Akköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of
Didim,
Aydın Province
Aydın Province ( tr, ) is a province of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. The provincial capital is the city of Aydın which has a population of almost 200,000 (2012). Other towns in the province include the summer seaside re ...
,
Turkey. Its population is 1,103 (2022).
It is situated near the western Turkish coast just south of
İzmir. The town is named after its white stone houses (''"ak"'' is Turkish for ''white'', ''"köy"'' means ''village'').
The village of Akköy is close to the ruins of the ancient city of
Miletus
Miletus (; gr, Μῑ́λητος, Mī́lētos; Hittite transcription ''Millawanda'' or ''Milawata'' (exonyms); la, Mīlētus; tr, Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in a ...
.
Akköy lies just south of the
Büyük Menderes
Büyük means "big" in Turkic languages and may refer to:
People
Given name
* Büyük Jeddikar (born 1929), Iranian retired footballer
* Büyük Vatankhah (born 1943), Iranian retired footballer
Surname
* Adem Büyük (born 1987), Turkish fo ...
river delta.
References
External links
Tourism information about the village
Neighbourhoods in Didim District
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