Acarlar is a town in İncirliova district of Aydın Province, Turkey. At 37°50′N 27°46′E / 37.833°N 27.767°E / 37.833; 27.767 it is situated to the south of İncirliova and Turkish state highway D.550. The distance to İncirliova is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to Aydın is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). The population of the Acarlar is 10595 as of 2011. According to mayor's page the settlement was founded by a group of people who named themselves as "Abdals" from Adana. (An alternative theory claims that these people were refuges from Russia after an Russo-Turkish War.) In 1930s, the settlement was named by the governor of the province. In 1972 it was declared a seat of township.