Zeytindağ

Neighbourhood in Bergama, İzmir, Turkey

Zeytindağ Kilisköy
Neighbourhood
38°58′N 27°04′E / 38.967°N 27.067°E / 38.967; 27.067
Country	Turkey
Province	İzmir
District	Bergama
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population (2022)	2,669
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	35700
Area code	0232

Zeytindağ (literally "olive-mountain") is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bergama, İzmir Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 2,669 (2022).^[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[3]^[4] It is situated 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Aegean Sea side and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Bakırçay valley. The distance to Bergama is 25 kilometres (16 mi) and to İzmir is 80 kilometres (50 mi).

History

Zeytindağ history dates back to ancient ages. There are ruins 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Zeytindağ center. These ruins are thought to be of the ancient port city of Elaea. This city was founded before the Ionians settled in Aegean coasts. But it flourished during the kingdom of Pergamon. After the sea shore receded because of the gradual accumulation of alluvial deposit, Elaea lost its former importance.

According to town page ^[5] the former name of the town in the Medieval ages was Kilisköy or Kiliseköy referring to calcareous soil around the town (Kilis means lime in Ottoman Turkish) In 1909, the town was renamed Reşadiye in the name of the new Ottoman sultan Mehmet V, (also called Reşat) and then Zeytindağ referring to Olive production of the town. (The name Elaea seems to mean olive grove and the present name of the town Zeytindağ means olive mountain.) In 1953, the village was declared a seat of township.

References

^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
^ "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
^ Zeytindağ history by M.Tokmak (in Turkish) Archived December 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine