There are times when family ties are strong, for some reason, there are times when children are small…
When we were little, we would see many of our relatives more often, and we would go on house trips at least two days a week for various reasons.. Relations were warmer and more sincere.
Therefore, Çandarlı, where I went often when I was a child and where my grandmother lived until her death, is of great importance to me.. Two or three families gathered and came together and I personally experienced the past and the point it has reached today in my life, which will not be considered too long.. When the sun, sand and sea trio come together; every unexplored place is invaded, removed from its naturalness and “branded”. Didn’t Cesme experience the situation that Bodrum experienced in the past?
The village of my childhood, Çandarlı, is one of today’s developed towns.. I don’t know if it will become a district in the future, but the old Çandarlı was very different from the present.
If we go even further…
The history of Çandarlı goes back to the Ottoman Empire in our recent history, back to the 1400s.. The first establishment of Çandarlı was in BC.. to 2 thousand…
II. With Murad’s abdication twice and settling in Manisa, his vizier Çandarlı Halil Pasha had to settle in Manisa.
The famous castle of Çandarlı began to take shape with this historical event.. Although it is stated in the historical documents that it was built by the Genoese, the people think differently about the Çandarlı Castle.
It is said that Çandarlı Halil Pasha during the troubled Manisa days. He built the Çandarlı Castle, which still stands with all its majesty today, against the external attacks against Murad.
After the construction of the castle; Çandarlı Halil Pasha II, who convinced the sultan with the naval wars that intensified in this period and the troubled days of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans.. He was the person who made Murad return to the throne.
The name of Çandarlı came from here, according to rumors.. In other words, Çandarlı, which was founded on the peninsula, took its name from the Ottoman vizier.. Her name in the 2000s was Pitane.
Pitane, the name of the woman mentioned in the Amazon myth, also means “plenty of water”.
When the city was founded. Although it is not certain, its history goes back to pre-Hellenic.. Probably founded by Luwis. The city, whose name is not mentioned in the first age, BC.. The Pontus King Mithridates, who conquered Western Anatolia by fighting the Romans in 88, made himself mentioned in the time of Eupator. developed in this way from the Ottomans to the Pontus, from the Ottomans to the present.
