Tatkavaklı

Tatkavaklı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,179. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Geography

Tatkavaklı is on Turkish state road D.573 which connects Bursa to İzmir. Its distance to Mustafakemalpaşa is and to Bursa is.

History

The settlement was founded by a group of families that migrated from Kangal, in the early 16th century. The first building of the settlement was a mosque commissioned by Sipahi Kapucu, a tımarlı sipahi of the Ottoman Empire, in 1505. The earlier name of the settlement was Kavaklı. In 1973, it was given its current name, after the Tat Canning Factory.

Economy

The economy of the town depends on agriculture. There is a tomato paste factory and a dairy products factory around the town.