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

 district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

, 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....

 of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 adjoining the holiday resort of Hisarönü
Hisaronu
Hisarönü is a tourist resort village in the Fethiye district of the Muğla Province of Turkey. It is situated at the western extreme of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey and the southern extreme of the Aegean coast. The resort has grown from a very basic village in 1990 to the large resort with its...

 consisting mainly of small hotels, and private villas. Here you will find a number of small restaurants and bars catering for the people who prefer a quiter evening out than the hustle and bustle of Hisarönü. The village is set on a small plateau at the foot of Babadağ
Babadag (mountain)
Babadağ is a mountain near Fethiye, in Muğla Province, southwest Turkey.The mountain has a principal summit at an elevation of and a second one called "Karatepe" at an elevation of . These two summits face each other and are separated by a flood valley, which led to the term "mountain range" to...

 , a favourite spot for paragliders from all over Europe. Together with Ölüdeniz
Ölüdeniz
Ölüdeniz is a small resort village in the Fethiye district which is in the Muğla Province the South West coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea to the south and the high, steep sided Babadağ Mountain, south of Fethiye. The town is a beach resort.Ölüdeniz remains one of the most photographed beaches on...

, the fabulous blue lagoon and Belcekız beach are all within ten minutes reach. This area makes up the Ölüdeniz municipality of Fethiye a city and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean
Aegean Region
Aegean Region , is one of the 7 census-defined regions of Turkey, and in Western Asia.It is located in the west part of the country: bounded by Aegean Sea on the west; Marmara Region on the north;...

region of Turkey with 45,000 inhabitants (2005).
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