Kargı Cove

This guide to Kargı Cove near Datça follows the working history behind its name, an iron fishing hook once driven into fish too large to net, and the dalyan system of wooden weirs and reed fences that funneled tuna and grouper toward waiting fishermen. You'll hear how the same word, kargı, also names the tall cane once cut to build those fences, and why this particular bay was chosen for the trade in the first place. Stand at the waterline and notice how still the water stays even in a north wind.