Kuyucak is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 544 km, and its population is 26,111 (2022). It is 58 km (36 mi) from the city of Aydın on the E24 highway that connects İzmir and Denizli, 180 km (112 mi) east of İzmir. Kuyucak is near the larger town of Nazilli.
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👉 Kuyucak in the context of Antioch on the Maeander
Antioch on the Maeander or Antiochia on the Maeander (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τοῦ Μαιάνδρου; Latin: Antiochia ad Maeandrum), earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. The city was situated between the Maeander and Orsinus rivers near their confluence. Though it was the site of a bridge over the Maeander, it had "little or no individual history". The scanty ruins are located on a hill (named, in Turkish, Yenişer) a few kilometers southeast of Kuyucak in Turkey's Aydın Province, near the modern city of Başaran, or the village of Aliağaçiftliği. The city already existed when Antiochus I enlarged and renamed it. It was home to the sophist Diotrephes.
The Venus de Milo is believed to have been sculpted by a citizen of Antioch named [...]andros (possibly Alexandros).
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Kuyucak in the context of Battle of Antioch on the Meander
The Battle of Antioch on the Meander (also known as the Battle of Alaşehir) was a military engagement near Antioch-on-the-Meander between the forces of the Empire of Nicaea and the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The Turkish defeat ensured continued Nicaean hegemony of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor. The Seljuk sultan, Kaykhusraw I, was killed on the field of battle. The battle took place near the modern town of Yamalak in Kuyucak district in Aydın Province.
Kuyucak in the context of Yamalak, Kuyucak
Yamalak is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kuyucak, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,579 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The Battle of Antioch on the Meander took place close to the town.
Kuyucak in the context of Başaran, Kuyucak
Başaran is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kuyucak, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,161 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).