Turunçova is a town in

Finike Finike, the ancient Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ), also formerly Phineka, is a town and a district on the Mediterranean coast of Antalya Province in Turkey, to the west of the city of Antalya, along the Turkish Riviera. It is located o ...

district of

Antalya Province Antalya Province ( tr, ) is located on the Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visit ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. At it is situated on Turkish state highway . Distance to Finike is . The population of Turunçova was 8237 as of 2012. The area around Turunçova was always inhabited during the historical ages and the ancient city

Limyra Limyra ( grc, Λίμυρα) ( xlc, 𐊈𐊚𐊎𐊒𐊕𐊁 was a small city in ancient Lycia on the southern coast of Asia Minor, on the Limyrus River ( grc, Λιμύρος). History Already flourishing in the second millennium BC, the c ...

is at the east of Turunçova. In 1956, two former villages named ''Çavdır'' and ''Bağyaka'' were merged to form the town of Turunçova.Mayor's page
/ref> The town economy depends on citrus farming and industry.

References

Populated places in Antalya Province Towns in Turkey Finike District {{Antalya-geo-stub