Turunc
If you want to enjoy sun and beach,
visit Turunc. Turunc Beach that is 20 km from Marmaris
is an excellent place where you can indulge in every
kind of sea sports. The natural beauty of the coastline
is worth seeing.
With its people, lifestyle, culture and most importantly,
with its history and nature, Turkey is the land of unbelievable.
Aegean region has witnessed almost every period of Anatolia,
an heir to the culture of centuries with dozens of settlements
who filled the pages of history. A paradise among these
settlements is Turunc. It is a nice village hidden behind
the hills, one of the tourism centers of our day and
a former fishing village. In the front the clean bay
resemble a crab's claw and the hills that the bay rests
upon that makes one think that an eagle sheltering its
baby.
Turunc holidays
Like all others in the area, Turunc has been a continuous
settlement from Hellen to Byzantine times. Long after
the Byzantine times we are said that the first sattlers
were the people known as yoruks, who came down from
the Toros Mountains to the village of Osmaniye. Unavoidable
sources of life for the nomed are flocks, agriculture,
thyme, bay leaf, garden sage and carob. A great contagion
taught the old settlers to know the sea. While a great
percentage of the population moved down the shore, the
rest settled in the area where now named Dereozu Mahallesi.
Sea life rapidly changed the habits of the people of
Turunc.
The alternatives that the sea has offered increased
the diversity of the resources, and fishing became way
of living.
However, Turunc is a holiday centre facilities ranging
from pensions to luxury hotels and shopping centres.
Its climate enables you to swim 7 months a year (April-October).
You cabjoin tours like trekking, jogging, scuba. Of
course if you like you can do these activities through
out the year, because the coldest day is Turunc is not
less than 15 - 20 C. Still in the hottest days (between
June and September) cool breezes coming from behind
the hills in the west allows you to keep cool.The nearness
of Turunc to the neighboring centres provides you with
easy transportation It is 120 km to Dalaman Airport,
and 285 km. to Izmir Airport. It is easy to reach the
nearby resorts of Marmaris and Icmeler.
Those who prefer an easy and calm cruise use the
cooperative boats, whereas the cooperative boat coaches
serve those who like to travel on the road. The rapidly
increasing tourism has drawn a right and conscious path
with the contributions of the people living in Turunc.
It is the common principle of the local enterprises
to serve the visitors. (no matter if they come overnight
or stay longer) at their best. Again with the contributions
of its people, Turunc has received the European Blue
Flag Award, which is a symbol of true development, because,
despite the rapid improvement, the nature of Turunc
has remained unpolluted.
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