The document provides information about the city of Antalya, Turkey. It describes the city's economy including agriculture, tourism, and commerce. It highlights some of Antalya's historic sites like Kaleiçi, the old center of the city, and ancient monuments dating back to Lycian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman civilizations. It also mentions natural attractions near Antalya like the Düden Waterfall located in a pine forest and the flaming rocks at Yanartaş.
2. The economy of Antalya used to depend on a
mixture of tourism, agriculture, and
commerce, with some light industry.
Agricultural production includes citrus
fruits, cotton, cut flowers, olives, olive oil and
bananas. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality’s
covered wholesale food market complex meets
65% of the fresh fruit and vegetable demand
of the province.
Since 2000, shipyards have been opened in
Antalya Free Zone, specialized in building
pleasure yachts. Some of these yards have
advanced in composites boat building
technology.
Corendon Airlines and SunExpress have their
head offices in Antalya.
Kaleiçi, with its narrow cobbled streets of
historic Ottoman era houses, is the old center
of Antalya. With its
hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants, and
shopping, it has been restored to retain much
of its historical character; its restoration has
won the Golden Apple Tourism Prize.
Cumhuriyet Square, the main square of the
city, is the location for temporary open air
exhibitions and performances. The city also
features sites with traces
of Lycian, Pamphylian, and Hellenistic, Roman,
Byzantine,Seljuk and Ottoman architecture and
cultures. International luxury hotels stand
along the coast above
the Konyaalti and Lara beaches.
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8. Ancient monuments include the City Walls, Hıdırlık Tower, Hadrian's Gate (also known as
Triple Gate), and the Clock Tower.
City Walls Hıdırlık Tower
Hadrian’s Gate(Triple Gate)
Clock Tower
9. Kesik Minare (Broken Minaret) Mosque: Once a Roman temple then converted to a Byzantine
Panaglia church and finally into a mosque.
10. Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque: An 18th-century Mosque built in honor of Tekeli Mehmet Paşa.
12. Yivli Minare (Fluted Minaret) Mosque: Built by the Seljuks and decorated with dark blue
and turquoise tiles, this minaret eventually became the symbol of the city.
13. Old Picture of Yivli Minaret,Clock Tower and Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque.
14. The waterfall is on one of the tributaries of the Aksu River and its situation in the midst of
a pine forest is of quite exceptional beauty. The countryside around the water forms a
lovely picnic and pleasure spot only twenty minutes from the centre of the city of Antalya
15. The town was set up by the Rhodians in 700 BC. Because of its location on an isthmus
separating two harbours, it became the most important harbour city of the western Lycia and
an important centre of commerce between Greece, Asia,Egypt, and Phoenicia, although it
did not belong to the Lycian League. The city was captured by Persians after they conquered
Asia Minor, and was later captured by Alexander the Great.
16. The Olympos village is located in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park. The
surrounding area offers best conditions for Trekking, Mountain biking, Canyoning, Rock
climbing, Sea kayaking. It is possible to rent equipment in the village or to join organized tours.
Olympos is an ancient city which is located in a valley at the south coast
of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya city near the Town of Kumluca.
17. Yanartaş (flaming rock) is the Turkish name of a geographical feature near the Olympos valley
and national park in Antalya Province in southwestern Turkey. The location is 80 km southwest
of Antalya, near the town of Çıralı. It is generally believed to be the ancient Mount Chimaera.
The area is located on a track popular with hikers and trekkers on the Lycian Way.
18. Most of the castle was built in the 13th
century under the Seljuq Sultanate of
Rûm following the city's conquest in
1220 by Alaeddin Keykubad I as part of
a building campaign that included
the Kızıl Kule.
