Milas is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,067 km2, and its population is 147,416 (2022). The city commands a region with an active economy and is very rich in history and ancient remains, the territory of Milas containing a remarkable twenty-seven archaeological sites of note. The city was the first capital of ancient Caria and of the Anatolian beylik of Menteşe in mediaeval times. The nearby Mausoleum of Hecatomnus is classified as a tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A kylix in Milas Museum
Caryatid from Milas, Turkey. Late Hellenistic period, 1st century BCE. Marble. Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Gümüşkesen is a Roman tomb, from the 2nd century BC. It is reportedly built along the lines of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, but on a much smaller scale
Shores of Lake Bafa under the western flank of Mount Beşparmak, the ancient Mount Latmus.
Muğla Province is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1,048,185 (2022). Its seat is Muğla, about 20 km (12 mi) inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Muğla.
Image: Muğla 9932 (cropped)
Image: Ölüdeniz on the Turquoise Coast, Turkey
Image: Marmaris harbor aerial view, Muğla Province, southwest Turkey, Mediterranean (cropped)
Image: Amynthas rock tomb August 2011 (cropped)
