Geography

Bozdağ is a part of Ödemiş

Ödemis

Ödemiş is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. North of Ödemiş, which is 113 km southeast of İzmir, are the ruins of Hypaiapa...

 district of İzmir province. It is at the east of the province at 38°21′N 28°05′E
on Bozdağ Mountains which it is named after. Distance to ödemiş is 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) . The population of Bozdağ is 1334. as of 2010.

History

The ancient name of Bozdağ was Tmolos. It was a border town of Lydian Kingdom

Lydia

Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland İzmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian....

 in the 6th century BC. After it was plundered by Achaemenid Empire

Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire , sometimes known as First Persian Empire and/or Persian Empire, was founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation...

 of Persia it lost its importance. According to unclaimed reports, During Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 era, it was a summer residence of Mehmet II while he was still a prince governing in Manisa. In 1963 it was declared a township.

Economy

Fruits and vegetables are produced. At high altitude, the town is cooler than the surrounding and some houses are used as yayla, resort|yayla (summer resort houses) for İzmir or Ödemiş citizens. Winter tourism also seems to be promising.