Bay, Kuyubükü Bay, Çukuraltı Beaches, Kalemlik Forest Picnic Area and Beaches, 14 Evler Beach and Göktur Beach. There are also blue f lagged beaches in town such as Orta Mahalle Gençlik Park, Club Maxima and Sultan Resort beaches. Özdere’s economy is based on tourism. The most important agricultural product is Satsuma tangerine, just like Doğanbey and Ürkmez. Locals also earn their living by f ishing.
Gümüldür: A prophecy center
The best place where you can enjoy the smell of tangerine carried on to the shore by the breeze from the sea and swim in clear waters is Gümüldür, which is located on a spot where the Aegean mountains embrace the sea.
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niz yegane yer Gümüldür kuşkusuz. Menderes’in yeni beldelerinden biri olan Gümüldür, Ege’nin dağlarının deniziyle kucaklaştığı bir noktada konumlanmış. Gümüldür, 12 İyon kentinden biri olan, kendi adına para basan ilk şehir Lebedos’un kalıntıları üzerine kurulmuş. Beldeye ilişkin kayıtlar, Hellenistlik uygarlığı dönemine kadar uzanıyor. Dönemin üç önemli kenti olan Teos, 58
Klaroros ve Ephesos’un yol güzergâhı üzerinde bulunması dolayısıyla yeteri kadar büyüyemese de yerleşim yerleri ve yaptığı sosyal aktivitelerle çağa damgasını vurmuş. Yunan yarımadasında tertip edilen olimpiyatların bir benzeri olan Asya Olimpiyatları, bu bölgede düzenlenmiş. Roma ve Bizans döneminde önemini iyiden iyiye yitiren kentin nüfusunun bir bölümü bugün Gümüldür’ün bulunduğu yere, bir bölümü de Efes’e taşınmış.
İZMİR Haziran - Temmuz / June - July 2012
Gümüldür was established on the ruins of Lebedos, one of the 12 Ionia cities. Records concerning the town date back to the Hellenistic age. Even though it isn’t as developed as big cities like Teos, Klaroros and Ephesos, it made a mark with its settlements and social activities. The Asian Olympics, an Olympics resembling the Greek Olympics, were organized here. A part of the population emigrated to where Gümüldür is built today and a part moved to Ephesus when the town lost its importance during the Roman and Byzantine eras. Klaros, which was one of the most important prophecy centers in history and the region’s most important port Nation, shed light on the history of the area. You can access Klaros through a road that is surrounded by gardens on both sides. Klaros greets its visitors with Nation, the port of Colophon, the most important city in Anatolia. Although there are very few traces of Lebedos and Colophon, excavations still continue. Although the construction date of Klaros is unknown, it is believed that it was built in 7th century B.C. for Apollo, the main God of Colophon. In the sculptures room of the temple, which was built in Dorian style, there is a big Apollo