Sığacık, Seferihisar

Sığacık is a seaside neighborhood of Seferihisar ilçe (district) of İzmir Province, Turkey. It is at 38°11′N 26°47′E. Its distance to Seferihisar centrum is less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). It is situated on a small peninsula,. facing north. The harbor is in the east side of and the beaches are in the west side.[1] Its population is 3320 [2]

Aerial view of Sığacık

Sığacık is next to the ancient Ionian city of Teos . An Ottoman castle (now in ruins) built in 1522 is also in Sığacık. Up to 2009 Sığacık was a fishermen's village. But after Seferihisar became a city of Cittaslow, Sığacık gained fame as a town of quiet holiday resort.[3]

  • Sığacık Bay
  • Aerial view of the Sığacık Bay
  • Cittaslow Sığacık
  • Ruined walls of the Ottoman Castle
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gollark: Those who will not give up their golds for the Greater Good™ are comitting a great evil.
gollark: We simply need to kill every gold in existence. Then, the ratios will require a lot of golds to flood the cave.
gollark: What, you mean lots of golds in the cave?
gollark: Making it non-boring would involve rares every five minutes, which would make rares not rare.

References
  1. Map page
  2. Population page
  3. Kesfetsek page (in Turkish)

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