Akhisar

Akhisar is the modern day "Thyatira", famous for being the location of one of the Seven Churches in the book of Revelation and the birth place of Lydia, the first European Christian. 

We were driving down to Izmir today a we stopped in for a blipshoot as we drove by the town.

More pics here: https://plus.google.com/photos/+NickMott/albums/6110197269391274209