Bulgurca

Bulgurca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Menderes, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,024 (2022). It was relocated around 1997.

History
At a central rural location, Bulgurca was a well catered and popular village with health centre, primary and secondary schools, wide array of shops and trades alongside a strong farming community.

By the end of 1997, Bulgurca was demolished for Tahtali Dam and residents along with those living in nearby villages were relocated to Pancar plains, about 5 km away from the original location at 38.15972°N, 27.14556°W.

Bulgurca was also an excavation site: Bakla Tepe.

Notable people

 * Haris Alexiou, a Greek singer, was a daughter of an Anatolian Greek family who migrated in 1924 from Bulgurca.

Bulgurca in media
A European Union committee of 18 educators visited Bulgurca Primary School.