Seferihisar

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Seferihisar (formerly Sivrihisar ) is a town and a district in the Turkish province of Izmir and at the same time a municipality of Büyükşehir Belediyesi ( city municipality ) Izmir. The city is located about 40 kilometers southwest of the center of the provincial capital.

The district is located in the west of the province on the Aegean Sea. It is bordered to the north by Urla, Güzelbahçe and Karabağlar and on the east by Menderes. Most of the coast of southwestern occupies the bay of Teos. In the center of the county, about six miles east of the county town, the dam is Kavakdere Baraji (also Seferihisar Baraji ), in which the Karakoç Çayı is dammed.

The former name of the city was Sivrihisar, but this led to confusion with the place Sivrihisar in Eskişehir. Therefore, the Ottoman postal officials wrote in the 1890s Sivrihisar with a sign above the V, so that by mistake from the V to the time an F would. This led on to the present Sifrihisar Seferihisar.

History

In vorosmanischer time the city belonged to the Beylik Aydınoğulları. Under Bayezid II the pirate Kara Turmisch was there a retreat. The travel writer Evliya Çelebi visited the city in 1670.

Attractions

When you place Sığacık, about five kilometers southwest of Seferihisar and one kilometer from the sea, lie the ruins of the ancient city of Teos.