title: Ortaca
text: Ortaca () is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 54,478 (2022). Formerly a township part of Köyceğiz district, it was made into a separate district in 1987.
  
  Ortaca's economy is based on agriculture. It lies midway between Dalaman and Köyceğiz. Its name literally means "the town in the middle", possibly a reference to its location in the middle of the surrounding plain and is indeed a regional hub. The town pulls benefits from this fertile plain and the economy largely depends on tomatoes, citrus fruits, cotton and pomegranates.
  
  Composition
  There are 27 neighbourhoods in Ortaca District:
  
   Akıncı
   Arıkbaşı
   Atatürk
   Bahçelievler
   Beşköprü
   Çaylı
   Cumhuriyet
   Dalaklı
   Dalyan
   Dereköy
   Dikmekavak
   Ekşiliyurt
   Eskiköy
   Fevziye
   Gökbel
   Gölbaşı
   Güzelyurt
   Karaburun
   Karadonlar
   Kemaliye
   Mergenli
   Okçular
   Sarıgerme
   Tepearası
   Terzialiler
   Yerbelen
   Yeşilyurt
  
  See also
   Blue Cruise
   Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey
   Lycia
  
  References
  
  External links
   District municipality's official website 
  
   
  Populated places in Muğla Province
  Turkish Riviera
  Districts of Muğla Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey