Seydikemer is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 2,208 km2, and its population is 62,622 (2022).
The district and municipality Seydikemer was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from part of the district of Fethiye, including the former municipality Kemer. The name refers to Kemer and the adjacent village Seydiler.
Located some inland from Fethiye, this remains very much a traditional Turkish town. There are nevertheless a few expats living here.
Archaeology In 2025, archaeologists announced the discovery of an ornately carved Roman-era funerary stele after it was found by a goat herder near Kayacik. The limestone stele, estimated at around 300 kilograms, features relief carvings including a central human bust framed by decorative motifs and Greek inscriptions.
Composition There are 65 neighbourhoods in Seydikemer District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Alaçat Arifler Arsaköy Atlıdere Bağlıağaç Bayırköy Bekçiler Belen Boğalar Boğaziçi Çaltılar Çaltıözü Çamurköy Çatak Çayan Çaykenarı Ceylan Çobanisa Çobanlar Çökek Çukurincir Cumhuriyet Demirler Dereköy Dodurga Doğanlar Dont Düğer Eşen Gerişburnu Girmeler Gölbent Güneşli Hacıosmanlar İzzetinköy Kabaağaç Kadıköy Karadere Karaköy Kayabaşı Kayacık Kayadibi Kıncılar Kınık Korubükü Kumluova Menekşe Minare Ören Ortaköy Paşalı Sahil Ceylan Sarıyer Seki Seydiler Söğütlüdere Temel Uğurlu Yakabağ Yakaköy Yayla Eldirek Yayla Gökben Yayla Karaçulha Yaylapatlangıç Zorlar
Attractions Popular places are Saklıkent National Park, Tlos, Letoon, Pinara, Sidyma, Erendag and Oenoanda.
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