Villages
Eski Datça
The old quarter of Datça, with stone houses, cobbled lanes and the last home of the poet Can Yücel.
The Turkish encyclopedia
Villages
Stone houses, boatyards and olive terraces off the main road — the Turkish village as it still is, with the names as locals say them.
10 pages in this category.
Villages
Selimiye
A fishing village on a sheltered bay of the Bozburun peninsula, named after Sultan Selim I.
Villages
Bozburun
A harbour village on the Bozburun peninsula, known for building wooden gulets and for its thyme honey.
Villages
Faralya
A hillside village high above Kelebekler Vadisi, the Butterfly Valley, on the Lycian Way.
Villages
Söğüt
A quiet village near the tip of the Bozburun peninsula, looking across the sea to the Greek island of Symi.
Villages
Ağaçlıhöyük
A farming village on the plain south of Milas, near the airport, home to Rauf's family olive farm.
Villages
Baharlı
A hillside village 8 km from Milas, looking down on the old road to Bodrum.
Villages
Koru
A small village on the plain south of Milas, once part of neighbouring Ekinanbarı.
Villages
Ekinanbarı
The village by Milas–Bodrum Airport, once called Tekfuranbarı, on the old road to Bodrum.
Villages
Çamlı
A pine-wooded village on the Gökova gulf near Marmaris, where boats leave for Sedir island.
Questions
What is the Turkish word for village?
Köy. A village's name often ends in it, as in Kayaköy, and a villager is a köylü. The smaller settlements that belong to a larger place are called mahalle today, which is why some of these appear on maps as neighbourhoods of a district.
Can you stay in these villages?
Most have a few guesthouses, called pansiyon, and some are reached only by a narrow road or by boat. Each page says how the place sits and what is there now.
How is a village different from a beach town here?
By size and by rhythm. The beach towns fill up in summer and are built for it; the villages keep their own year, around olives, honey, boats and the weekly market.