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Life Style
in Ortakent
The name 'Ortakent'
means 'Middle town' and, lying in the centre
of the Bodrum peninsula on the main
Turgutreis-Bodrum road, Ortakent is ideally
central base from which to explore the
region.
The beach is
long and wide, with cooling off-sea breezes
which provide relief from the intense summer
heat and speed up the tanning process.
Between the
beach and the village lies a green, fertile
valley with fig, olive and mandarin trees,
and neat market gardens typical of the
agricultural backbone of this area.
When passing
through the village, it is worth making a
short detour to see the seventeenth century
'Mustafa Pasha tower', built for defensive
purposes, and one of the best surviving
examples of this type of structure.
Further on
from Ortakent, Yahsi offers spectacular
views back towards Bodrum, and a road
descends to the wide sandy beach where a
couple of boatyards mingle with small hotels
and restaurants along the shoreline.
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