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Kusadasi Turkey

The abowe map shows the beatiful resort of Kusadasi, western Turkey. This map gives you all the information you will need for a perfect holiday here.

Although it is not known exactly when and by whom thecity was founded, it was supposed that the lonians founded the city which was then called “Neopolis” at Yilanci burnu and bound to Ephesus.

The Kusadasi Bay,which is its name from the city, and the regions are known as artistic and cultural centers; and include many different civilizations since the first ages.

In the 3000’s B.C., Lelegians; in the 9th centruy B.C., lonians dominated the region. The land-piece which is between Big Menderes and Gediz Rivers, got the name “IONIA” from ancient times. The lonian merchants and sailors got rich in a short time by over sea trade, and they had a strong political power. They founded 12 cities called “Ion Colonies”.

In ancient times, Kusadasi was one of the main ports of Anatolia serving out to the Mediterranean. It was called “Neopolis”, then. In the 7th centruy B.C., Lidians evolved as the dominators of the region and their capital city was Sardes.

The Persian domination that began in 546 B.C., continued until the Macedonian commander Alexander the Great conquered the whole Anatolia, a new era, a new artistical and cultural attitude which is a synthesis of Greek and local Anatolian civilizations began; and this era is called “Hellenistic Era”. Ephesus, Milet, Priene and Didyma were the mostfamous cities of this area.

In the 2nd century B.C., Romans dominated the region. In the early years of the Christianity, one of the apostles of Mother Mary, St.John came over and settled in Ephesus; so the city became a religious center. Also, Miletus was the Bishop’s Center of the Christians period, it was called “Ania” in the Byzantium era. Kusadasi, has become a port which was mostly used by the pirates during the Middle Age. In the 15th centruy, at the time of the Venetians and Genoeses, the city was called “Scala Nuova”.

Kusadasi became a part of the Ottoman territory in 1413 by (Celebi) Mehmet I. After this, the city has always been under the Turkish territory and began to be filled with Turkish buildings. The Caravanseria and the ramparts surrounding Kusadasi were built by Mehmet Pasa.

Kucukada was a forward check-point protecting the shores for the Byzantines. Guvercinada (Pigeon Island), which served as an important military base for the Venetians and the Ottomans, had a full reconstructions in 1834 and its famous castel was built up. The name “Kusadasi (Bird Island)” comes from this castel.

It was a district of Izmir until 1954; after this date it became a province of Aydin

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