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About Kusadasi, General
Kusadasi Information
 About
Kusadasi
Kusadasi, which means "bird
island", is set in a superb gulf in the
Aegean region of
Turkey and is known for
its turquoise sparkling water of the
Sea, broad sandy
beaches, bright sun and large
marina with a capacity for 600 boats. A
glorious ancient city stands beside it,
Ephesus with hundreds
of thousands of visitors from tours each year. The town
is not far from Adnan Menderes
Airport, Izmir (only 80 km). Numerous holiday
villages and hotels line its shores and hundreds of
restaurants serves food from all around the world and,
of course, Turkish Cuisine,
which is one of the largest cuisines of the world. We
mustn't forget discos, bars, cafes, pubs and "Turkish
Nights"; all those to cater holiday-makers.
Kusadasi has retained a certain earthiness to it and
inexpensive meals and pensions can still be found in
town. Many shops do a brisk trade with passengers from
hundreds of cruise ships that d ock
for a day or two, allowing enough time for a trip to
Ephesus and a shopping
expedition.
The tiny Guvercin Adasi
(Pigeon Island) is
connected to the mainland with a causeway. Its romantic
setting includes a well-maintained flower garden which
surrounds the restored 14th or 15th century fortress
housing a restaurant and disco frequented by lovers or
those hoping to find one by the night's end.
Beaches close to town tend to get quite crowded during
summer. If you prefer more serenity, head for
Dilek Peninsula National Park,
known locally as Milli Park
about 28 km (17 miles) from Kusadasi.
It is also possible to get to Greek island Samos by
regular daily ferries.
History:
Around 2000 BC. people coming from
Lelek,
Caria and
Lydia had settled down
as a society to the slopes of Pilav Mountain. Later one
by one with the unit settlements
Pigale,
Maratheson,
Neopolis and
Panionion came to life;
Ionians and later Romans by Ephesus coming into the
dominance of Rome, had lived in these lands.
Today's Kusadasi: is
founded in 16th century by Venetians as a colony. The
castle on the small island was built for the purpose of
observation in Byzantine
times. In the Middle Ages Kusadasi was ruled by
Venetians and Genoese which had taken the name of Scala
Nova.
The city was surrounded with castle walls for being
protected from the violence of pirates, very common in
the Mediterranean
those centuries. It's known that there is an
Ionian Region of
Kusadasi. This had taken an important harbor mission on
Asia - Europe trade
road for many years.
In the period of Scala Nova,
the Armenians dominant to trade,
Greeks and
Jews had joined to
former nations. With the
Manzikert (Malazgirt)
War in 1071 Seljuk Turks had started to spread in
Anatolia and during the process of Turkish
principalities formation, in 1304 Sasa Bey had been the
authority of Kusadasi and surroundings. Mehmet Bey had
connected this vicinity to Aydinogullari after Sasa's
death.
Kusadasi is a harbor:
town and Turks had
kept this in mind. Although they were
nomads from central
Asia and far away from maritime business, they had
learnt maritime as well as the Ephesians in a short
time. They had lived comfortably with the spoils they
caught at naval battles. Kilic Arslan added this town to
Selcuk
government and Scala
Nova again had become the exportation gate of
Anatolia in 1186. The
Ottoman sultan Yildirim Beyazit
had joined Ayasulug (in Selcuk town) to his
principalities and the city became
Ottoman in 1390.
Tamerlane (Timurlenk) decided to take who le
of Anatolia under
his sovereign, but when he could not take Ayasulug he
put the castle on fire in which Ottoman soldiers
resisted, and St. Jean's Church was damaged very badly.
With Celebi Mehmet I Kusadasi had gathered to the
Ottoman Empire and became a district.
With the vicinities passing to
Ottomans, Turks entered into societies in
these areas. At the end of 1st World War Ottoman
Government had overcome, so Kusadasi was given to
Italians with a treaty, and under their rule, the town
was filled with Turks,
Greeks,
Jews,
Armenians. Most of
those minorities left the country on 7th September
1923 after the victory of War of Independence led by
Ataturk. Lands between Guzelcamli and Selcuk, the
estates of Greeks which went back during the agreement
to exchange minorities between Greece and Turkey, were
given to Turkish immigrants in return to their
properties there; the same was done by the Greek
government. This migration was bet ween
1941 and 1955.
Kusadasi is living parallel to Ephesus in history and
the settlements around it.
The places that have historical
and tourist values are:
Panionian Agora,
Roman Bath,
Ilica Hill,
Scala Nova,
Pygale,
Kadi Castle,
Andiz Tower,
Neopolis,
Aquaducts,
Ania,
Melia,
Kursunlu Monastery,
Okuz Mehmet Pasha Caravanserai,
The Castle on
Pigeon Island, Ramparts
surrounding the City, Kusadasi
Houses, Kaleici,
Mosques,
Turkish Baths,
Yacht Harbor and
Dilek National Park.
Pygale:
Pygale is located about 3 kilometers north of Kusadasi
town. According to Xeonophon,
one of the authors of 5th c BC, Pygale was assembled by
the king Agamemnon of Myknai
and Argos. In the
14th
 volume
of Strabon's geography book it is told that
Pygale was established
by Agamemnon and he settled large amount of his soldiers
there who made good use of boiling healing water in the
land. According to Strabon again, there was a temple
made for the moon goddess Munkyia in Pygale. During the
period of Trojan Wars
that continued ten years, Pygale was used for curing
soldiers and repairing ships.
After the Granikos Wars, Pygale
was also used as an entertainment and treatment center
for Alexander the Great's soldiers. Written inheritance
of the whole past and visual inheritance going over
today prove us that one of the first cities established
on purpose of health in the world was in Kusadasi known
with its name "Pygale". |
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