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Köycegiz is a town and district of Mugla Province
Mugla Province

Mugla is a Provinces of Turkey of Turkey, as the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Mugla, about 20 km inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Oludeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Mugla....
 in the Aegean region of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

The town of Köycegiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name (Köycegiz Lake) which is joined to the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 by a natural channel called Dalyan Delta or simply as Dalyan
Dalyan

Dalyan is a town in Mugla Province located between the well-known districts of Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. The town is an independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca....
. Its unique environment is being preserved as a nature and wildlife sanctuary. A road shaded with trees leads to the township that carries the same name as the delta
River delta

A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river....
, Dalyan
Dalyan

Dalyan is a town in Mugla Province located between the well-known districts of Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. The town is an independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca....
, which is situated on the inland waterway, and which actually depends the neighboring district of Ortaca
Ortaca

Ortaca is a town and district of Mugla Province in the Aegean Region, Turkey region of Turkey. Formerly a township depending K?ycegiz administratively, it was made into a separate district in 1987....
 administratively.






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Köycegiz is a town and district of Mugla Province
Mugla Province

Mugla is a Provinces of Turkey of Turkey, as the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Mugla, about 20 km inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Oludeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Mugla....
 in the Aegean region of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

The town of Köycegiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name (Köycegiz Lake) which is joined to the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 by a natural channel called Dalyan Delta or simply as Dalyan
Dalyan

Dalyan is a town in Mugla Province located between the well-known districts of Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. The town is an independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca....
. Its unique environment is being preserved as a nature and wildlife sanctuary. A road shaded with trees leads to the township that carries the same name as the delta
River delta

A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river....
, Dalyan
Dalyan

Dalyan is a town in Mugla Province located between the well-known districts of Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. The town is an independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca....
, which is situated on the inland waterway, and which actually depends the neighboring district of Ortaca
Ortaca

Ortaca is a town and district of Mugla Province in the Aegean Region, Turkey region of Turkey. Formerly a township depending K?ycegiz administratively, it was made into a separate district in 1987....
 administratively. Dalyan is highly popular with visitors and its maze of channels is explored by boat. The restaurants which line the waterways specialize in fresh fish. High on the cliff face, at a bend in the river, above the ancient harbor city of Caunos, tombs were carved into the rocks. The Dalyan Delta, with a long, golden sandy beach at its mouth, is a nature conservation area and a refuge for rare loggerhead sea turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is a sea turtle and the only member of the genus Caretta. The genus name "Caretta" is a latinization of the French language "caret", meaning turtle, tortoise, or sea turtle....
s (Caretta Caretta) and blue crabs.

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    Blue Cruise

    Blue Cruise a.k.a. Blue Voyage is a term used for recreational boating tours along Turkey's southwestern coasts, with connotations in tourism and literature....
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    Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey

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