Yatağan
District and municipality
Map showing Yatağan District in Muğla Province
Map showing Yatağan District in Muğla Province
Yatağan is located in Turkey
Yatağan
Yatağan
Location in Turkey
Yatağan is located in Turkey Aegean
Yatağan
Yatağan
Yatağan (Turkey Aegean)
Coordinates: 37°20′33″N 28°08′22″E / 37.34250°N 28.13944°E / 37.34250; 28.13944
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMuğla
Government
 • MayorMustafa Toksöz (AKP)
Area
851 km2 (329 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
45,283
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
48500
Area code0252
Websitewww.yatagan.bel.tr

Yatağan is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 851 km2,[3] and its population is 45,283 (2022).[1] It is about 26 km (16 mi) north of Muğla.

Sights of interest

Situated in the heart of ancient Caria and, during the 13th - 14th centuries, of the territory of the Anatolian beylik of Menteşe, the district has several localities of interest rich in history. The region is also covered in large part by Mediterranean pine forests.

At a distance of 10 km (6 mi) to the west of the district center, in the direction of Milas, is the ancient site of Stratonikeia, in the present-day village of Eskihisar, and at walking distance from the ancient city is its sanctuary Lagina, near the present-day township of Turgut. Turgut was called Leyne officially until recent date and is still called as such locally.

Another spot of interest is the village of Çaybükü on the road to Muğla. The village has an old and restored coffee house, Belen Kahvesi, mentioned in a nationally renowned song called "Ormancı", which has as theme a tragic event that took place there in 1946. The coffee house is a tourist attraction today both because of the curiosity aroused by the song and also due to its views of the surrounding plain. Once again, Çaybükü had a different official name, Gevenes, until the 1950s and that name is still used locally. An unsuccessful petition was even made by the inhabitants in 2006 for a return to the former name, but while the Ministry of Interior Affairs could accept Geven, it did accept Gevenes.[4] The village is referred to by name in the song, under its former official name of Gevenes.

Composition

There are 50 neighbourhoods in Yatağan District:[5]

  • Akgedik
  • Akyol
  • Alaşar
  • Atatürk
  • Bağyaka
  • Bahçeyaka
  • Bencik
  • Bozarmut
  • Bozüyük
  • Çakırlar
  • Çamlıca
  • Cazkırlar
  • Çukuröz
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Dere
  • Deştin
  • Doğanköy
  • Elmacık
  • Esenköy
  • Eskihisar
  • Gökgedik
  • Gökpınar
  • Hacıbayramlar
  • Hacıveliler
  • Hisarardı
  • Kadıköy
  • Kafacakaplancık
  • Kapubağ
  • Katrancı
  • Kavak
  • Kırıkköy
  • Köklük
  • Konak
  • Kozağaç
  • Madenler
  • Mesken
  • Nebiköy
  • Şahinler
  • Şeref
  • Turgut
  • Turgutlar
  • Yava
  • Yayla
  • Yeni
  • Yenikarakuyu
  • Yeniköy
  • Yeşilbağcılar
  • Yeşilköy
  • Yukarıyayla
  • Zeytinköy

Coal pollution

Since the 1990s the town has attracted world attention due to ecological pollution by the nearby coal-fired power station, one of the oldest coal-fired power stations in the country. There have been campaigns to shut it down by Greenpeace since 1994, and several shutdown court orders have been issued, only to be overruled or ignored because of an energy shortage at that time.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Çaybükü Köyü Gevenes Köyü olamadı (The village of Çaybükü could not re-become Gevenes)" (in Turkish). The newspaper Hürriyet. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  5. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pollution Turkey - Yatagan Power Plant". Worldpress. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
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