Çandarlı Castle

Çandarlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 8,021 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).It is a well-developed coastal town and an important tourist resort. It is a fishing village, where a lot of daily life revolves around such, with many people having jobs surrounding the fishing industry, making nets, gutting and cooking the fish, not to forget the fisherman themselves. In summer the population nearly doubles with tourists, normally domestic tourists rather than international. Çandarlı is situated on the northern coast of the Gulf of Çandarlı, opposite the important industrial center of Aliağa. The town's landmark is the 15th century Ottoman castle rebuilt by the Grand Vizier Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger. The castle, built to protect Sultan Murat II who preferred to reside in nearby Manisa from a possible outside attack, is fully intact and open to visitors. Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger also gave the town its present name, naming it after his own family. Çandarlı's name in antiquity was Pitane. The ruins are situated slightly outside the town itself.

Pitane (Ancient Greek: Πιτάνη), near Çandarlı, Turkey, was an ancient Greek town of the ancient region of Aeolis, in Asia Minor. It was situated near the mouth of the river Evenus on the bay of Elaea. It was one of the eleven ancient Aeolian settlements and possessed considerable commercial advantages in having two harbours. It was the birthplace of the academic philosopher Arcesilaus, and in the reign of Titus it suffered severely from an earthquake. The town is still mentioned by Hierocles. Pliny the Elder mentions in its vicinity a river Canaius, which is not noticed by any other writer; but it may possibly be the river Pitanes, spoken of by Ptolemy, and which seems to derive its name from the town of Pitane.Its site is near modern Çandarlı, Asiatic Turkey.

Bakırçay (Latin: Caicus, Ancient Greek: Κάϊκος) is a river in Turkey. It rises in the Gölcük Dağları mountains and debouches into the Gulf of Çandarlı. In antiquity, the Bakırçay was or formed part of the Kaikos or Caicus River which flowed near the city of Pergamon and was the site of the Battle of the Caecus River. The Kaikos River is mentioned by Hesiod and Plutarch, who claims that its name was originally Astraeus (Ἀστραῖος) but was changed after Caicus, a son of Hermes, threw himself into it after sleeping with his sister Alcippe. However, since the course of the river has changed since antiquity it is not clear how the ancient names apply to the modern geographical features. Leake infers from the direction of L. Scipio's march from Troy to the Hyrcanian plain, that the Caicus was the north-eastern branch of the river of Pergamon which flows by Menduria (possibly Gergitha) and Balıkesir (Caesaraea). The Caicus as it seems is formed by two streams which meet between 50 and 65 km above its mouth, and it drains an extensive and fertile country. Strabo (p. 616) says that the sources of the Caicus are in a plain separated by the range of Temnos from the plain of Apiae, and that the plain of Apia lies above the plain of Thebe in the interior. He adds that there also flows from Tetanus a river (the Mysius) which joins the Caicus below its source. The Caicus enters the sea approximately 12 km from Pitane, and 3 km from Elaea. Elaea was the port of Pergamon, which was on the Caicus, approximately 25 km from Elaea.The Bakırçay is one of the two candidates for the Hittite placename Seha River, site of the Seha River Land known from texts such as the Manapa-Tarhunta letter. The Gediz River is the other candidate.

Deliktaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,488 (2022). It is situated in the forests between Dikili and Çandarlı. The distance to Dikili is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) and to İzmir is 97 kilometres (60 mi). The name of the village ("bored stone") refers to a 150 meter high boulder in the village. The village was founded in the 14th century during the Karesi Beylik era. The main economic activity is agriculture. Gumbo and olive are among the crops of the village. Some village residents work in transportation between İzmir and Dikili.

Yaylayurt is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 371 (2022). It is situated to the north of Gulf of Çandarlı. The distance to Dikili is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and to İzmir is 105 kilometres (65 mi).

Demirtaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 267 (2022). It is situated in the forests between Dikili and Çandarlı. The distance to Dikili is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and to İzmir is 98 kilometres (61 mi).

Atarneus (Ancient Greek: Ἀταρνεύς), called Atarneus sub Pitanem to distinguish it from the other city of the name, was a town of ancient Aeolis near Pitane.Its site is located near Gavurgör, Asiatic Turkey.

Katıralanı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 126 (2022). It is situated to the south of Dikili.

Esentepe is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 257 (2022). It is situated on the road connecting Dikili to Çandarlı. The distance to Dikili is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) and to İzmir is 102 kilometres (63 mi).

Uzunburun is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 224 (2022). It is situated to the east of Dikili.

Merdivenli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 196 (2022). It is situated to the south of Dikili.

Myrina (Ancient Greek: Μυρίνα) was one of the Aeolian cities on the western coast of Mysia, about 40 stadia to the southwest of Gryneion. The former bishopric is now a Latin Catholic titular see. Its site is believed to be occupied by the modern Sandarlik at the mouth of the Koca Çay, near the town of Aliağa in Izmir Province, in the Aegean Region of Turkey, near Kalavas(ar)i.