Soke

Soke is a town and a substantial area of Aydin Province in the Aegean district of western Turkey, 54 km south-west of the city of Aydin, close to the Aegean drift. It had 68,020 populace in 2010. It neighbors are Germencik from north-east, Kocarli from east, Milas from south-east, Didim from south-west, Aegean Sea from west and Kusadasi from northwest. Current Soke is related to the old Greek city of Anaia, which named after the Amazon Anaea. Later, it was additionally called Sokia. Starting at 1920, the British were calling it Sokia. Anaia is the name of a main see Anaea of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

The locale lies between the Aegean drift and the edge of the fruitful alluvial plain of the Buyuk Menderes River. Lake Bafa is toward the south of the area. The plain contains much rich farming area, one of Turkey's biggest cotton developing regions and furthermore essential for wheat and flour. Other pay originates from crafted works, ranger service and angling. Soke is Turkey's solitary exporter of culinary snails. Soke has a background marked by mining lignite. Amid World War I, it was delivering a lot of lignite. The British portrayed the quality as being "exceptionally poor". It was sent out to Smyrna through prepare and utilized in processing plants.