[1] Tavşanlı is a typical Aegean town where a government-owned coal mine company attracted thousands of settlers from surrounding cities and villages.

50 km (31 mi) west of Kütahya lies the ancient town of Tavşanlı with a notable 12th-century Seljuq mosque called Ulucami.

[4] The excavations here started in 2017, as part of the “Prehistoric Periods Survey of Eskişehir and Kütahya Provinces (EKAR)” project.

On the other hand, the Aegean-coastal settlements were in the form of "clusters of houses (insulae) around the streets and alleys".

[6] Tavşanlı has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),[7] with hot, dry summers, and cold winters.