Gölyazı

Gölyazı is a Turkish town founded on a small peninsula on Lake Uluabat.

Gölyazı was founded by the Ancient Greeks. but remains of the Roman period are abundant.

Every year the town holds the Stork Festival and until the 20th century, Greeks and Manavlar lived together. In ancient times it was known as Apolloniatis The name Gölyazı means Fisherwoman

Possibly founded as a colony by Miletus, the antiquity of the city is supported by coins from as early as 450BCE, which bear the anchor symbol of Apollo and which have been attributed by some scholars to this Apollonia. The city experienced prosperity under the Attalids during Hellenistic times.

The Roman Emperor Hadrian visited the city and in the Byzantine period, it belonged to the Diocese of Bithinya, then Nicomedia. In 1302 the Ottoman king Osman I took refuge in the castle after the Battle of Bapheus but retreated.

The ruins of Gölyazı are, 3.7 kilometers south of the highway. Some remains include:

remains of the old Greek Church

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