Facts in brief:
Third largest city in Turkey; ancient Aeolian city taken by Ionians; seized by Alyattes of Lydia around 600 BC; captured by Turkmen Aydin principality early 1300s; about 1425 incorporated into Ottoman Empire; exports figs, tobacco, cotton & silk.
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