Karaçulha is a town in Fethiye

Fethiye

Fethiye is a city and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey with about 68,000 inhabitants .-History:...

 district of Muğla Province

Mugla Province

Muğla Province is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Muğla....

, Turkey

Turkey

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. The town is just at the east of Fethiye. It is so close that it has almost merged to the center of the district. At 36°39′N 29°13′E the distance to Muğla

Mugla

Muğla is a city in south-western Turkey. It is the center of the district the same name, as well as of Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey´s Aegean coast. Muğla center is situated inland at an altitude of 660 m and lies at a distance of about from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of...

 is 140 kilometres (87 mi). The population of Karaçulha is 12822 as of 2010. There are ancient ruins around Karaçulha. But the settlement was founded by Yörüks (nomadik Turkmens). Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi was an Ottoman traveler who journeyed through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years.- Life :...

a 17th century Turkish traveller mentions Karaçulha people in his book. The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1970.