Bulgurca
{{Short description|Village in Izmir, Turkey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = neighbourhood
| province = İzmir
| district = Menderes
| name = Bulgurca
| population_total = 2024
| population_as_of = 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|38|12|52|N|27|13|46|E|display=it}}
| image_skyline =
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| postal_code =
| area_code = 0232
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Bulgurca is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Menderes, İzmir Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its population is 2,024 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} It was relocated around 1997.
History
Formerly a centrally located rural village, Bulgurca was well-equipped with a health center,{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/10070451/Bulgurca-Health-Center |title=Bulgurca Health Center |publisher=Wikimapia.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-20}} primary and secondary schools,[http://www.bulgurca.k12.tr/main/ See some details in Turkish from Bulgurca primary school website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006070826/http://www.bulgurca.k12.tr/main/ |date=October 6, 2011 }} a wide array of shops and trades, and a strong farming community.
By the end of 1997, Bulgurca was demolished for the Tahtali Dam project. Residents, along with those living in nearby villages, were relocated to the Pancar plains, approximately 5 km away from the original location at {{coord|38|9|35|N|27|8|44|E|display=inline}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.maplandia.com/turkey/izmir/bulgurca/|title=Bulgurca Map | Turkey Google Satellite Maps|website=www.maplandia.com|accessdate=8 September 2023}}
Bulgurca was also the location of the Bakla Tepe excavation site.[http://www.geocities.com/irerp_tr/bakla.html&date=2009-10-26+00:33:02 Geocities] {{Dead link|date=June 2022}}{{Cite web |url=http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/library/ane/news-digest/1996/v1996.n011 |title=Research at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures |access-date=20 January 2009 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614032946/http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/library/ane/news-digest/1996/v1996.n011 |url-status=dead }}
Notable people
- Haris Alexiou, a Greek singer, was born to an Anatolian Greek family who migrated in 1924 from Bulgurca.
Bulgurca in media
A European Union committee of 18 educators once visited Bulgurca Primary School.[http://wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=2651168&file=/48%20GEN%20Newsletter%20November%2007.pdf Newsletter for Governors and Clerks, Issue 48, Nov.2007, p.17]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}