MenteÅŸe (beylik)

Menteşe ( Turkish Menteşe Beyliği ) was a Turkish Beylik, which originated in the west of the empire of the Seljuks of Konya at the time of its decay after the defeat against the Mongols ( 1243 ) in the second half of the 14th century. Capital was Milas.

The founder and namesake of the Beyliks Menteşe Bey was previously in the service of Germiyan and was a member of Oghusenstammes Afşar. The Beys of Menteşe extended their power from the coast to the hinterland of Caria and about 1285 in the territory of Miletus. Your territory corresponded roughly to the present province of Muğla. They had close trade relations with the Republic of Venice and Crete; in Miletus lived a Venetian consul. The cities Beçin, Milas, Balat, Finike, Elmalı, Kaş, Magri (today Fethiye), Muğla, Çameli, Acıpayam, Tavas, Bozdogan, Çine, Tralles (now Aydın ) and the island of Rhodes were the short term under the rule of Menteşe.

In the second half of the 14th century, the pressure of the Ottomans from the north rose ago, in 1390 this first annexed the Beylik the Menteşe. After the defeat of the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara against Tamerlane in 1402, the Beyliks as the Menteşe and Karaman, who had been conquered by the Ottomans were again independent. But in 1421 came the final Beylik under Ottoman rule.