Akhisar Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
district and town of Manisa, Turkey
About Akhisar
Earlier cities on this site were called Pelopia and Semiramis. The name Thyatira (Θυάτειρα) came about in 290 BC, and perhaps meant "daughter". The town was on the border between Lydia and Mysia; from the 1st century AD it was part of theRoman Empireand notable for its dyeing trade. It was around 95 AD that St John of Patmos wrote to the "seven churches of Asia", all in what's become the Aegean region of Turkey, variously castigating or extolling their deeds. The town is in fertile agricultural land and is on the historic route between Constantinople (Istanbul) and Smyrna (Izmir). Thyatira was wrecked several times by warring armies but by 1307 was underOttoman control. The last upheavals were around the turn of the 19th/20th century: its Armenian community suffered a massacre in 1895, and
Top Attractions in Akhisar
Explore the best things to see and do in Akhisar:
- ★Akhisar Museum
- ★Thyateira Hill Tombs
Where to Stay in Akhisar
- 🏨Hotel Palm City
- 🏨Seybils Otel
- 🏨Tütün Otel
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