CASSABA or. TORGUTLU, a town of Asia Minor in the vilayet of Sarukhan, 63 m. E. of Smyrna, with which it is con nected by rail. Pop. (1927) 31,105. It has considerable local trade, and exports the products of the surrounding district. Cot ton is the most important article, and there are ginning factories in the town ; the silkworm is largely raised and exported ; and the "melons of Cassaba" are sent not only to Smyrna but to Con stantinople.