Peksimet, Bodrum
Neighbourhood in Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey
37°02′29″N 27°16′30″E / 37.04139°N 27.27500°E / 37.04139; 27.27500 (2022)
Peksimet is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 2,575 (2022).[2] It is an inland village on the Bodrum Peninsula. It is 7 km from Turgutreis. Its neighbour village is Dereköy [tr].
It is easy to drive through Peksimet without realizing it, but every driver can recognize the location of this village, thanks to a group of windmills on the hill.
History
Peksimet is also the Turkish word for twice-baked bread (similar to a hard rusk), and Peksimet got its name because the villagers supplied this bread to Turkish soldiers during the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923), and the locals became known for its baking.[3]
References
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "TURKEY - A nice and quiet life in Peksimet village". hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
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Neighbourhoods of Bodrum District
- Akçaalan
- Akyarlar
- Bahçelievler
- Bahçeyakası
- Bitez
- Çamarası
- Çamlık
- Çarşı
- Cevatşakir
- Çiftlik
- Çırkan
- Çömlekçi
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağbelen
- Dereköy
- Dirmil
- Eskiçeşme
- Farilya
- Geriş
- Gökpınar
- Gölbaşı
- Gölköy
- Gümbet
- Gümüşlük
- Gündoğan
- Gürece
- Güvercinlik
- İslamhaneleri
- Karabağ
- Karaova
- Kemer
- Kızılağaç
- Konacık
- Koyunbaba
- Küçükbük
- Kumbahçe
- Kumköy
- Mazıköy
- Mumcular
- Müskebi
- Peksimet
- Pınarlıbelen
- Sazköy
- Tepecik
- Tepecik Karaova
- Torba
- Turgutreis
- Türkbükü
- Türkkuyusu
- Umurca
- Yahşi
- Yakaköy
- Yalıkavak
- Yeniköy
- Yeniköy Karaova
- Yokuşbaşı
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