Kayaköy, İzmir
Kayaköy (literally "rock ville") is a town in İzmir Province, Turkey Geography. Kayaköy is a part of Ödemiş district of İzmir province. It is at . Distance to Ödemiş is and to İzmir is . The population of Kayaköy was 1331 at 2011. History. The area around Kayaköy was a zeamet (a kind of fief) during Ottoman era. But beginning by the 19th century, Ottoman government began settling nomadic tribes to former fief lands. A part of the Turkmen tribe of "Sarıkeçili" from South Anatolia was settled in Kayaköy. Kayaköy was declared a seat of township in 1990. Economy. Kayaköy  is situated in a fertile plain. But irrigation facilities need to be developed. Once popular industrial crops like tobacco and cotton are no more popular. They are replaced by potato, pepper and watermelon. Animal husbandry and dairy farming, the traditional source of living of the nomads, are still popular. Trivia. The mansion of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a bandit and a folk hero, is in Kayaköy and the governance of İzmir Province has decided to restore the mansion. (His grave is also in Kayaköy.)