Yatağan is a municipality and

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. Its area is 851 km², and its population is 45,283 (2022). It is about north of

Muğla Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe, Muğla, Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...

Sights of interest

Situated in the heart of ancient

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and, during the 13th - 14th centuries, of the territory of the

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of Menteşe, the district has several localities of interest rich in history. The region is also covered in large part by

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pine forests. At a distance of to the west of the district center, in the direction of

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, is the ancient site of Stratonikeia, in the present-day village of Eskihisar, and at walking distance from the ancient city is its

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Lagina, near the present-day township of Turgut. Turgut was called Leyne officially until recent date and is still called as such locally. Another spot of interest is the village of Çaybükü on the road to Muğla. The village has an old and restored

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, ''Belen Kahvesi'', mentioned in a nationally renowned song called ''"Ormancı"'', which has as theme a tragic event that took place there in 1946. The coffee house is a tourist attraction today both because of the curiosity aroused by the song and also due to its views of the surrounding plain. Once again, Çaybükü had a different official name, Gevenes, until the 1950s and that name is still used locally. An unsuccessful petition was even made by the inhabitants in 2006 for a return to the former name, but while the Ministry of Interior Affairs could accept Geven, it did accept Gevenes. The village is referred to by name in the song, under its former official name of Gevenes.

Composition

There are 50

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in Yatağan District: * Akgedik * Akyol * Alaşar * Atatürk * Bağyaka * Bahçeyaka * Bencik * Bozarmut * Bozüyük * Çakırlar * Çamlıca * Cazkırlar * Çukuröz * Cumhuriyet * Dere * Deştin * Doğanköy * Elmacık * Esenköy * Eskihisar * Gökgedik * Gökpınar * Hacıbayramlar * Hacıveliler * Hisarardı * Kadıköy * Kafacakaplancık * Kapubağ * Katrancı * Kavak * Kırıkköy * Köklük * Konak * Kozağaç * Madenler * Mesken * Nebiköy * Şahinler * Şeref * Turgut * Turgutlar * Yava * Yayla * Yeni * Yenikarakuyu * Yeniköy * Yeşilbağcılar * Yeşilköy * Yukarıyayla * Zeytinköy

Coal pollution

Since the 1990s the town has attracted world attention due to ecological pollution by the nearby coal-fired power station, one of the oldest coal-fired power stations in the country. There have been campaigns to shut it down by

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since 1994, and several shutdown court orders have been issued, only to be overruled or ignored because of an energy shortage at that time.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yatagan, Mugla Populated places in Muğla Province Districts of Muğla Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey