Yatağan, Muğla

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Coordinates: 37°35′N 24°14′E

Yatağan, Muğla
View of the plain from Belen Kahvesi in Yatağan
View of the plain from Belen Kahvesi in Yatağan
Overview
Region Aegean Region, Turkey
Province Muğla Province
Coordinates 37°35′ N 24°14′ E
Postal code 28x xx
Area code 0252
Licence plate code 48
Website http://www.yatagan.bel.tr/

Yatağan is a town and a district of Muğla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, about 26 km from Muğla.

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[edit] Sights of interest

Situated in the heart of ancient Caria and, during the 13th–14th centuries, of the Anatolian Turkish Beylik of Menteşe, the district boasts of several localities of interest rich in history and in natural beauties, notably by being covered in large part of Mediterranean pine forests.

At ten kilometers from the district center, in the direction of Milas, is the ancient site of Stratonikeia, in the present-day village of Eskihisar, and at walking distance from the ancient city is its sanctuary Lagina, near the present-day township of Turgut. Turgut was called Leyne officially until recent date and is still called as such locally.

Another spot of interest is the village of Çaybükü on the road to Muğla. Once again, the village was had a different official name, Gevenes, until the 1950s and is still called as such locally, and even an unsuccessful petition was made by the inhabitants in 2006 for a return to the former name (the Ministry of Internal Affairs accepted Geven, but not Gevenes [1]). The village is famous for its old and restored coffee house, Belen Kahvesi, mentioned in a nationally renowned song called "Ormancı", in the same verses as the village itself under its former name Gevenes, and has as theme a tragic event that took place there in 1946. The coffee house is a tourist attraction today both because of the curiosity aroused by the song and also due to its magnificent view of the surrounding plain.

[edit] Yatağan Power Plant

Since 1990s the town has been attracting world attention due to the ecological pollution by the nearby Yatagan Power Plant, one of the largest Turkey's coal-burning power plant, built in 1976. It was campaigned for shutting down by Greenpeace since 1994, and several shutdown court orders have been issued, only to be overruled or ignored because of energy shortage. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Çaybükü could not re-become Gevenes (Turkish)
  2. ^ "Plant Fumes in Power Vacuum" (a 2001 article)

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