Heraklia

 The word of Latmos has been translated in Hellen language. This region was known as 'Lada' because of the mother goddess of Lada. Hellens changed the name of 'Lada' as Latmos. It is not known exactly where the name of Heraleia came from. However, Mausolus tried to reconstruct the city according to Helenistic style in IV. BC. and he changed its name to Herakleia to be presupposed. After Mausolus's death, the city was controlled for ten years by Pleistarkhos's domination from the Ptolemaios dynasty at the beginning of III. BC. At this time, it was called 'Pleistarkheia', later it was named 'Aleksandreia at Latmos's coastline' by Lysimakhos, but all these names were not permanent names. Because the same name was shared with the other cities in Anatolia, 'Latmos Herakleia' had been named to distinguish it from them. 

The earliest remains in the region indicates mountain culture with the rock drawings dating back to 8. thousand BC. Hittite Hieroglyphic inscription was found to document certain knowledge of Hittites came to the coastline of Aegean on the first rock drawings of west Anatolia. Herakleia Ancient City established on the skirt of the Besparmak (Latmos) Mountains by Bafa Lake is located nearby Kapikiri village and where it was established. It got its first name was from the Latmos mountain in the 6th century BC. The new Herakleia Ancient City had just been established, it was supported by bastions. The Athena Temple was positioned on the large Agora. The temple which was built in the 3rd century BC was one of the well-preserved ruins. Many ruins of the monastery are encountered at Herakleia which was at the centre of monastery life in the medieval ages