Geriş is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of

Bodrum Bodrum () is a town and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. About 200 thousand people live in the district, which covers 650 km2 and includes the town. It is a port town at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Known in ancient times as Hal ...

Muğla 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 ...

, Turkey. It is located betqeen the neighbourhoods of

Yalıkavak Yalıkavak is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,532 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is on the Aegean coast. It is from Bodrum, on the no ...

in the southwest and Koyunbaba in the northeast, on a bay at the

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. As of 2023, its population is 3,863. Before the

2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asi ...

, it was a village. On two hills above Geriş, about southwest of

, there are ruins of a settlement, thought to be called Uranion, of the ancient people

Leleges The Leleges (; ) were an aboriginal people of the Aegean Sea, Aegean region, before the Greek people, Greeks arrived. They were distinct from another pre-Hellenic people of the region, the Pelasgians. The exact areas to which they were native are u ...

. Ruins of a

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, walls and bastions can be seen on the coastal hill, and ruins of city walls can be seen on the other hill. The women's handball club Yalıkavak SK, which play in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Turkish champions. Established in the 1978– ...

and compete at European level, is based at Türkan Saylan Sports Complex in Geriş.

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