Mordoğan is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Karaburun Karaburun (, Achirlí) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, in western Turkey. Its area is 421 km2, and its population is 12,200 (2022). The district area roughly corresponds to the peninsula of the same nam ...

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. Its population is 5,433 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''

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''). The town is situated on the eastern shoreline of Karaburun Peninsula within the Gulf of İzmir at about twenty kilometers to the south of the district center of Karaburun. Mordoğan equals the district center in economic development terms, especially in

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, and has a number of accommodation facilities and restaurants, being advantaged by being located before the district center when coming from

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

and by being served by a modern and easy land-route.

Gallery

Image:Faik Sarikaya mordogan 4.jpg, Mordoğan fishboats' quay Image:Faik Sarikaya mordogan 1.jpg, Mordoğan sea-side promenade

References

Populated coastal places in Turkey Fishing communities in Turkey Neighbourhoods in Karaburun District {{İzmir-geo-stub