Kapıkırı

Kapıkırı
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Muğla
District ( ilçe ) :	Milas
Coordinates :	37 ° 30 '  N , 27 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 30 '13 "  N , 27 ° 31' 35"  E
Height :	50  m
Residents :	293 (2009)
Telephone code :	(+90) 252
Postal code :	48 xxx
License plate :	48
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor :	Mustafa Ali Yıldırım

Kapıkırı (Milas) near Herakleia on the Latmos

Kapıkırı is a village belonging to Milas County in the Turkish province of Muğla .

The place is located on the south- eastern shore of Lake Bafa on the southern slope of the Beşparmak Dağları (Latmos Mountains) and can be reached by a junction from the main road Söke - Milas. Today's village lies in the middle of the ruins of ancient Herakleia on the Latmos . In order not to endanger the ruins, no new buildings may be built. Only 293 people live in Kapıkırı.

Mainly day-trippers come to the village to visit the ruins and take a boat trip on the lake. There are now a few small restaurants and simple pensions. The women of the place offer their handicrafts to tourists.

literature

• Albert Distelrath: Settling and living in a ruin site. A conservation concept for Herakleia am Latmos. Ege Yayınları, Istanbul 2011. ISBN 978-605-5607-64-7

Web links

• facts and figures
• Documentation about the place

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed March 29, 2010