THE LEGEND ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY

According to a legend, a widow potter lived in this environment thousands of years ago. Her bowls and pots were very strong and beautiful therefore the other potters could not sell their bowls and pots. The potters who were in a real hard position decided to follow her and find out where she got her potters clay because they were sure that her success laid in the potters clay she was using. They secretly followed her one day. They found out that she got it from a small mountain where Kutahya is located (this clay is kaolin type clay that is used in clay production). All the potters started getting their clay from this area. After this, the art of pottery improved very fast and a new city was established and it was named SEREMORUM which means city of ceramics. The name of the city then was changed to KOTIOM and and then to KUTOHYA.