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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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