Kayaköy, İzmir

Kayaköy (literally "rock ville") is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey.

The area around Kayaköy was a zeamet (a kind of fief) during Ottoman era.

But beginning by the 19th century, Ottoman government began settling nomadic tribes to former fief lands.

A part of the Turkmen tribe of Sarıkeçili from South Anatolia was settled in Kayaköy.

Animal husbandry and dairy farming, the traditional source of living of the nomads, are still popular.