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Kuşadası is a small settlement founded by the Ionian settlers, and its existence is being known since primeval times.

Kuşadası has a rich and different history. Kuşadası, apart from its history that goes back as early as Bronze Age in the light of the new studies; was called by the name Neapolis, a small settlement founded by the Ionian settlers, and its existence is being known since primeval times.

However, it was always left under the powerful shadow of its neighbor Ephesus. Romans and Byzantines achieved domination in Kuşadası after Hellenistic period. It became significant with the colonies settled by the Venetian and Genoese tradesmen and its trades mercantile port, and took the name Scala Nuova (New Port). The mediaeval records State about the existence of a foreign consulate and a warehouse. The Turkish always preferred to live near the ancient settlement known as Andızkule around Pilavtepe upcountry on the mountain foot.

Ottoman Türk concurred Kusadasi in 1413 after periods of different Selcuk Princes and crusades. The city started to take today’s appearance in the early 17th century as of Öküz Mehmet Pasha’s becoming grand vizier. Öküz Mehmet Pasha constructed city walls and the Mosque complex which is comprised of the mosque, Turkish bath and the inn.