Turkey
Muğla Province
Bodrum

Çırkan

Çırkan is a suburb in , and has about 12,200 residents. Çırkan is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
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  • 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.

Photo: FollowingHadrian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 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 of Caria.

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

Theater building
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , also known as Bodrum Antique Theatre, is a 4th-century BC Greco-Roman theatre located in , . The theatre is considered to be built in a similar style to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumhuriyet and Konacık.

Suburb
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 2,329.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 5,344. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Suburb
Photo: Vano111ru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,457.

Çırkan

Latitude
37.04765° or 37° 2′ 52″ north
Longitude
27.40475° or 27° 24′ 17″ east
Population
12,200
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
8G992CX3+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8388814186
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
318308
Wiki­data ID
Q109393093
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Turkish—“Çırkan” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Чиркан”
  • German: “Çırkan”
  • Tatar: “Чыркан”
  • Turkish: “Çırkan, Bodrum”
  • Turkish: “Çırkan”
  • “Çırkan”

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