Güllük Gulf (), also called Mandalya Gulf, is an Aegean gulf of Turkey. The gulf is situated to the north of Bodrum Peninsula and to the south of Dilek Peninsula. Administratively, its coast is a part 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 ...

and

Milas Milas is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,067 km2, and its population is 147,416 (2022). The city commands a region with an active economy and is very rich in history and ancient rema ...

ilçe The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the s ...

s (districts) of

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 ...

, except for a small region, which is a part of

Didim Didim is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 424 km2, and its population is 97,000 (2022). It is a popular seaside holiday resort on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of western Turkey, from t ...

ilçe of

Aydın Province Aydın Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. Its area is 8,116 km2, and its population is 1,148,241 (2022). T ...

.''Büyük Atlas'' (2008) p.27 The width of the gulf from north to south is over , and the distance between the entrance and the maximum inlet, from west to east, is also over . The gulf is famous for tourist resorts such as

Güllük Güllük is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Milas, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,866 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is situated north of Bodrum. It is a small Turkish town ...

, Torba, Güvercinlik and

Türkbükü Türkbükü is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,566 (2022). It is a coastal town on the Turkish Riviera on the opposite side of the Bodrum peninsula from the town of Bodrum. T ...

. The archaeological site of

Iasos Iasos or Iassos (; ''Iasós'' or ''Iassós''), also in Latinized form Iasus or Iassus (), was a Ancient Greece, Greek city in ancient Caria located on the Gulf of Iasos (now called the Güllük Gulf, Gulf of Güllük), opposite the modern town ...

is also at the east coast of the gulf. Some coves on the eastern part of the bay are occupied by fish farms which threaten to spoil the environment.

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