Menderes, İzmir

Menderes is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 777 km2, and its population is 106,173 (2022).

Overview
Menderes district, which is notable for its satsumas, beautiful bays and historical riches, is 20 km from İzmir. The ruins of Kolophon, Klaros and Notion, which are along the Menderes-Selçuk road are next to each other and make up the important archeological sites of the province. The region around Gümüldür produces the world-famous tangerine breed of satsumas. Özdere is one of the important tourism resorts of the Aegean coast. Beads of various colors and shapes which are produced by the locals in Görece village are particularly of note. The area was called Cumaovası and was a township in the Konak (Centre) district before it became a district in 1988.

Composition
There are 44 neighbourhoods in Menderes District:


 * Ahmetbeyli
 * Akçaköy
 * Altıntepe
 * Ata
 * Ataköy
 * Barbaros
 * Bulgurca
 * Çakaltepe
 * Çamönü
 * Çatalca
 * Çile
 * Çileme
 * Çukuraltı
 * Cüneytbey
 * Değirmendere
 * Dereköy
 * Develi
 * Efemçukuru
 * Gazipaşa
 * Gölcükler
 * Gölova
 * Görece Cumhuriyet
 * Gümüldür Atatürk
 * Gümüldür Cumhuriyet
 * Gümüldür Fevziçakmak
 * Gümüldür İnönü
 * Hürriyet
 * Karakuyu
 * Kasımpaşa
 * Keler
 * Kemalpaşa
 * Kısık
 * Küner
 * Kuyucak
 * Mithat Paşa
 * Oğlananası Atatürk
 * Oğlananası Cumhuriyet
 * Orta
 * Özdere Cumhuriyet
 * Sancaklı
 * Şaşal
 * Tekeli Atatürk
 * Tekeli Fevzi Çakmak
 * Yeniköy