[4] The name of the village appears in an early 20th-century German atlas as Jylan Chodja (Yılan Hoca)[5] and in Greek as Γιλανχοτζας (Yilankhotzas).

[12] Ancient settlements have also been reported in the area of the village, with Byzantine-era building stones, columns, and a relief found in nearby fields.

[14] In 1936, because of famine brought about by the failure of the grape crop, the Red Crescent distributed staple foods to the village and surrounding area.

[15][16][17][18] In 1949, the village and surrounding area experienced an earthquake of X intensity on the Mercalli-Sieberg scale, which left several houses uninhabitable.

[19] A delegation of politicians including Celâl Bayar and Adnan Menderes visited the village and surrounding area soon after the earthquake.

The interior walls of the upper story are bağdadi work, that is, a timber frame with horizontal laths covered in a thick mixture of mud and straw.