14.07.2025
Didyma
Didyma Temple of Apollo, one of the most important divination centers of the ancient world, is located in the city center of Didim district, Aydın Province. It was the sanctuary of the ancient city of Miletus, where the Temple of Apollo, which was the divination center of important cities such as Ephesus and Priene, which formed the Ionian city-states, was originally connected. Didyma is actually not an ancient city, but a sacred site. The first written source about Didyma is Herodotus. As Herodotus says; When Alexander the Great took Miletus, Alexander the Great, who gave the temple management to the city of Miletus, was declared as the son of Zeus by the local people for this behavior. With the help of Alexander, the temple took its present form.
