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Village in Izmir, Turkey

Neighbourhood in Menderes, İzmir, Turkey
Bulgurca
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Coordinates: 38°12′52″N 27°13′46″E / 38.21444°N 27.22944°E / 38.21444; 27.22944
CountryTurkey
Provinceİzmir
DistrictMenderes
Population2,024
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0232

Bulgurca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Menderes, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,024 (2022). It was relocated around 1997.

History

At a central rural location, Bulgurca was a well catered and popular village with health centre, primary and secondary schools, wide array of shops and trades alongside a strong farming community.

By the end of 1997, Bulgurca was demolished for Tahtali Dam and residents along with those living in nearby villages were relocated to Pancar plains, about 5 km away from the original location at 38°9′35″N 27°8′44″E / 38.15972°N 27.14556°E / 38.15972; 27.14556.

Bulgurca was also an excavation site: Bakla Tepe.

Notable people

  • Haris Alexiou, a Greek singer, was a daughter of an Anatolian Greek family who migrated in 1924 from Bulgurca.

Bulgurca in media

A European Union committee of 18 educators visited Bulgurca Primary School.

References

  1. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. "Bulgurca Health Center". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  4. ^ See some details in Turkish from Bulgurca primary school website Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Bulgurca Map | Turkey Google Satellite Maps". www.maplandia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. Geocities
  7. "Research at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  8. Newsletter for Governors and Clerks, Issue 48, Nov.2007, p.17
Neighbourhoods of Menderes District
  • Ahmetbeyli
  • Akçaköy
  • Altıntepe
  • Ata
  • Ataköy
  • Barbaros
  • Bulgurca
  • Çakaltepe
  • Çamönü
  • Çatalca
  • Çile
  • Çileme
  • Çukuraltı
  • Cüneytbey
  • Değirmendere
  • Dereköy
  • Develi
  • Efemçukuru
  • Gazipaşa
  • Gölcükler
  • Gölova
  • Görece Cumhuriyet
  • Gümüldür Atatürk
  • Gümüldür Cumhuriyet
  • Gümüldür Fevziçakmak
  • Gümüldür İnönü
  • Hürriyet
  • Karakuyu
  • Kasımpaşa
  • Keler
  • Kemalpaşa
  • Kısık
  • Küner
  • Kuyucak
  • Mithat Paşa
  • Oğlananası Atatürk
  • Oğlananası Cumhuriyet
  • Orta
  • Özdere Cumhuriyet
  • Sancaklı
  • Şaşal
  • Tekeli Atatürk
  • Tekeli Fevzi Çakmak
  • Yeniköy


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