Karmylassos / Kayakoy

KAYAKOY is a ghost town that is located about five miles west of Hisaronu. Ölüdeniz a beautiful crescent moon beach is also nearby. Once known as Levissi and was abandoned not long after World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. The abandonment occurred because previous to these wars, many Greeks had to go live in Turkey and on the other hand, many Turks had to go and live in Greece. Therefore after the conflict, The UN oversaw the exchange of population between Turkey and Greece. Most of the inhabitants of Kayakoy, who were Ottoman Greeks, moved to the outskirts of Athens, where they founded Nea Levissia.