Çandarlı is a coastal township with own municipality within the district of

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in western

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. It is a well-developed town and an important tourist resort. It is a fishing village, were a lot of daily life revolves around such, with many people having jobs surrounding the fishing industry, making nets, gutting and cooking the fish, not to forget the fisherman themselves. It has a small population in winter months of approximately 1000, but in summer the population nearly doubles with tourists - going all the way to about 2000, normally domestic tourists rather than international. Çandarlı is situated on the northern coast of the ( Gulf of Çandarlı) and opposite the important industrial center of

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, another district center. The town's landmark is the 15th century Ottoman castle rebuilt by the Grand Vizier

Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger Çandarlı Halil Pasha (died 10 July 1453), known as the Younger, was a highly influential Ottoman grand vizier under the sultans Murad II and, for the first few years of his reign, Mehmed II (from 1439 to 1 June 1453 precisely).İsmail Hâmi ...

. The castle, built to protect Sultan

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who preferred to reside in nearby

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from a possible outside attack, is fully intact and open to visitors. Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger also gave the town its present name, naming it after his own family. Çandarlı's name in antiquity was Pitane. The ruins are situated slightly outside the town itself.

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