History of Aydın

The city was founded in sixth century B.C. by the Greeks and they named it Tralles. In ancient times, it was home to well-known schools of sculpture and philosophy. After seeing through the Roman and Byzantine periods in 1186 AD, it fell to the Seljuks. In the fourteenth century it came under the Aydin dynasty and was named after them. In 1390 it became part of the Ottoman Empire and after a brief restoration of the Aydin principality went back to the Ottomans in early fifteenth century. During the Greek - Turkish conflict in 1922 the city was severely damaged and peace restored with the exchange of the Greek and Turkish populations.

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