Editing Miletus (section)

===Turkish rule===
[[File:Mosque_Ilyas_Bey_exterior.JPG|thumb|An Ottoman mosque from the Turkish period at the Miletus site]]
[[Seljuk Turks]] conquered the city in the 14th century and used Miletus as a port to trade with [[Venice]].

In the 15th century, the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] utilized the city as a harbour during their rule in [[Anatolia]]. As the harbour became silted up, the city was abandoned. Due to ancient and subsequent [[deforestation]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miletus (Site) |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Miletus&object=Site |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> [[overgrazing]] (mostly by goat herds), [[erosion]] and [[soil degradation]], the ruins of the city lie some {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the sea with [[sediment]]s filling the plain and bare hill ridges without soils and trees, a [[maquis shrubland]] remaining.

The [[İlyas Bey Mosque|Ilyas Bey Complex]] from 1403 with its mosque is a [[Europa Nostra]] awarded cultural heritage site in Miletus.
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