Çırkan

Çırkan is a suburb in Bodrum, Muğla Province and has about 12,200 residents. Çırkan is situated nearby to the suburb Cumhuriyet, as well as near Cevat Şakir.

Type: Suburb with 12,200 residents
Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Bodrum, Muğla, southwestern Turkey
Also known as: “Cirkan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Bodrum Castle.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Photo: FollowingHadrian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II.

Bodrum Castle

Photo: Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0.

Bodrum Castle is a historical fortification located in southwest Turkey in the port city of Bodrum, built from 1402 onwards, by the Knights of St John as the Castle of St. Bodrum Castle is situated 3 km southeast of Çırkan.

Theatre at Halicarnassus

Theater building

Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Theatre at Halicarnassus, also known as Bodrum Antique Theatre, is a 4th-century BC Greco-Roman theatre located in Bodrum, Turkey. The theatre is considered to be built in a similar style to Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumhuriyet and Konacık.

Cumhuriyet

Suburb

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.

Cumhuriyet is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,329.

Konacık

Suburb

Konacık is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,344. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.