Dalyanköy is a coastal village 2 km to Çeşme. Some call it as “the Bosporus of Çeşme”,. The sea has formed a natural harbor getting slowly into the land in Dalyanköy. Fishponds had been established in this recession, the name of the village comes from these fishponds (Dalyanköy means fishpond village). While the Northern Aegean Sea is getting rough, fishing boats and sailing boats are enjoying tranquility in this bay.


Dalyanköy is an extremely sheltered entrance to land. Its bottom which was a clay area once upon a time has been cleaned and it has become a natural marina getting more and more modern.

Once it was a natural shelter. Later it was adorned with a marina and got famous for its fish restaurants. You can not swim in its recession; however there are enjoyable and clean swimming places around it. Kocakarı beach and Sakızlıköy are the leading ones.

Dalyanköy is an ideal shelter for fishing boats, yachts and all kind of boats. Its name was “köste” once upon a time and it was a tranquil, calm and small fishermen village till the end of 70’s.

The original people of Dalyanköy are divided into three groups. They are generally Black Sea immigrants, some Selanik immigrants and some Roman citizens that are estimated to be of Greek origin. The district of the Roman is in the entrance part of the village. If we make an evaluation on Çeşme people, we can say that Alaçatı is generally composed of Yugoslavian immigrants (Bosnians) and Romans, Çeşme is composed of Greek and Islands immigrants and Dalyanköy is composed of Black Sea immigrants.

Eating fish in Dalyanköy is a classic of Çeşme. The fish restaurants and eating places are overcrowded at weekends and they are full of families eating dinner collectively.