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Ovacık, Fethiye
Ovacık is a settlement in Fethiye district on the Turkish Riviera, Muğla Province, Turkey. It is part of the neighbourhood Ölüdeniz. It is located next to the residential neighborhood and holiday resort of Hisarönü, which consists mainly of small hotels and private villas. The village has restaurants, and is generally quieter than Hisarönü. Location Ovacık village is located on a small plateau at the foot of Babadağ (mountain, Muğla), Babadağ mountain (), the preferred spot for Paragliding, paragliders, near the blue lagoon of Ölüdeniz and Belcekız beach. The village is about 5 km away from Ölüdeniz, 9 km from Fethiye city center, and 100 km from the city of Muğla. References Turkish Riviera Fethiye District {{Muğla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye
Fethiye () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of MuÄŸla Province, Turkey. Its area is 875 km2, and its population is 177,702 (2022). It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera. It was formerly known as Makri, and MeÄŸri. History Fethiye was formerly known as Makri (). Modern Fethiye is located on the site of the ancient city of Telmessos, the ruins of which can be seen in the city, e.g. the Hellenistic theatre by the main quay. A Lycian legend explains the source of the name Telmessos as follows: The god Apollo falls in love with the youngest daughter of the King of Phoenicia, Agenor. He disguises himself as a small dog and thus, gains the love of the shy, withdrawn daughter. After he reappears as a handsome man, they have a son, who they name 'Telmessos' (the land of lights). The city became part of the Persian Empire after the invasion of the Persian general Harpagos in 547 BC, along with other Lycian and Carian cities. Telm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. Etymology The word "district" in English is a Loanword, loan word from French language, French. It comes from Medieval Latin districtus–"exercising of justice, restraining of offenders". The earliest known English-language usage dates to 1611, in the work of lexicographer Randle Cotgrave. By country or territory Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian language, Persian ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. Cadastral divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Riviera
The Turkish Riviera (), also known popularly as the Turquoise Coast, is an area of southwest Turkey encompassing the provinces of Antalya and Muğla, and to a lesser extent Aydın, southern İzmir and western Mersin. The combination of a favorable climate, warm sea, mountainous scenery, fine beaches along more than a of shoreline along the Mediterranean and Aegean waters, and abundant natural and archaeological points of interest makes this stretch of Turkey's coastline a popular national and international tourist destination. Among the archaeological points of interest are two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The ruins of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; and the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. The coastline is regarded as a cultural trove that provides background on a fascinating mixture of factual and mythological individuals, conflicts and events, and has frequently been referred to in the folklore of various cultures throughout history. As such, it is r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MuÄŸla Province
Muğla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1,048,185 (2022). Its seat is the city of Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, lie on the coast. Geography At , Muğla's coastline is the longest among the Provinces of Turkey and is home to the Datça Peninsula. As well as the sea, Muğla has two large lakes, Lake Bafa in the district of Milas and Lake Köyceğiz. The landscape consists of pot-shaped small plains surrounded by mountains, formed by depressions in the Neogene. These include the plain of the city of Muğla itself, Yeşilyurt, Muğla, Yeşilyurt, Ula, Muğla, Ula, Gülağzı, Menteşe, Gülağzı, Yerkesik, Menteşe, Yerkesik, Akkaya, Muğla, Akkaya, and Yenice, Muğla, Yenice. Until the recen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ölüdeniz
Ölüdeniz (literally "Dead Sea", due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation: Blue Lagoon) is a town of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,132 (2022). Before the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is a beach resort on the Turkish Riviera, at the conjunction point of the Aegean Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean seas. It is located south of Fethiye, near Babadağ (mountain, Muğla), Mount Babadağ. It has a sandy bay at the mouth of Ölüdeniz, on a blue lagoon. The beach itself is a pebble beach. The lagoon is a national nature reserve and construction is strictly prohibited. The seawater of Ölüdeniz is famous for its shades of turquoise (color), turquoise and aquamarine (color), aquamarine, while its beach is an official Blue Flag beach. Paragliding Ölüdeniz is also famous for its paragliding opportunities. It is a popular site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisarönü
Hisarönü is a tourist resort in the Fethiye district of the Muğla Province of Turkey. It is part of the neighbourhood Ölüdeniz. It is situated at the western extreme of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey and the southern extreme of the Aegean coast. The resort has grown from a very basic village in 1990 to the large resort with its neighbor Ovacık since then. In 1992, the road through Hisaronu to Kayaköy was paved for the first time. Hisarönü was originally intended to provide accommodation for nearby Ölüdeniz Ölüdeniz (literally "Dead Sea", due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation: Blue Lagoon) is a town of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,132 (2022). Before the 2013 Turkish ... (where new building work is quite restricted), but has now become a holiday resort in its own right and is popular with British holidaymakers in particular. The closest airport to the resort is Dalaman Airport. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BabadaÄŸ (mountain, MuÄŸla)
BabadaÄŸ is a mountain near Fethiye, in MuÄŸla Province, southwest Turkey. The mountain has a principal summit at an elevation of and a second one called ''"Karatepe"'' at an elevation of . These two summits face each other and are separated by a flood valley, which led to the term "mountain range" to be used in some sources in association with BabadaÄŸ. The mass is composed mainly of limestone. It is noted for its rich flora, including the endemic '' Acer undulatum'', and forests of Lebanon Cedar (''Cedrus libani''). It is also notable for the proximity of its summit to the sea (less than 5 km) which is one of the factors that make it particularly suitable and popular for paragliding. BabadaÄŸ, Mount Cragus and Anticragus In ancient times, Mount Cragus (), also spelled ''Mount Cragos'' or ''Mount Kragus'', was a principal mountain of ancient Lycia, although ancient names are sometimes difficult to match with the features observed today. Strabo (p. 665), whose desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended below a fabric wing. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside. Despite not using an engine, paraglider flights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres, though flights of one to five hours and covering some tens of kilometres are more the norm. By skillful exploitation of sources of lift, the pilot may gain height, often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand metres. History In 1966, Canadian Domina Jalbert was granted a patent for a ''multi-cell wing type aerial device—''"a wing having a flexible canopy constituting an upper skin and with a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MuÄŸla
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 660 m and lies at a distance of about from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Gökova to its south-west. Muğla (Menteşe) district area neighbors the district areas of Milas, Yatağan, Muğla, Yatağan and Kavaklıdere, Muğla, Kavaklıdere to its north by north-west and those of Ula, Turkey, Ula and Köyceğiz, all of whom are dependent districts. Muğla is the administrative capital of a province that incorporates internationally well-known and popular tourist resorts such as Bodrum, Marmaris, Datça, Dalyan, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz and also the smaller resort of Sarigerme. History Classical period Muğla was apparently a minor settlement in classical antiquity, a halfway-point along the passage between the Carian cities of Idrias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
