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Changing Fethiye – A New Town Square On The Harbour

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Yesterday being one of the few sunny days we’ve had so far in 2012, we set off for a stroll along Fethiye harbour to make the most of the pleasant, late winter temperatures – and to take some photos. The lighting at this time of year is perfect for photographing the yachts and gülets anchored in the marina.

Fethiye Town Square, Beşkaza Meydanı
Hoardings display the proposed layout of Fethiye’s new town square

We bumped into a couple of friends along the way and they asked us if we’d seen the hoardings displaying the proposed layout of Fethiye’s new town square. No we hadn’t…but we soon put that right.

The mayor of Fethiye, Behçet Saatçi, appears to be on a mission to leave his legacy in the form of the creation of a bütik şehir (boutique city) and residents of Fethiye are being told on advertising hoardings, ‘Her şey size özel olacak.’ (Everything will be special for you.)

So far, the second section of Fethiye harbour has been completed and phase 3 is currently underway…albeit slowly. Then last July, we were wondering if the newly pedestrianised Dispanser area would be the new centre of Fethiye.

Fethiye Town Square
Parking, pathways and seating are in the artist’s impression

It looks as though this is indeed going to be the case with the brand new town square – complete with clock tower, waterways, swirling footpaths and seating areas – being built by the sea, just on the edge of the pedestrianised Dispanser area.

So whether you live in Fethiye or if you’re a regular visitor, we’re all going to be noticing some big changes to our surroundings in the near future. At the moment however, it looks like this – and has done for the last couple of weeks…

Fethiye town Square And Park
Uğur Mumcu Parkı being built in Fethiye

…constant rain does not firm building ground make! As soon as work can begin again (it’s very pond-like at the moment) we’ll get some photos and keep you updated.

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Turkey's For Life

Wednesday 18th of April 2012

@ Stu: Everything is still rocking and rolling at that time in September. If anything, it's a bit busier but a lot less families about because the kids have gone back to school. The weather's still hot, too. We love September and October.

Stu

Wednesday 18th of April 2012

hi julia, thanks for the reply, im sure it will just as good as it sounds anyhow complete or not....we are planning sept 5th to 10th, is there anything that we would need to know regarding that time of year, will everything still be in season? x

Turkey's For Life

Tuesday 17th of April 2012

@ Stu: Welllll, we think that might be a question for the construction gods in the sky. ;) The plan was to have it all down for the start of the season but the weather's been awful to be fair. They're cracking on with it now though. Hopefully it'll be done by September...fingers crossed... ;)

Stu

Tuesday 17th of April 2012

do you guys know when the work will be finshed? we are planning on visiting early sept x

Turkey's For Life

Tuesday 14th of February 2012

@ Corinne: Yeah, we are aren't we?! How exciting. We'll see what the end result is first, before we get too excited. :)

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