Several ancient Greek votives and inscriptions dedicated to Zeus Bronton and Apollon Phoibos have been found near the town, where he was heavily worshipped and a cult of them was present.

[6] An inscription dedicated to Demeter, one of only two surviving in the administrative district of Iznik (ancient Nicaea), was also found near the city.

[12] During the Turkish War of Independence Pazaryeri was completely destroyed by burning by the Greek Army during its advance inland in July 1921.

A report of the Western Front Command of the Turkish Army dating 16 February 1921 stated that 24 people were murdered inside the town centre while 16 sheep and 10 goats were also among the casualties.

[citation needed] Second-Lieutenant Pantelis Priniotakis describes the events on his diary dating to 13 July 1921 with the following words:[14] Our phalanx continued its march towards Pazarcık, which we captured after a short enemy resistance and which our army burned.

It was a town of about 3,500 inhabitants, extremely rich and beautiful, and in terms of the way its houses were built of boards and wood, it was completely destroyed by fire in just a few hours.

The inhabitants had left the village as soon as they understood that our units were advancing on them, except for a few old people whom they were forced to leave there due to the difficulty of transporting.The official result was that 644 buildings, the entire town was destroyed by the Greek Army.