MAGNESIA AD MAEANDRUM: 300 YEARS OF THE RESEARCH HISTORY “1715-2015”

Magnesia ad Maeandrum ancient city today exists in borders of city of Aydın, Germencik Town, Ortaklar Quarter, Tekinköy. The latest period’s excavations were started in the city by Prof. Dr. Orhan Bingöl and the excavation and restoration works have been carried out constantly by Bingol’s team nearly 30 years till now. Magnesia and the ruins in the city, as they were mentioned in Emre Madran’s article named as“19. Yüzyıl Gezi Yapıtlarında Batı Anadolu Arkeolojisi” like other West Anatolian ancient cities, have been point of interest of researchers coming from Europe since 18th century. Magnesia, which has hosted lots of researchers, travelers in their studies after its discovery, has let the excavations of English, French and German researchers to be done except from the ones that had been carried out for Ottoman Empire. In this article, Magnesia’s 300 years research studies are tried to be listed in a chronological order in the light of current documents.