Kyzikos (in the Wikipedia I found it spelled Cyzicus also) was allegedly founded in 756 BC from Miletus. I tried visiting it, but it was pretty hard to find. I expected a gate and a fenced site, instead, after some tries, people told me to walk a small dirt road and there found all that remained of the Temple of Zeus, that lay in ruins. Even these ruins were the remains of a restoration under emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD). So first some pictures of that spot.
One of my handicaps is that I do not like football. That diminishes my chances of communicating with many Turks considerably. For this one occassion I decided to give it a try to at least take a decent picture of the sport. Part of the site served as a field for the neighbourhood kids. Here you see them in action.