What is "cardak"

Čardak is a village in the municipality of Modriča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Çardak is a town and a district of Denizli Province of Turkey. It is situated on the road from Denizli to Ankara near the banks of the Lake Acıgöl.

Denizli's airport ( Çardak Airport) is in Çardak.

A very notable sight in the town is the caravanserai of Hanabad, built in the 13th century by the local ruler Esedüddin Ayaz during the reign of Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I. It bears typical characteristics of Seljuk caravanserais and on its stones are carved fish, cow and human relics.

A small village until the early years of the Turkish Republic, Çardak started growing as of 1958 when it was made into a district. Streets and buildings are well arranged and it is a tidy little town.

The economy is based on agriculture, and surface mining of sodium sulfate reserves in Lake Acıgöl whose name means "the bitter lake". Services rendered to the airport are also taking an increasingly important share in the town's economy. Hanabad Caravanserai is being restored.

The name Čardak might refer to various settlements in the former Yugoslavia:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Čardak (Modriča), a village close to Modriča

Montenegro

• Čardak, Pljevlja, a village near Pljevlja

Serbia

• Čardak, Sremska Kamenica, a neighborhood of Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
• Čardak, Kovin, a former vacation settlement and refugee camp in Serbia

Slovenia

• Čardak, Črnomelj, a settlement in Črnomelj Municipality, Slovenia

The name Çardak might refer to:

• Çardak, a town and a district in Denizli Province, Turkey
• Çardak Airport, Denizli's airport situated in the town of Çardak, Turkey