Güllük Port is a port with an annual capacity of 5 million tons which serves ships up to 50.000 dwt tons at

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 ...

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 ...

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, Armen ...

Geography

The port is at the northern part of

. Its altitude is . It is surrounded by

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some . In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn con ...

to the west, and forest to the north.

History

In late 19’s new strategic plan was developed by the

Turkish government The Government of Turkey () is the national government of Turkey. It is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative democracy and a constitutional republic within a pluriform multi-party system. The term government can me ...

to increase the port capacity of

. Part of this strategic plan world known Turkish architect

Günay Erdem Günay Erdem (born 18 April 1978) is a Turkish Architect (graduated) and self-taught landscape architect. Günay Erdem together with his brother Sunay Erdem leads architectural and urban design practice Erdem Architects which they founded in 199 ...

and famous Turkish landscape architect

Sunay Erdem Sunay Erdem (born 17 March 1971) is a Turkish people, Turkish landscape architect (by degree) and self-taught architect. Sunay Erdem founded Erdem Architects with his brother, Günay Erdem, in 1998. Sunay Erdem designed many urban design projec ...

prepared design for the new port in 2004. Same year construction of Güllük Port begun and in 2006 it was opened to public.]

References

Ports and harbours of Turkey Ports and harbours of the Aegean Sea {{Turkey-geo-stub