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{{short description|Sea-side village in Çeşme, Turkey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = neighbourhood
| province             = İzmir
| district             = Çeşme
| name                 = Ildır
| population_total     = 758
| population_as_of     = 2022
| coordinates          = {{Coord|38|23|2|N|26|28|34|E|display=title, inline}}
| image_skyline        = Ildiri Erythrai.JPG
| image_caption        = A view of Ildır beach
| elevation_m          = 
| postal_code          = 
| area_code            = 0232 
}}
'''Ildır''' is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of [[Çeşme]], [[İzmir Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its population is 758 (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> It is a picturesque sea-side village on the [[Aegean Sea]] coast, located about twenty-five kilometers north of [[Çeşme]] town, facing [[Chios]].{{r|"Mater 1982 p. 176"}}

The important [[Ancient Greeks|Ancient Greek]] city of '''[[Erythrae|Erythrai]]''' was located here from the [[Hellenistic period]], and throughout the ancient [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] periods. The ruins are situated within the modern-day village and the site was explored in depth in the 1960s by Professor [[Ekrem Akurgal]], leading to valuable discoveries, but has since been somewhat neglected.

Despite being close to [[Çeşme]], the village has not been affected by the tourism boom that has overtaken its administrative center, and a calm and introverted lifestyle prevails in the village, supplemented only by a number of summer-house owners and retirees, mostly from [[İzmir]].

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Mater 1982 p. 176">{{cite book
| last        = Mater
| first       = B.
| title       = Urla Yarımadasında arazinin sınıflandırılması ile kullanılışı arasındaki ilişkiler
| publisher   = Edebiyat Fakültesi Matbaası
| series      = İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi yayınları
| year        = 1982
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=ei9LAQAAIAAJ
| language    = tr
| access-date = 14 September 2018
| page        = 176
}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey]]
[[Category:Roman sites in Turkey]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Çeşme District]]