Fethiye
District and municipality
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Fethiye is located in Turkey
Fethiye
Fethiye
Location in Turkey
Fethiye is located in Turkey Aegean
Fethiye
Fethiye
Fethiye (Turkey Aegean)
Coordinates: 36°39′5″N 29°7′23″E / 36.65139°N 29.12306°E / 36.65139; 29.12306
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMuğla
Government
 • MayorAlim Karaca[1] (CHP)
Area
875 km2 (338 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
177,702
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
48300
Area code0252
Websitewww.fethiye.bel.tr

Fethiye (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈfethije]) is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 875 km2,[4] and its population is 177,702 (2022).[2] It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera.

History

Historic map of Fethiye by Piri Reis

Fethiye was formerly known as Makri (Greek: Μάκρη).[5][6] Modern Fethiye is located on the site of the ancient city of Telmessos, the ruins of which can be seen in the city, e.g. the Hellenistic theatre by the main quay.

A Lycian legend explains the source of the name Telmessos as follows: The god Apollo falls in love with the youngest daughter of the King of Phoenicia, Agenor. He disguises himself as a small dog and thus, gains the love of the shy, withdrawn daughter. After he reappears as a handsome man, they have a son, who they name 'Telmessos' (the land of lights).

The city became part of the Persian Empire after the invasion of the Persian general Harpagos in 547 BC, along with other Lycian and Carian cities. Telmessos then joined the Attic-Delos Union (Delian League) established in mid-5th century BC. and, although it later left the union and became an independent city, it continued its relations with the union until the 4th century BC.

Lycian sarcophagus in the ancient city Telmessos.

Very little is known of the city during the Byzantine times. Surviving buildings attest to considerable prosperity during late Antiquity, but most were abandoned in the 7th–8th centuries due to the Arab-Byzantine Wars. The city was fortified in the 8th century, and appears as "Telmissos or Anastasioupolis" ca. 800. By the 10th century, the ancient name was forgotten and it became known as Makre or Makri (Μάκρη, "long one"), from the name of the island at the entrance to the harbour.[5] There are signs of renewed prosperity in the 12-13th centuries: the city walls were enlarged, a report from 1106 names Makre a centre for perfume production, and geographical works from the 13th century describe the city as a commercial center. The area fell to the Turks in the late 12th or early 13th century.[6]

Telmessos was ruled by the Anatolian beylik of Menteşe starting in 1284, under the name Beskaza.

It became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1424, and was called مكرى Meğri until 1934.[7]

From 1867 until 1922, Meğri was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Turkish Empire. The town grew considerably in the 19th century, and had a large Greek population at that time.[5] Following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Greeks of Makri were sent to Greece where they founded the town of Nea Makri (New Makri) in Greece.[5] The town was resettled with Turks from Greece. At nearby Kayaköy, formerly Levissi, the abandoned Greek Orthodox church is still standing.

In 1934, the city was renamed Fethiye in honor of Captain Fethi Bey, one of the first pilots of the Ottoman Air Force, who died (together with First Lieutenant Sadık Bey) during an airplane crash on 27 February 1914 near Al-Samra, while attempting to complete the first flight from Istanbul to Cairo.[8]

On 3 August 1953, Air France Flight 152, while en route from Rome to Beirut, ditched into the Gulf of Fethiye off Kızılada. Of the 8 crew and 34 passengers on board, four drowned. The survivors were hosted by the residents during their stay in the town.[9][10][11]

Fethiye has experienced many powerful and occasionally destructive earthquakes, most notably the 1957 Fethiye earthquakes on 24–25 April with 67 casualties and 3,200 damaged or destroyed buildings, which constituted 90% of the buildings in the entire city.[12] The town has been rebuilt since then and now has a modern harbor and a marina.

On 14 January 1969, Fethiye was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2, which caused no deaths, but there were some injuries and significant damage to buildings.[13]

On 10 June 2012, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1, struck Fethiye. There was no loss of life, but there were some injuries and many houses and workplaces were damaged.[14]

Tourism

Fethiye is one of Turkey's well-known tourist centers and is especially popular during the summer. The Fethiye Museum, which is rich in ancient and more recent artifacts, displays and testifies to the successive chain of civilizations that existed in the area, starting with the ancient Lycians.

Some of the historical sites worth visiting are: Kadyanda (Cadyanda) ancient city, Kayaköy - the abandoned Greek village, Afkule, Gemiler and Aya Nikola. Fethiye is also home to the Tomb of Amyntas, a large tomb built in 350 BC by the Lycians.[15]

The most popular tourist towns of Fethiye are: Ölüdeniz, Çalış Beach area, Hisarönü and Ovacık, Fethiye.[16] Butterfly Valley is in the Fethiye district.

The island of Kızılada in the Gulf of Fethiye, 4 mi (6.4 km) off the city,[17] is a popular stopover for boat tours. Alternatively, there are great diving sites, Afkule being one of the most famous.[18] The Kızılada Lighthouse on the island houses a seafood restaurant and a hostel with nine rooms.[19]

Composition

There are 41 neighbourhoods in Fethiye District:[20]

  • Akarca
  • Babataşı
  • Bozyer
  • Cami
  • Çamköy
  • Çatalarık
  • Çenger
  • Çiftlik
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Eldirek
  • Esenköy
  • Faralya
  • Foça
  • Göcek
  • Gökben
  • Gökçeovacık
  • İncirköy
  • İnlice
  • Karaağaç
  • Karacaören
  • Karaçulha
  • Karagedik
  • Karagözler
  • Karakeçililer
  • Kargı
  • Kayaköy
  • Kesikkapı
  • Kızılbel
  • Koruköy
  • Menteşeoğlu
  • Nif
  • Ölüdeniz
  • Patlangıç
  • Pazaryeri
  • Söğütlü
  • Taşyaka
  • Tuzla
  • Yakacık
  • Yanıklar
  • Yeni
  • Yeşilüzümlü

Climate

Fethiye has a Mediterranean climate consisting of hot, long and dry summers with an average of 34 °C (93 °F) in the daytime. Climate change is affecting the temperatures with the summers becoming hotter and drier than previously. The winters are mild and rainy with a daytime average of 16 °C (61 °F).

The classification for the climate of Fethiye is Csa (Köppen)[21] and Csal (Trewartha)[22]

Climate data for Fethiye
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 16.0
(60.8)		 16.3
(61.3)		 18.9
(66.0)		 22.0
(71.6)		 26.4
(79.5)		 31.4
(88.5)		 34.3
(93.7)		 34.4
(93.9)		 31.3
(88.3)		 26.5
(79.7)		 21.1
(70.0)		 17.2
(63.0)		 24.7
(76.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.3
(41.5)		 5.7
(42.3)		 7.2
(45.0)		 10.1
(50.2)		 13.8
(56.8)		 17.6
(63.7)		 20.3
(68.5)		 20.2
(68.4)		 16.9
(62.4)		 13.1
(55.6)		 9.1
(48.4)		 6.6
(43.9)		 12.2
(53.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 159.8
(6.29)		 128.4
(5.06)		 80.1
(3.15)		 49.0
(1.93)		 25.8
(1.02)		 4.8
(0.19)		 3.1
(0.12)		 2.6
(0.10)		 17.6
(0.69)		 66.7
(2.63)		 123.3
(4.85)		 174.1
(6.85)		 835.3
(32.88)
Average rainy days 12.1 11.3 9.0 8.0 4.4 2.2 1.4 1.6 2.5 5.7 8.3 12.1 78.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 145.7 156.8 213.9 237.0 300.7 342.0 359.6 344.1 294.0 244.9 165.0 127.1 2,930.8
Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü[23]

Transport

Dalaman Airport serves the Fethiye areas. The most common type of public transportation in Fethiye and nearby area is minibus, commonly known in Turkey as dolmuş (dol-moosh) and numerous routes connect Fethiye with Ölüdeniz, Yaniklar, Kargi, Hisaronu, Ovacik, Seydikemer, Karaçulha.[24]

Areas

The overall metropolitan area of the city of Fethiye stretches inland from the harbor for more than 11 km, incorporating several villages into the city. To the north of the city center is the area of Çalış Plajı (Beach), which incorporates the main street of Barış Manço Bulvarı alongside an extensive promenade along the coast, on which a lot of hotels are based. This beach serves as Fethiye's beach in its own right, since Fethiye does not actually have one itself. To the east, lie the areas of Günlükbaşı, Çamköy, Cumhuriyet, and also Esenköy to the south-east. The city center is defined as the area between the Marina and the Fethiye Market near the football stadium. Approximately 4 km to the south-west and south respectively, lie the towns of Kayaköy and Ölüdeniz, the latter being world-famous for its beach spit and associated Blue Lagoon. The opportunity for paragliding is available from the mountain of Babadağ in Ölüdeniz, from various extreme sports companies located in the area.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Muğla Fethiye Election Results - Turkey's March 31 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 5 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Diana Darke, Guide to Aegean and Mediterranean Turkey, M. Haag, 1986, 296 pages. Page 165, The town grew considerably at the end of the 19th century, and until the exchange of Greco-Turkish populations in 1923 it had a large Greek population. Its name at that time was Makri in modern Greek.
  6. 1 2 Foss ", Clive; Kazhdan, Alexander P. (1991). "Makre". In Kazhdan, Alexander P. (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1271–1272. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
  7. ↑ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları, Ankara 2017, T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü Yayın No: 26 s.v. Fethiye, Meğri, pp. 270, 539
  8. ↑ Letter from Kibbutz Ha’On: Fallen Flyers Hadassah Magazine, 17 March 2014
  9. ↑ "F-BAZS – Constellation Air France" (in French). Avio Techno. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rapport d'Enquête sur l'accident survenu à Fethiye (Turquie) le 3 aoǜt 1953, à l'avion Lockheed 749 A – F.BAZS, de la Compagnie Air France" (PDF). Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French): 149–154. 16 March 1954. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Selener, Necdet (31 August 1953). "Fethiye açıklarında denize inen Fransız yolcu uçağı". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Significant Earthquakes in Turkey, 1947 – 1970". Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Center, Istanbul – Turkey. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "Fethiye ilçesinin deprem durumu" (in Turkish). www.erdemyerbilimleri.com.tr. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Akdeniz'de 6.1 şiddetinde deprem" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Berens, Kallie. "Fethiye Tomb in the Mountainside". Mysendoff.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  16. ↑ "Things to do in Fethiye".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ "Kızıl Ada Yeşile Bürünecek". Haberler (in Turkish). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Fethiye-Ölüdeniz-Kızılada-Fethiye". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Kızıl Ada'nın feneri, gezgin midelerin yeni gözdesi oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  21. ↑ Meteocorne
  22. ↑ Meteocorne
  23. ↑ İl ve İlçelerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler- Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. Dmi.gov.tr. Retrieved on 16 April 2011. Archived 10 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ Getting around in Fethiye, The advantages and disadvantages of most popular ways of getting around in Fethiye and area nearby.
  25. ↑ "Oludeniz Paragliding". Fly Infinity. Fly Infinity Tandem Paragliding. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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