Bulgurca

Bulgurca was a village about 20 km south of Izmir, Turkey. Bulgurca's geographical coordinates are 38° 9' 35" North, 27° 8' 44" East.[1]

History

At a central rural location, Bulgurca was a well catered and popular village with health centre,[2] primary and secondary schools,[3] 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.[3]

Bulgurca was also an excavation site: Bakla Tepe.[4][5]

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.[6]

References
  1. Map
  2. "Bulgurca Health Center". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  3. See some details in Turkish from Bulgurca primary school website Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/irerp_tr/bakla.html&date=2009-10-26+00:33:02
  5. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/library/ane/news-digest/1996/v1996.n011
  6. Newsletter for Governors and Clerks, Issue 48, Nov.2007, p.17


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