The "Dolphinless" Roundabout
Not so long ago, the busiest junction in Calis was not particular busy. It was at the junction of the main road directly to the beach, "Baris Manco Bulvari" and the main road from central Calisshire to the Vale of Fethiye, passing the aquapark en route and called "Mustafa Kemal Bulvari".
It wasn't busy because there weren't many cars, and there weren't many roads - there were three choices - down to the beach, up to the Gunlukbasi and left (or indeed right if you were over there) past the aquapark. The current fourth option, towards Koca Calis, didn't exist.
Many tales were told of the future "22 metre road" that would make up the fourth choice from this mega intersection. Eventually they started the 22 metre road and completed it very quickly. Then someone pointed out that they had the plan the wrong way round, and it was supposed to be 22 metres wide, not 22 metres long.
Eventually the 22 metre road became longer, meeting (almost) the Dalaman road. People residing in Koca Calis rejoiced in the knowledge that they no longer had to tell visitors to turn right at the second tortoise to find their villa.
Our humble little junction was suddenly awoken. Cars, lorries, tour buses and all other transportational items heading for Fethiye, rather than carry on across the back of Calis, would now head straight into the centre of it, parallel and within 100m of the touristic promenade, on their way to Fethiye.
At this time it was decided by clever people with authority that Calis was becoming a busy place, and that a roundabout might sort things out. A roundabout was fashioned out of blocks and mortar. Problem was, nobody could see it until they had totalled their car through it. Traffic lights were seen to be the answer. A roundabout that people stop at, with traffic lights that people stop at. People would most probably stop given that combination.
Anyway, with the traffic lights came a plan for a more prominent roundabout, one that drivers could actually see. It was decided that statues of dolphins, frolicking above turtles, would serve the very purpose, and so the "Dolphin Roundabout" was born.
Then a few skinny blokes travelling through in a bike race made them think that it was possibly too prominent, and they demolished both the nautical sculpture and the roundabout itself. The cyclists swept through in around 20 seconds from arrival to departure, but the Dolphin Roundabout never returned.
So in essence, it doesn't exist.
