Tire Attractions

The administrative center of Tire 60km/37mi south of Bozdag occupies a site close to old Teira (northeast on a hill; Torrebia or Arkadiopolis in antiquity) which was relinquished in favor of Tire after the Turkish conquest. In 1308 Ephesians settled in Teira and during the Middle Ages the town was an important caravan stop. The remains of five caravanserais from the Ottoman years can still be seen in the town: Bakir Han, Dellaloglu Hani, Kulu Hani, Lüftü Pasa Hani and Savran Hani. The most interesting of these buildings, a large two-story complex with an arcaded inner courtyard, is situated south of the railroad station diagonally opposite the eight-domed central bazaar. Around 1453 Mehmet II (the Conqueror) forced 65,000 inhabitants of Tire to migrate to Constantinople and the old capital of the Kaystros valley (Little Maeander, Küçük Menderes) suffered badly as a result.