Ürkmez

Ürkmez is a small coastal town with own municipality and administratively depending the district center of Seferihisar in İzmir Province, Turkey.

Ürkmez
Town
Kısık Peninsula near Ürkmez on and around which ruins of the ancient city of Lebedos are found
Location of Ürkmez within Turkey.
Ürkmez
Location of Ürkmez within Turkey.
Coordinates: 38°06′N 26°58′E
Country Turkey
RegionAegean
ProvinceSeferihisar-İzmir
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
35486
Area code(s)0232
Licence plate35
Websitehttp://www.urkmez.bel.tr

It is also a holiday resort, situated at a distance of approximately 50 km from the province center of Izmir. Ürkmez has a permanent population of about 5,000 during winter and the number of inhabitants rises to about 25,000 during the summer.

Ürkmez is where the ancient city of Lebedos was located and there are still some traces of the historic settlement. There are also thermal springs in Ürkmez.

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