Sultaniye is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Köyceğiz
Köyceğiz is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,329 km2, and its population is 39,242 (2022).
The town of Köyceğiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name ( Lake Köyceğiz) which is joined t ...
,
MuÄŸla Province
MuÄŸla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1 ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its population is 265 (2022). It is on
Lake Köyceğiz, and popular among
spa
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ...
bathers and tourists. Its bath ruin was restored in the 1990s, to be turned into a major tourist attraction.
History
Archeological finds both at
Kaunos
Kaunos ( Carian: ''Kbid'';. Translator Chris Markham.
Lycian: ''Xbide''; Ancient Greek: ; ) was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, MuÄŸla Province, Turkey.
The Calbys river (now kno ...
and Sultaniye indicate that there must have been a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess
Leto
In ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion, religion, Leto (; ) is a childhood goddess, the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe (Titaness), Phoebe, the sister of Asteria, and the mother of Apollo and Artemis.Hesiod, ''Theogony' ...
near the present Sultaniye Spa.
Nearby the thermal spring area ruins have been found dating back as far as the Roman era, which show that there must have been a sort of spa and treatment facility ever since the first settlements in the area.
[History surfaces from Köyceğiz Lake, Land of Lights, October 28th, 2010]
Hot springs
The Sultaniye hot springs are located on a
fault line
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...
at the southwest bank of the lake, on the slope of
Ölemez Mountain.
Sulfurous water of 40°C seeps out of a crack next to the spa’s domed thermal bath, spreading the nasty smell of rotten eggs over the complex. The mildly radioactive water is rich in
Radon
Radon is a chemical element; it has symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive noble gas and is colorless and odorless. Of the three naturally occurring radon isotopes, only Rn has a sufficiently long half-life (3.825 days) for it to b ...
content and furthermore contains sulfur, iron, calcium, potassium, and other minerals.
It is recommended for -amongst others- skin complaints,
arthritis
Arthritis is a general medical term used to describe a disorder that affects joints. Symptoms generally include joint pain and stiffness. Other symptoms may include redness, warmth, Joint effusion, swelling, and decreased range of motion of ...
, muscle fatigue and
rheumatism
Rheumatism or rheumatic disorders are conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints or connective tissue. Rheumatism does not designate any specific disorder, but covers at least 200 different conditions, including a ...
. Sultaniye Spa also has mud baths which are said to rejuvenate the skin.
References
External links
History surfaces from Köyceğiz Lake, Land of Lights, October 28th, 2010Mysteries of a sunken city coming to light, ntvmsnbc, July 30, 2010
Dynamics of Lake Köyceğiz, SW Turkey: An environmental isotopic and hydrochemical study, C.S. BAYARI, T. KURTTAS, L. TEZCAN
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Neighbourhoods in Köyceğiz District