Geyre

{{Infobox Turkey place | type = neighbourhood | province = Aydın | district = Karacasu | name = Geyre | population_total = 774 | population_as_of = 2022 | coordinates = {{coord|37|43|N|28|43|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}} |image_skyline = Geyre, the restaurant Anatolia.jpg |image_caption = A restaurant in Geyre }} '''Geyre''' is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Karacasu, Aydın Province, Turkey.<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its population is 774 (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law No. 6360|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm |date=6 December 2012 |work=Official Gazette|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2010/09/20100912-1-1.doc |date=12 September 2010|work=Official Gazette|language=tr|format=DOC}}</ref> Also known as ''Yeni koy'' (the "new village"), it was relocated around 1960, from over the ancient Greek city of Aphrodisias archeological site to a new location nearby.<ref name =natgeo>National Geographic Magazine; "Ancient Aphrodisias and Its Marble Treasures;" Kenan T. Erim, Ph.D.; August 1967 issue.</ref>

It is about 230 km (140 mi) south-east of İzmir, and about 100 km (62 mi) inland/east from the coast of the Aegean Sea.

==History== Previously called Ninoé, Aphrodisias, and Stravopolis in the ancient Caria region, the Turkish village of "Old Geyre" emerged by the late 18th century CE when settlers were attracted to the area due to fertile soil and plentiful water.<ref name =natgeo/><ref>{{Cite book|title=The western shores of Turkey: discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts |url=https://archive.org/details/westernshorestur00free |url-access=limited |first=John |last=Freely |publisher=Tauris Parke Paperbacks |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/westernshorestur00free/page/n189 176] |isbn=978-1-85043-618-8}}</ref><ref name=dictionary/> It is a settlement which was developed over the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Aphrodisias.<ref name=dictionary>{{Cite book|title=International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe |first1=Trudy |last1=Ring |first2=Robert M. |last2=Salkin |first3=Sharon |last3=La Boda |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1995 |page=46|isbn= 978-1-884964-02-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/07/travel/turkey-s-monument-to-a-goddess.html|title=Turkey's Monument to a Goddess|author=Deborah L. Jacob|date=1993-02-07|access-date=2010-02-24|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Aphrodisias was established in the 4th century BCE.

==Relocation== The new village of Geyre was relocated from the "Old Geyre" location, and built by the Turkish government c. 1960, due to earthquake threats to its stone dwellings, and to protect the rediscovered (1957) archeological site and antiquities of a Bronze Age (3,000-2200 BCE) settlement, ancient Greek and Roman Aphrodisias, and Byzantine Stravopolis (c.3rd−c.12th centuries).<ref name =natgeo/>

The village was relocated when excavations began again on the ruins of Aphrodisias.<ref name=dictionary/>

==See also== *Carians — ''Pre-Hellenic '' {{Commons category|Geyre|<br/>Geyre|position=left}}

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Category:Neighbourhoods in Karacasu Category:Archaeological sites in the Aegean region