The ruins of the ancient Carian settlement of Alabanda lie northeast of Çine along a quiet country road in the Araphısar Mahallesi of…
Population: 20,400 Çine is a dreary small town with little to recommend it bar a thriving and highly competitive trade in Çine köfte…
“My daughters say I should market it as for the young and the deaf only.” I was chatting to the urbane female owner…
Market: Saturday Population: 2,000 The archaeological site at Alında, north…
A Town called “Sabre” …
Due west of the small town of Yatağan, at Turgut near Milas, lie the ruins of Lagina (Hieracome), an ancient site famous for…
“Selim’s Village” …
“Before the Castle” On the northern arm of the Reşadiye Peninsula, tiny Hisarönü could hardly be more different from its brash namesake near…
“Orhan’s Village” Population: 1,500 Old name: Baybassos Midway between Hısarönü and Selimiye on the Bozburun Peninsula, Orhaniye is a small,…
Population: 800 Turgut is a pinprick of a village on the Hisarönü Peninsula between Orhaniye and Hisarönü itself. Its main claim to fame,…