Aydın

Akçay, Büyük Menderes Nehrinin kollarından biri. Muğlanın kuzeydoğusundaki dağlık alanlardan doğar. Tavas yönünden gelen Yenidere'yi alır. Derin ve dar vadisinde akış hızı fazladır. Yenipazar civarında Büyük Menderes ile birleşir. Uzunluğu 116 km'dir. Karacaören, Doğançay ve Mortuma çayı Akçay'ın önemli kollarıdır.

The Nysa Bridge is a late imperial Roman bridge over the Cakircak stream in Nysa (modern Sultanhisar) in the ancient region of Caria, modern-day Turkey. The 100 m (328 ft) long substructure was the second largest of its kind in antiquity, after the Pergamon Bridge.

Aydın Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Aydın Arkeoloji Müzesi) is in Aydın, western Turkey. Established in 1959, it contains numerous statues, tombs, columns and stone carvings from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods, unearthed in ancient cities such as Alinda, Alabanda, Amyzon, Harpasa, Magnesia on the Maeander, Mastaura, Myus, Nisa, Orthosia, Piginda, Pygela and Tralleis. The museum also has a section devoted to ancient coin finds.

Dereağzı is a village in the District of İncirliova, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2015, it had a population of 972 people.

İkizdere is a village in the District of İncirliova, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 127 people.

The Malgaç Raid, was a raid conducted by Yörük Ali Efe and his men on 16 June 1919. The target of the raid was the Malgaç railway bridge, which was used by the Greeks to transport military equipment to Nazilli and beyond. It was one of the first organized civil resistance attacks against the invading Greek forces in western Anatolia.

The Raid on Erbeyli was a raid conducted by the Kuva-yi Milliye. After invading Aydın and Nazilli, the Greek army was concerned about resistance movements raising in the area. The raid against the Malgaç bridge a few days ago was a good example for their feeling of unease.

The Gulf of Kuşadası (Kuşadası Körfezi) is a small gulf and strait in the Aegean Sea, separating the Greek island of Samos from the mainland of Turkey. Kuşadası is a resort town on Turkey's western Aegean coast, on the Gulf of Kuşadası. Samos in Greece borders the Gulf of Kuşadası to the north and east, and the mainland of Turkey borders the Gulf of Kuşadası to the west. The Mycale Strait also separates Samos Island from the Turkish mainland, and connects the Gulf of Kuşadası to the waters southwest of Turkey and south of the island of Samos.

The Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai (Turkish: Öküz Mehmet Paşa Kervansarayı; Ottoman Turkish: اوکز محمد پاشا کاروانسرای‬‎ ALA-LC: Öküz Mehmet Pâşâ Kârvânserây) is a caravanserai located in Kuşadası, Aydın Province, western Turkey, built by Ottoman statesman and military commander "Öküz" Mehmed Pasha (died 1619). After its renovation, the building is used as a hotel today.

The Gümüşköy Geothermal Power Plant (Turkish: Gümüşköy Jeotermal Elektrik Santralı) is an air-cooled Organic Ranking Cycle (ORC) system geothermal power plant located at Gümüşköy village of Germencik district in Aydın Province, Turkey. The power plant feeds from the 182 °C Gümüşköy Geothermal Reservoir, which was discovered with the GK-1 geothermal well in October 2008.

Harpasa was a city and bishopric in Roman Asia Minor (Asian Turkey), which only remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Örmepınar is a village in the District of Bozdoğan, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 426 people.

Kaklık is a town in Honaz district of Denizli Province, Turkey.

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.

Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, Karia, Turkish: Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there. The inhabitants of Caria, known as Carians, had arrived there before the Ionian and Dorian Greeks. They were described by Herodotos as being of Minoan Greek descent, while the Carians themselves maintained that they were Anatolian mainlanders intensely engaged in seafaring and were akin to the Mysians and the Lydians. The Carians did speak an Anatolian language, known as Carian, which does not necessarily reflect their geographic origin, as Anatolian once may have been widespread. Also closely associated with the Carians were the Leleges, which could be an earlier name for Carians or for a people who had preceded them in the region and continued to exist as part of their society in a reputedly second-class status.

Umurköy is a village in the District of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 727 people.

Hatıpkışla is a village in the District of Karpuzlu, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 665 people.

Koğuk is a village in the District of Karpuzlu, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 511 people.

The Battle of Lade was fought between the navy of Rhodes and the navy of Macedon. The battle took place in 201 BC and it was part of the Cretan War. The battle was fought off the shore of Asia Minor and the island of Lade, near Miletus. The battle ended in a crushing victory for the Macedonians and it nearly spelled the end for the Rhodians but the result of this battle caused the Romans to intervene and Rhodes was saved.

Altınkum is a town in western Turkey, 123 km from Aydın. It is on the Aegean Sea, nearby the ancient Temple of Apollo and the ruins of the Ionian city of Didyma (Didim).

Die kleine Insel Lade lag in der Antike nahe der Küste von Kleinasien im Westen von Milet in einer Entfernung von 5 km. Hier befand sich auch das Grab eines mythischen Königs von Milet, des Asterios, Sohn des Anax, weshalb man sie auch Asterios nannte. Hier fand 494 v. Chr. die Schlacht von Lade statt. 412 v. Chr. lagerten hier die Athener im Vorfeld der Schlacht von Milet.

Tavşan Adası (‚Haseninsel‘) ist eine kleine unbewohnte Insel etwa 150 Meter vor der kleinasiatischen Küste nordwestlich der Stadt Didim, des antiken Didyma. Die zur türkischen Provinz Aydın gehörende Ägäisinsel ist etwa 150 Meter lang und 90 Meter breit. Sie erhebt sich bis zu 6,5 Meter über den Meeresspiegel.

Kabataş is a village in the District of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 502 people.

Sarnıç is a village in the District of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 254 people.

Ovaeymir is a town in the central district (Aydın) of Aydın Province, Turkey. At 37°49′N 27°50′E It is almost merged to Aydın, the province center, where the motorway draws the border line between Aydın and Ovaeymir municipalities. The population of Ovaeymir was 7135 as of 2012. The original location of Ovaeymir was by the Büyükmenderes river side. But the present Ovaeymir was founded after the original settlement was hit by a flood disaster about two centuries ago. In 1994, the settlement was declared a seat of township. The main economic sector of the town of Ovaeymir is agriculture and some residents work as construction workers in Aydın.

Bucak is a village in the District of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 217 people.

The Büyük Menderes River (historically the Maeander or Meander, from Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος, Maíandros; Turkish: Büyük Menderes Irmağı), is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west through the Büyük Menderes graben until reaching the Aegean Sea in the proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The word "meander" is used to describe a winding pattern, after the river.

Karacahayıt, Söke is a village in the District of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 744 people.

The Battle of Mycale (Ancient Greek: Μάχη τῆς Μυκάλης; Machē tēs Mykalēs) was one of the two major battles that ended the second Persian invasion of Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars. It took place on or about August 27, 479 BC on the slopes of Mount Mycale, on the coast of Ionia, opposite the island of Samos. The battle was fought between an alliance of the Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens and Corinth, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I.

Mycale (). also Mykale and Mykali (Ancient Greek: Μυκάλη, Mykálē), called Samsun Dağı and Dilek Dağı (Dilek Peninsula) in modern Turkey, is a mountain on the west coast of central Anatolia in Turkey, north of the mouth of the Maeander and divided from the Greek island of Samos by the 1.6 km wide Mycale Strait. The mountain forms a ridge, terminating in what was known anciently as the Trogilium promontory (Ancient Greek Τρωγίλιον or Τρωγύλιον). There are several beaches on the north shore ranging from sand to pebbles. The south flank is mainly escarpment.

The Panionium (Ancient Greek Πανιώνιον, Paniōnion) was an Ionian sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon Helikonios and the meeting place of the Ionian League. It was on the peninsula of Mt. Mycale, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Smyrna—now İzmir, in Turkey. Herodotus describes it as follows:

Söke station is a railway station in Söke, Turkey and the southern terminus of the Ortaklar-Söke railway. It is serviced by three daily regional trains to Basmane Terminal in Izmir, Nazilli and Denizli respectively. The station was opened on 1 December 1890 by the Ottoman Railway Company.

Arslanyaylası is a village in the District of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 181 people.

The Priene Synagogue is an ancient synagogue discovered by archaeologists in Priene, Turkey.

Dilek Yarimadasi is een Turks Milli Park aan de Egeïsche Zee. Het grootste deel van het natuurpark staat onder toezicht van het leger wegens de nabijheid van het Griekse eiland Samos. Het park ligt tussen de districten Didima en Kuşadası in de provincie Aydin.

Akçakaya is a village in the District of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 315 people.

Sazlı is a town in the District of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 5329 people.

Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park (Turkish: Dilek Yarımadası-Büyük Menderes Deltası Millî Parkı), established on May 19, 1966, is a national park in western Turkey. It contains within its borders the entirety of the Dilek Peninsula as well as the large delta of the Büyük Menderes River. The park is located in the Kuşadası district of Aydın Province — part of Turkey's Aegean Region. Directly west of the national park is the small coastal town of Güzelçamlı, where several shuttle buses and ferries operate to and from the district's center of Kuşadası, approximately 30 km (19 mi) from the park.

The Sanjak of Suğla was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) encompassing the region around Smyrna (modern Izmir) and to its south, around Söke.

İlyas Bey Mosque is a historical Islamic religious building at Milet in Didim district of Aydın Province, western Turkey. It was built in 1403 by Ilyas Bey (1402–1421), ruler of the Turkish Menteshe emirate.

The Mycale Strait (Greek: Στενό της Μυκάλης) is a narrow strait separating the island of Samos from Anatolia (Turkey). At its narrowest point it is only 1.6 km wide, the narrowest between any Aegean island and Turkey. It is named after the nearby Mount Mycale on the Turkish mainland. The Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park, located in the Kuşadası district of Aydın Province, is situated along the strait.