29-485: Fethiye ( Turkish pronunciation: [ˈfethije] ) is a municipality and district of Muğla Province , Turkey . Its area is 875 km, and its population is 177,702 (2022). It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera . Fethiye was formerly known as Makri ( Greek : Μάκρη ). Modern Fethiye is located on the site of the ancient city of Telmessos , the ruins of which can be seen in
58-428: 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 ) and Csal ( Trewartha ) Dalaman Airport serves
87-419: 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. 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
116-564: Is in the Fethiye district. The island of Kızılada in the Gulf of Fethiye, 4 mi (6.4 km) off the city, is a popular stopover for boat tours. Alternatively, there are great diving sites, Afkule being one of the most famous. The Kızılada Lighthouse on the island houses a seafood restaurant and a hostel with nine rooms. There are 41 neighbourhoods in Fethiye District: Fethiye has
145-455: 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. 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. On 10 June 2012, an earthquake with
174-517: 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
203-574: 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. Very little is known of the city during
232-460: 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. The overall metropolitan area of the city of Fethiye stretches inland from the harbor for more than 11 km, incorporating several villages into
261-476: The Greek islands of Kos , Symi and Rhodes . Around 1,500 structures, including public buildings such as schools, hospital, prison, gendarmerie station, community health center and city hall, were damaged. The number of affected people was around 8,000. A 5–6 m (16–20 ft) section of the harbor quay broke away and sank into the sea, and asphalt road surfaces split and cracked. The earthquake ruined almost
290-505: 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. The most popular tourist towns of Fethiye are: Ölüdeniz , Çalış Beach area, Hisarönü and Ovacık, Fethiye . Butterfly Valley
319-503: The area. Districts of Turkey The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts ( ilçeler ; sing. ilçe ). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the kaza . Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as
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#1732852460531348-550: 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
377-409: 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
406-629: The coastal city of Fethiye in Muğla Province , southwestern Turkey. As noted by a scientist from Istanbul Technical University , the tectonics of the Aegean Region of Turkey, which incorporates many faults , produces earthquakes frequently. The quakes can reach magnitudes up to 7.2 with aftershocks of 5.1. A geological fault in the southern part of the region stretches from the Greek island of Rhodes northeastwards to Burdur and passes close to
435-454: The district center from which both the municipal government for that municipality and the district government is administered. A municipality is headed by an elected mayor ( belediye başkanı ) who administers the local government for defined municipal matters. More and more settlements which are outside district centers have municipalities as well, usually because their population requires one. A municipality's borders usually correspond to that of
464-419: The district is administered. The central district is administered by an appointed provincial deputy governor and other non-central districts by an appointed sub-governor ( kaymakam ) from their district center ( ilçe merkezi ) municipality. In these central districts the district center municipality also serves as the provincial center municipality. Both the deputy governor and sub-governors are responsible to
493-445: The entire city, with 90% of buildings being damaged. Thanks to the strict evacuation order of the district governor Nazif Okuş after the first quake, the number of dead remained at only 19 for the city and the villages around with a total population of around 60,000. According to another source, a total of 67 people were killed, 27 in the city and in its villages, 40 in the surrounding districts. Telecommunications were interrupted as
522-451: The first flight from Istanbul to Cairo . 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. Fethiye has experienced many powerful and occasionally destructive earthquakes, most notably
551-575: The name Beskaza . It became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1424, and was called مكرى Meğri until 1934. 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. Following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey , the Greeks of Makri were sent to Greece where they founded
580-550: The name of the island at the entrance to the harbour. 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. Telmessos was ruled by the Anatolian beylik of Menteşe starting in 1284, under
609-403: The province governor ( vali ). Greater Municipalities, however, are administered differently where a separate seat of municipality exists for the entire province, having administrative power over all districts of the province. Municipalities ( belediye ) can be created in, and are subordinate to, the districts in which they are located. Each district has at least one municipality ( belde ) in
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#1732852460531638-439: The province. The districts and their populations (as of December 31, 2019) are listed below, by region and by province (with capital district in bold text). 1957 Fethiye earthquakes The first of the 1957 Fethiye earthquakes occurred on April 24, 1957, with the second and larger event about seven hours later on the following day. Both earthquakes had epicentres in the eastern Mediterranean between Rhodes and
667-435: The provincial capital of Ankara province , The City of Ankara , comprising nine separate districts. Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively. A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, one district of a province is designated the central district ( merkez ilçe ) from which
696-551: 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
725-451: The tasks, which are largely similar but are adapted to their locality. Greater municipalities ( büyükşehir belediyesi ) exist for large cities like Istanbul and İzmir that consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversee the municipalities and mayors within the province. Currently, 30 provinces are administered by greater municipalities in addition to having separate municipalities for every district within
754-536: The telephone lines broke, but communications were restored two days later by the use of field telephones . The first actual relief came on April 26 from the Turkish Red Crescent ( Turkish : Kızılay ) with 2,500 blankets, 1,350 tents and a field hospital . President Celal Bayar , Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and high government officials visited the disaster region on April 28. Wreck removal works were hampered by uninterrupted rainfall. On April 29,
783-675: The town of Nea Makri (New Makri) in Greece . 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 [ de ] , one of the first pilots of the Ottoman Air Force , who died (together with First Lieutenant Tayyareci Sadık Bey [ tr ] ) during an airplane crash on 27 February 1914 near Al-Samra , while attempting to complete
812-505: The urban settlement it covers, but may also include some undeveloped land. Villages ( köy ) outside municipalities and quarters or neighborhoods ( mahalle ) within municipalities are the lowest level of local government, and are also the most numerous unit of local government in Turkey. They elect muhtars to care for specific administrative matters such as residence registration. The designation slightly differs ( köy muhtarı for village muhtar, mahalle muhtarı for quarter muhtar) and
841-564: The vicinity to Fethiye. The first earthquake hit at 21:17 hours local time on April 24, 1957, and lasted 25 seconds having a magnitude of 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale ; a stronger second quake occurred at 04:26 hours on April 25; this one lasted for 60 seconds and had a magnitude of 7.3. The earthquakes also shook many locations around Fethye, the epicenter , including Isparta , Burdur , Tefenni , Acıpayam , Denizli , Nazilli , Aydın , Yatağan , Milas , Bodrum , Ödemiş , Muğla , Marmaris , Köyceğiz , Kaş and Finike as well as
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