the Turkish football pyramid. Notable people from Muğla Şahidi İbrahim Dede – 15th–16th century Sufi poet Basil Zaharoff (Βασίλειος Ζαχάρωφ) - Muğla, 1849 - Monte Carlo, 1936, Greek arms dealer and industrialist Nail Çakırhan – 20th century poet and architect Zihni Derin – 20th century agronomist and agriculturalist who pioneered tea production in Turkey Due to the particularity of its location, commanding a large part of Anatolia's southwestern coast and a number of busy district centers, Muğla is also notable by the large number of people who, short of being natives in the strict sense, had associations of one sort or another with the city, including among its small Greek minority until the 1923 Population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Among these can be listed: Arms trading tycoon Basil Zaharoff, whose family were actually Greeks of the Ottomnan capital but who was born in Muğla in 1849 The French actress of Greek descent Anna Mouglalis, as attested by her name, can trace her roots to the city Mining and poultry magnate Yavuz Sıtkı Koçman (d. 2002) who contributed an important part of his fortune to building the university in the 1990s See also Caria Menteşe (district) Menteşe (beylik) (Anatolian beyliks) Muğla University Mesut of Menteşe Footnotes References Sources External links Muğla Municipality Several hundreds of pictures Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Caria Cities in Turkey Districts of Muğla Province Populated places in Muğla Province