A plain, watered by two reservoirs, known for growing melons and watermelons, on the road between the city of Denizli and Antalya.

Turkish rule was interrupted by the Crusades but afterwards was settled by the Oghuz Turks and eventually was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire.

Acıpayam has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),[4] with hot, dry summers, and cool, moderately wet, somewhat snowy winters.

[5]As well as agriculture some of Denizli's textile industry has spread to Acıpayam too, where there is a cellulose factory.

In the past the people would migrate seasonally to pick tobacco or cotton in other parts of Turkey, today this is not necessary.