Keçi Castle
Selçuk (Ayasuluk) Castle
İsa Bey Mosque
The Turkish Period in Ephesos (Ayasuluk-Selçuk)

The Turkification of Anatolia was completed after a process spanning three centuries following the Battle of Manzikert. During this period, the first political unity in Anatolia under Turkish rule was established by the Anatolian Seljuk State (Anadolu Selçuklu Devleti). Following the collapse of this Konya-centered state, which had dominated much of Anatolia, the period known […]