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This name, still in use in Greek, was later evolved in Turkish as Adalia and then Antalya. [12] Attaleia was also the name of a festival at Delphi and Attalis (Greek: Ἀτταλίς) was the name of an old Greek tribe at Athens. [13] [14] Despite the close similarity, there is no connection with the name Anatolia.
Aspendos or Aspendus (Pamphylian: ΕΣΤϜΕΔΥΣ; Attic: Ἄσπενδος) was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey.The site is located 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya.
History of Antalya (4 C, 9 P) P. Pamphylia (4 C, 12 P) Pisidia (1 C, 16 P) S. Ships built in Antalya (5 P) Pages in category "History of Antalya Province"
Pages in category "History of Antalya" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Antalya Diplomacy Forum;
Selge (Greek: Σέλγη) was an important city in ancient Pisidia and later in Pamphylia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay) forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visiting Turkey. Its capital city of the same name was the world's third most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, [citation needed] displacing New York. Antalya is Turkey's biggest international sea resort.
Historic map of Kemer by Piri Reis. Kemer was the ancient Greek city of Idyros, member of the Lycian League, which after the Ottoman era was called Eski Köy (Old Village) until a 23 km (14 mi) long stone wall was built in 1916 - 1917 to channel the mountain stream water and protect the town from flooding, which until then had been a persistent problem.
Kaş (Turkish pronunciation:) is a small fishing, diving, yachting and tourist town, and a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 1,750 km 2, [3] and its population is 62,866 (2022). [1] It is 168 km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist resort, it is relatively unspoiled.