Kusadasi” that means “bird island” took its name from the Pigeon Island. After the First World War, Kusadasi was invaded by the Greeks (1919). The fishing village won a long struggle for in 1922 and became a part of Turkish Republic. Izmir was the capital of Kusadasi until 1954. Known as Pamukkale (Cotton Castle) or ancient Hierapolis (Holy City), this area has been drawing the weary to its thermal springs since the time of Classical antiquity. The Turkish name refers to the surface of the shimmering, snow-white limestone, shaped over millennia by calcium-rich springs.

Kusadasi” that means “bird island” took its name from the Pigeon Island. After the First World War, Kusadasi was invaded by the Greeks (1919). The fishing village won a long struggle for in 1922 and became a part of Turkish Republic. Izmir was the capital of Kusadasi until 1954. Known as Pamukkale (Cotton Castle) or ancient Hierapolis (Holy City), this area has been drawing the weary to its thermal springs since the time of Classical antiquity. The Turkish name refers to the surface of the shimmering, snow-white limestone, shaped over millennia by calcium-rich springs.

“Kusadasi” that means “bird island” took its name from the Pigeon Island. After the First World War, Kusadasi was invaded by the Greeks (1919). The fishing village won a long struggle for in 1922 and became a part of Turkish Republic. Izmir was the capital of Kusadasi until 1954.

History. Konya is one of the oldest urban centres in the world. Excavations in Alâeddin Hill in the middle of the city indicate settlement dating from at least the 3rd millennium bce. According to a Phrygian legend of the great flood, Konya was the first city to rise after the deluge that destroyed humanity.