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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 dock for a day or two, allowing enough time for a trip to Ephesus and a shopping expedition. The tiny Güvercin 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 whole 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 Çelebi 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 Atatürk. Lands between Güzelcamli 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 between 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, Öküz 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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