Yalıkavak 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 ...

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. Its population is 6,532 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''

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''). It is on the Aegean coast. It is from Bodrum, on the northern side of the Bodrum peninsula. Yalıkavak is surrounded by hills providing views of the town and surrounding Aegean coastline, and there are several beaches and bays in the vicinity. The Yalıkavak area has been inhabited since around the second millennium BCE. Formerly the Bodrum area’s main

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port, Yalikavak is now a tourism hub and location for many holiday residences. The town has a bustling centre with weekly markets (Tuesdays produce, Thursdays textiles and household items) and numerous shops and restaurants. In 2009 Yalikavak hosted the RS:X Youth World Championships in windsurfing, with 109 competitors taking part. The Yalıkavak Marina, a major commercial development within the town, provides 620 berths for yachts up to 135m in length, as well as housing a range of shopping, dining and leisure facilities.Yalıkavak Marina website
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Gallery

File:YalikavakPalmarina.jpg, Palmarina designed by Emre Arolat File:Yalikavak-Bodrum-Turkey_(7551656790).jpg, Windmills in Yalıkavak File:Yalikavak_(6863354542).jpg, Coastline of Yalıkavak File:EAA_YALIKAVAKPALMARINA.jpg, Yalıkavak Harbour File:Yalikavak Windmill.JPG, Yalikavak windmill built in 1859 and restored in 2005

References

External links

Municipality of Bodrum official site

Yalıkavak Marina website
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