Güzelçamlı

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Güzelçamlı
General view of Güzelçamlı from Halimin Tepesi (Halim's Hill)
Location in Turkey

Overview
Region	Aegean Region, Turkey
Province	Aydın Province
Coordinates	37°43′ N 27°14′ E
Postal code	09x xx
Licence plate code	09
Website	http://www.guzelcamli.bel.tr

Güzelçamlı is a sea-side town with own municipality in the district of Kuşadası in Turkey's Aydın Province, and a rising resort for tourists. It is situated at a distance of 25 kilometers following the shoreline south to the internationally famous tourism center of Kuşadası and the town of Güzelçamlı borders on the Dilek Peninsula - Menderes Delta National Park. The town's permanent population is around 10,000 but rises at least to around 50,000 and possibly more in the summer with the tourists and owners of secondary houses. Güzelçamlı is becoming increasingly popular in the market for Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey.

Map of Güzelçamlı and extensions

During the Ottoman period, the town used to be called Rumçamlısı (Greek Çamlı) and was entirely populated by Greeks. In the last phase of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) (on 7 September 1922 precisely), with the Turkish army approaching, the town population had fled by boats and took refuge in the nearby island of Samos and the town had remained empty for about two years. In 1924, it has been re-populated by Turks from Leftere near Kavala in the frame of the Exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey. The settlement's name was changed to Güzelçamlı and after having had the status of a village for seventy years, Güzelçamlı was made into a township with own municipality in 1992.