Eğlenhoca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karaburun, İzmir Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 471 (2022).[2]
The name of the village has sometimes been spelled Eylenhoca in Turkish, for instance, in the records of the Turkish census from 1945[3] to 1975.[4] The name of the village appears in an early 20th-century German atlas as Jylan Chodja (Yılan Hoca)[5] and in Greek as Γιλανχοτζας (Yilankhotzas).[6]
The village is known for its farms, livestock, and vineyards,[7] especially for the Sultaniye and Razaki varieties of grape[8] and the Hurma variety of olive[9][10] and is included in the İzmir Municipality's touristic Olive and Vineyard Routes.[11]
A Paleolithic site has been reported at Kemerdağı, east of the village.[12] Ancient settlements have also been reported in the area of the village, with Byzantine-era building stones, columns, and a relief found in nearby fields.[13]
The present village is said to have been founded in 1505.[14]
In 1936, because of famine brought about by the failure of the grape crop, the Red Crescent distributed staple foods to the village and surrounding area.[15][16][17][18] In 1949, the village and surrounding area experienced an earthquake of X intensity on the Mercalli-Sieberg scale, which left several houses uninhabitable.[19] A delegation of politicians including Celâl Bayar and Adnan Menderes visited the village and surrounding area soon after the earthquake.[20] In 1969, the village and surrounding area experienced another earthquake which caused heavy damage.[21]
The population of the village has been declining overall since the 1960s:
Before the construction of major roads, the village depended on boat transportation, with a pier to the north of the village in Kösedere İskelesi on the Gulf of Izmir.[32] In 1933, the Urla-Karaburun road was opened, passing very near the village.[33]
A traditional house in Eğlenhoca has one or two stories. The walls of the lower story are built of yellowish-white rubble stones, with gaps filled by smaller stones and bits of brick or tile. The stones are bound with mud mortar to form walls 60-80 cm thick. The corners of the walls are shaped with somewhat larger and more-shaped rubble stones. Timber ties are also often used. The exterior walls of the upper story are similar to those of the lower story, but only 50-60 cm thick. The interior walls of the upper story are bağdadi work, that is, a timber frame with horizontal laths covered in a thick mixture of mud and straw. Roofs are timber frame, hipped or in a gable, and covered in alaturka "over and under" tiles. In 2019, 42% of buildings in the village were of traditional type, though some were in ruins.[34]
The traditional head decoration for a bride in Eğlenhoca used to be gilded bay leaves. Before the bride mounted her horse to go to the wedding celebration, the bride's father would tie a red sash called the "effort sash" (gayret kuşağı) around her waist; bundled into the end of the sash was some money. The sash was said to show that the bride would not be lazy or avoid work in her new home.[35]
Construction on the Eğlenhoca Mosque was begun in 1813-14 and finished in 1846. The mosque underwent important repairs and decoration from 1899 to 1902. The building is rectangular in plan, with a flat wooden ceiling and wooden dome, and room for a congregation of 201.[36][37]
Southwest of the village is the Karaburun-Mordoğan Lake (also called the Eğlenhoca Lake), a reservoir in the Kaşkudan Valley for irrigation and drinking water. The dam was completed in 2007, the resulting reservoir is the largest in the district of Karaburun.[38][39]
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