Two kingdoms held this small city in turn: it passed to Pergamon after being founded under the Seleucids, the Syrian dynasty. Its site is near the town of Ortaköy, roughly eight kilometres northwest of the Çal district of Denizli.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Denizli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6 °C in January to 27.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (90 mm) and lightest in August (11 mm). Long-term means for 1957-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
