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The Best Attractions In Geyre

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Geyre is a small town in the District of Karacasu, Aydın Province, Turkey. Also known as Yeni koy , it was relocated around 1960, from over the ancient Greek city of Aphrodisias archeological site to a new location nearby. It is about 230 km south-east of İzmir, and about 100 km inland/east from the coast. of the Aegean Sea As of 2010, it had a population of 956 people.
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  • 1. Aphrodisias Geyre
    Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about 100 km east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and 230 km southeast of İzmir. Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. According to the Suda, a Byzantine encyclopedic compilation, before the city became known as Aphrodisias it had three previous names: Lelégōn Pólis , Megálē Pólis , and Ninóē .Sometime before 640, in the Late Antiquity period when it was within the Byzantine Empire, the city was renamed Stauroúpolis .In 2017 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
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  • 6. Forum Aydin Aydin
    The Alliance for Shared Values is a New York-based 501 nonprofit umbrella organization and major part of the Gülen movement, or Hizmet.
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