  There are regular buses from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Nazilli and Denizli (70 km to the west). The town is also on the Izmir-Denizli railway line and there is a daily train service.
  
  History
  A few km southeast of Kuyucak lie the ruins of Antioch on the Maeander, an ancient Byzantine city.
  Independence day is celebrated on 5 September, the date that Kuyucak was liberated at the end of the Turkish War of Independence.
  
  Kuyucak in popular culture
   "Kuyucaklı Yusuf" (Yusuf of Kuyucak) is the title of a major novel published in 1937 by Sabahattin Ali about the small-town life in Turkey. The story was made into a film in 1985 by Feyzi Tuna.
  
  References
  
  External links 
   the municipality
   the district governorate
  
  Populated places in Aydın Province
  Districts of Aydın Province
   
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey