Seydikemer is a municipality and
district
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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 ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 2,208 km
2, and its population is 62,622 (2022).
The district and municipality Seydikemer was created at 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 ...
from part of the district of
Fethiye
Fethiye () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 875 km2, and its population is 177,702 (2022). It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera. It was formerly k ...
, including the former municipality ''Kemer''. The name refers to Kemer and the adjacent village ''Seydiler''.
Located some inland from Fethiye, this remains very much a traditional Turkish town. There are nevertheless a few
expat
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country.
The term often refers to a professional, skilled worker, or student from an affluent country. However, it may also refer to retirees, artists and ...
s living here.
Composition
There are 65
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Seydikemer District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Alaçat
* Arifler
* Arsaköy
* Atlıdere
* Bağlıağaç
* Bayırköy
* Bekçiler
* Belen
* Boğalar
* Boğaziçi
* Çaltılar
* Çaltıözü
* Çamurköy
* Çatak
* Çayan
* Çaykenarı
* Ceylan
* Çobanisa
* Çobanlar
* Çökek
* Çukurincir
* Cumhuriyet
* Demirler
* Dereköy
* Dodurga
* Doğanlar
* Dont
* Düğer
* Eşen
* Gerişburnu
* Girmeler
* Gölbent
* Güneşli
* Hacıosmanlar
* İzzetinköy
* Kabaağaç
* Kadıköy
* Karadere
* Karaköy
* Kayabaşı
* Kayacık
* Kayadibi
* Kıncılar
* Kınık
* Korubükü
* Kumluova
* Menekşe
* Minare
* Ören
* Ortaköy
* Paşalı
* Sahil Ceylan
* Sarıyer
* Seki
* Seydiler
* Söğütlüdere
* Temel
* Uğurlu
* Yakabağ
* Yakaköy
* Yayla Eldirek
* Yayla Gökben
* Yayla Karaçulha
* Yaylapatlangıç
* Zorlar
Attractions
Popular places are Saklıkent National Park, Tlos
Tlos (Lycian language, Lycian: 𐊗𐊍𐊀𐊇𐊀 ''Tlawa'', Hittite language, Hittite: 𒁕𒆷𒉿 ''Dalawa'', or Τλῶς) was an ancient Lycian city near the modern town of Seydikemer in the Mugla Province of southern Turkey, some 4 kilo ...
, Letoon
Letoon or Letoum (, ) in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province, Turkey, was a sanctuary of Leto located south of the ancient city of Xanthos, to which it was closely associated, and along the Xanthos River. It was one of the most important re ...
, Pinara, Sidyma
Sidyma (), was a town of ancient Lycia, at what is now the small village of Dudurga Asari in Muğla Province, Turkey. It lies on the southern slope of Mount Cragus, to the north-west of the mouth of the Xanthus (river), Xanthus.
History
The ...
, Erendag and Oenoanda
Oenoanda (; ''Oinoanda'') was a Lycian city, in the upper valley of the River Xanthus. It is noted for the philosophical inscription by the Epicurean, Diogenes of Oenoanda.
The ruins of the city lie on a highly isolated site west of the mo ...
.
References
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Seydikemer District
Districts of Muğla Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey