The harbours of the Menderes Valley were "Ayasulug" (Ephesus-Selcuk) and Balat (Miletos) When the sea receded from those two harbours, it reguired a new harbour to be built where now Kusadasi is situated. Because trade was mostley in the hands of the Venetians and the Genoeses , this new harbour was called in Italian; "Scala Nuova". With the consulates warehouses and merchants, it was like merchants colony. Moslem Turks preferred to live at Andizkule at the Pilav hill, 5km. inwards from Kusadasi, on the Ataturk Road as we today call it. Kusadasi started to get its today's character since the beginning of the 17 the Century. Ottoman vizier Ox Mehmet Pasha who served as the vizier of Sultan Ahmed the 1 St., then as the visier of Sultan Osman the 2 N.D.-surrounded Kusadasi with walls. He also constructed a collection of buildings consisting of a caravanserai, a Turkish bath and mosque. He also built a waterway and brought water the to the city.
Kusadasi, beyond its walls surrounding it, was consisted of the main districts; mountain district and the mosque district. The Mosque district was situated on a flat area where Narrow Street crossed each other horizontally. The house blocks between those streets where so norraw that only two house could stand next to each other. The main parts of the these houses, generally faced the street and had courtyards at the back. The mountain district, since the houses and gardens were built in terraces like famous terraced houses of Ephesus, didn't come into each other's view.
They were typical Ottoman houses. Most off them had large eaves and salient parts with classical tile roofs. Today only small parts of these walls surrounding the ancient ottoman city is left. One of the most outstanding ruin left is the castle door, has an archway, completed with a tower rising on top. In its inner corner, there is a fountain with a tombstone as its base and another as its drinking basin. There two types of writing found on the mirror in Turkish: one written in Arabic letters from the 19nt Century, the other written in Latin letters. The fountain it self seems like telling the story of Kusadasi. As the city extended, district such as Hacı Feyzullah, Alaca Mescit, Cami Atik and Turkmen were added to those previous districts. With its tourism potential being
discovered in the 60's it showed a rapid advance in this field. Especially in the recent years, hotels, motels, camping, many resortsand, summerhouses were built in the city as well as in the suburbs. Meanwhile, a yacht marina was built and the port premises were built and the port premises were built and the port premises were enlarged. Today Kusadasi is one of the most important tourism centers of Turkiye. The rich historical sites and wonderful beaches are not the only reasons for this; the climate of the region also plays an important role. Kusadasi, with its shores and sand right in the front is a beach center. Clean sands in the north and south, named Tusan, Akyar, Otuzbir, Kadınlar Denizi, Aslanburnu, Karaova, Guzelsamlı, Buyuk ve Kusuk Kalamaki, İlyas Aga, Disburun, Tavsanburnu Beaches are kilometres long. The total length of those sandy 6 shores is over 20 km. besides those wide shores; there are also deep bays with sharp rocks suitable for diving.