History

Introduction Following on from my last blog about Didim, I am now imparting information about Didim, not only as a stunning coastal town on the Aegean coast of Turkey, but a town also known in ancient times as Didyma, and dating back to BC 500, although there are traces of...

Temple of Apollo, Didim/Aydın, 1890s (Photo: Eski Türkiye Fotoğrafları Arşivi)

Temple of Apollo/Didim, 1911 (Photo: Eski Türkiye Fotoğrafları Arşivi) A headband, tie, or forehead band is worn around the head. It is believed that the words dedem (meaning “crown” in Sogdian), didem (in Pahlavi and Parthian) originated from the Ancient Greek verb diadima, which means “to tie around.” In relation to this, it was called diademme in...