Kusadasi is a large town on Turkey's Aegean coast, and the center of the seaside district of the same name within Aydin Province. Kusadasi is 95 km south of ?zmir, and about 60 km from Ayd?n. The municipality's primary industry is tourism. The mayor of the district is Ömer Günel. The name Kusadasi comes from the Turkish words (bird) and (island), as the island has the shape of a bird's head (when seen from the sea). It was known as Ephesus Neopolis during the Byzantine era, and later as Scala Nova or Scala Nuova under the Genoese and Venetians. Kusadasi was adopted in its place at the beginning of the 20th century.

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