Nohutalan
Nohutalan is a village (officially a neighborhood) in the Urla district of Izmir province, Turkey. Its population in 2018 was 150.[1]
Name
The name of the village means “chickpea area” (Turkish: nohut + alan).
The village is listed as Nohoudalani or نخود آلانى in a government list from 1928 and as Nohutalanı in 1935.[2][3]
The village is listed Ροβιθόκαμπος (Rovithokampos; Greek: ροβίθι, "chickpea" + καμπος, "plain") or Νεούνταλάνι (Neoudalani) in various Greek sources.[4][5][6]
History
The village was populated by Greeks until the 1923 Population Exchange, when the Greeks of the village were sent to Greece. In 1940, the village was repopulated with descendants of Bosnian immigrants.[7]
Geography
The village is located in the western part of Urla district, on a plateau of hard rocky ground overlooking agricultural plains. It is 29 km from the center of Urla municipality and 67 km from the center of Izmir.
The village features a square, a mosque, a fountain (no longer flowing), a school building (no longer in use), a playground, a festival area constructed by the municipality, and a church (abandoned).
The D.300 İzmir-Çeşme Highway runs south of the village. The village is also on the following routes developed by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality:
- Germiyan-Nohutalan-Birgi-Barbaros walking route
- Zeytinler-Uzunkuyu-Nohutalan-Germiyan olive route
- Efes-Mimas bicycle route [8]
Products
Nohutalan is known for its melons, of which it produces 5000 tons per year.[9] The melons of the area are usually grown without irrigation, and when stored properly, by hanging, can keep fresh for six months or more. Thus they are known as "waterless melons" (susuz kavun) or "hanging melons" (askı kavunu).[10]
Chickpeas are also grown.[11]
References
- ^ Olğun, Tuba Nur; Yörür, Neriman (2020). "İzmir Urla, Nohutalan Mahallesi (Köyü) Kırsal Doku Özellikleri ve Koruma Sorunları" [Rural Texture and Conservation in the Nohutalan Neighborhood (Village) of Urla, Izmir]. International Social Sciences Studies Journal (SSSJ) (in Turkish). 6 (73): 4867–4868. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Son Teşkilatı Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları صوك تشكيرلة ملكيه ده كويلرمزك آدلری [Our Villages' Names according to the Latest Organization in Civil Service] (in Turkish). Dahiliye Vekaleti. 1928. p. 254. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Genel Nüfus Sayımı, 20 İlk Teşrin 1935: Kati ve Mufassal Neticeler: Köyler Nüfusu [General Census, October 20, 1935: Detailed Final Results: Village Population] (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyet Başbakanlık İstatistik Genel Direktörlüğü. 1937. p. 293. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Κορομηλά, Μαριάννα; Κοντάρας, Θοδωρής (1997). Ερυθραία. Ένας ευλογημένος μικρόκοσμος στην καρδιά της Ιωνίας [Erythrae: A Blessed Little World in the Heart of Ionia] (in Greek). Αθήνα: Πολιτιστικής Εταιρείας Πανόραμα. ISBN 960-85142-8-2.
- ^ "Περιήγηση". Η Χερσόνησος της Ερυθραίας: Ένας ευλογημένος τόπος (in Greek). Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Κοντάρα, Θοδωρή (12 September 2019). "Βουρλά, Σιβρισάρι, Τσεσμές και Καραμπουρνού. Οι σημαντικές πόλεις της Μικρασιατικής Ερυθραίας όπου άνθισε ο ελληνικός πολιτισμός. Τα επαγγέλματα, τα χωριά και οι εκκλησίες". mixanitouxronou.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Olğun; Yörür. "İzmir Urla, Nohutalan Mahallesi ..." SSSJ: 4868.
- ^ Olğun; Yörür. "İzmir Urla, Nohutalan Mahallesi ..." SSSJ: 4868, 4870, 4871.
- ^ "İlçemize Özgü Ürünler" [Products of Our District]. Urla Kaymakamlığı (in Turkish). Cumhurbaşkanlığı İletişim Merkezi. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Çeşme Kavunu Tescillendi" [Çeşme Melon Registered]. İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (in Turkish). 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Olğun; Yörür. "İzmir Urla, Nohutalan Mahallesi ..." SSSJ: 4871.