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In 19th century,early steamships and fast merchant sailboats shipped the rich goods of the Anatolian Plato and the middle-east to Europe,bringing wealth to the harbour towns of the Aegean,housing local merchants.

The tough seamen built modest,robust houses for their families.Surrounded by stone walls,these cool wooden floored stone houses with shutters and olive tree shaded gardens,were like oyster shells for the big families to find security and peace.
If not by earthquakes most of this atmosphere is wiped out by the tourist industry.Oyster Residences along the beach of Ölüdeniz is the Oyster shell for the sensible tourist.

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