Menteşe, Muğla

This article is about the district and municipality in Muğla Province. For the neighbourhood in Muğla Province, see Menteşe, Kavaklıdere. For other uses, see Menteşe (disambiguation).

Menteşe is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 1,659 km²,^[3] and its population is 120,627 (2022).^[1] It covers the city of Muğla and the surrounding countryside.

Menteşe
District and municipality
Map showing Menteşe District in Muğla Province
Menteşe Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Menteşe Menteşe (Turkey Aegean) Show map of Turkey Aegean
Coordinates: 37°13′5″N 28°21′54″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Muğla
Government
• Mayor	Gonca Köksal (CHP)
Area	1,659 km2 (641 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	120,627
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0252
Website	www.mentese.bel.tr

The district and municipality Menteşe was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from the former central district of Muğla.^[4][5] Menteşe was the name of a 14th-century beylik in and around Muğla Province.

Composition

There are 65 neighbourhoods in Menteşe District:^[6]

• Akçaova
• Akkaya
• Akyer
• Algı
• Avcılar
• Balıbey
• Bayır
• Bozyer
• Çakmak
• Camikebir
• Çamoluk
• Çatakbağyaka
• Çaybükü
• Çiftlikköy
• Çırpı
• Dağdibi
• Dağpınar
• Denizova
• Derinkuyu
• Doğan
• Dokuzçam
• Düğerek
• Emirbeyazıt
• Esençay
• Fadıl
• Gazeller
• Göktepe
• Gülağzı
• Günlüce
• Hacırüstem
• İkizce
• Kafaca
• Karacaören
• Karamehmet
• Karşıyaka
• Kiramettin
• Kıran
• Kötekli
• Kozağaç
• Kuyucak
• Kuzluk
• Meke
• Muratlar
• Muslihittin
• Müştakbey
• Orhaniye
• Orta
• Ortaköy
• Özlüce
• Paşapınar
• Salihpaşalar
• Sarnıçköy
• Şenyayla
• Şeyh
• Sungur
• Taşlı
• Yaraş
• Yemişendere
• Yenibağyaka
• Yenice
• Yeniköy Merkez
• Yerkesik
• Yeşilyurt
• Yürükoğlu
• Zeytin

Education

There are 10 kindergartens, 32 primary schools, 23 secondary schools, 16 high schools, one public education center, two vocational training centers, one counseling and research center, and one science and art center affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the district.^[7]