 a district of Kütahya Province situated southeast of Kütahya.Many people were burned alive as fires broke out from overturned stoves, and 9,452 buildings in the region were severely damaged or destroyed.The town of Gediz, home to repeated natural disasters like earthquakes and floods, was relocated following a government resolution soon after the destruction to a new place away on the road to Uşak under the name "Yeni Gediz" (literally