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ABOUT
KUSADASI;
The harbours of the Menderes Valley were "Ayasuluğ"
(Ephesus-Selçuk) and Balat (Milethos) When the sea receded from
those two harbours, it reguired a new harbour to be built where now
KUSADASI is situated. : Because trade was mostley in the hands of
the Venetians and the Genoeses , this new harbour was called in
Italian; "Scala Nuova". With the consulates warehouses and
merchants, it was like merchants colony. Moslem Turks preferred to
live at Andizkule at the Pilav hill, 5km. inwards from KUSADASI, on
the Ataturk Road as we today call it. KUSADASI started to get its
today's character since the beginning of the 17 the Century. Ottoman
vizier Ox Mehmet Pasha who served as the vizier of Sultan Ahmed the
1 St., then as the visier of Sultan Osman the 2 N.D.-surrounded
KUSADASI with walls. He also constructed a collection of buildings
consisting of a caravanserai, a Turkish bath and mosque. He also
built a waterway and brought water the to the city.
KUSADASI, beyond its walls surrounding it, was
consisted of the main districts; mountain district and the mosque
district. The Mosque district was situated on a flat area where
Narrow Street crossed each other horizontally. The house blocks
between those streets where so norraw that only two house could
stand next to each other. The main parts of the these houses,
generally faced the street and had courtyards at the back. The
mountain district, since the houses and gardens were built in
terraces like famous terraced houses of Ephesus, didn't come into
each other's view.
They were typical Ottoman houses. Most off them had
large eaves and salient parts with classical tile roofs. Today only
small parts of these walls surrounding the ancient ottoman city is
left. One of the most outstanding ruin left is the castle door, has
an archway, completed with a tower rising on top. In its inner
corner, there is a fountain with a tombstone as its base and another
as its drinking basin. There two types of writing found on the
mirror in Turkish: one written in Arabic letters from the 19nt
Century, the other written in Latin letters. The fountain it self
seems like telling the story of KUSADASI. As the city extended,
district such as Hacı Feyzullah, Alaca Mescit, Cami Atik and
Turkmen were added to those previous districts. With its tourism
potential being
discovered in the
60's it showed a rapid advance in this field. Especially in the
recent years, hotels, motels, camping, many resortsand,
summerhouses were built in the city as well as in the suburbs.
Meanwhile, a yacht marina was built and the port premises were
built and the port premises were built and the port premises
were enlarged. Today KUSADASI is one of the most important
tourism centers of Turkiye. The rich historical sites and
wonderful beaches are not the only reasons for this; the climate
of the region also plays an important role. KUSADASI, with its
shores and sand right in the front is a beach center. Clean
sands in the north and south, named Tusan, Akyar, Otuzbir, Kadınlar
Denizi, Aslanburnu, Karaova, Guzelçamlı, Buyuk ve Kuçuk
Kalamaki, İlyas Ağa, Dişburun, Tavşanburnu
Beaches are kilometres long. The total length of those sandy 6
shores is over 20 km. besides those wide shores; there are also
deep bays with sharp rocks suitable for diving.
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