Kaymakçı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,489 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
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Çaylı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,434. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. It is in the plains south east of Ödemiş. Distance to Ödemiş is 13 kilometres. The earliest records about the settlement are of the 17th century. In 1975 it was declared a seat of township. Main crops are olive and figs. There is also a dairy in the town.
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Gereli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 955. It is situated to the east of Ödemiş. Distance to Ödemiş is 8 kilometres and to İzmir is 118 kilometres.
7.4 km
It is located 9 km. northeast of Ödemiş/İzmir. Dios Hieron was a town of ancient Lydia, in the upper valley of the Cayster River. The city became part of the Roman Republic and the Roman province of Asia with the annexation of the Attalid kingdom. It also bore the name Diospolis, and was cited by the sixth century Byzantine geographer Stephanus of Byzantium under that name. It was renamed to Christopolis or Christoupolis in the 7th century and was known as Pyrgium or Pyrgion from the 12th century on. Pyrgion fell to the Turks in 1307, and became the capital of the beylik of Aydin. The town minted coins in antiquity, often with the inscription "Διοσιερειτων".
Its site is located near Birgi, Asiatic Turkey.
8.2 km
The 1653 Smyrna earthquake occurred on 23 February, with an estimated magnitude of 6.72±0.3 Mw and a maximum felt intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale.
The event was particularly devastating because it triggered a tsunami, which caused additional destruction and casualties along the coastline. The earthquake and its aftermath were documented in historical records and have been studied by modern seismologists to better understand the seismic activity in the region.
10.4 km
Koloe was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.
Its site is located near Kiraz in Asiatic Turkey.