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The Seaside City that Abounds with Tourists in Every Season

Antalya is touristic city with its cultural and historical assets, besides its natural beauties. The historical evolution of the region starts from the Middle Paleolithic Era (50,000 B.C.) and continues until the present. According to tradition, in the 2nd century BC, the Pergamum king Attalos II ordered his men to find "heaven on earth". After an extensive search, they discovered the region of Antalya. King Attalos rebuilt the city, giving it the name "Attaleia" which later became Adalia and then Antalya. The city includes sites with traces of Lycian,Pamphylian, and Hellenistic -but mainly Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman- architecture and cultures.

Antalya is in the south-west of Anatolia, and on the Mediterranean Gulf. It is approximately 244 km. from Ankara, 255 km. from Adana, 222 km. from Izmir, and 300 km. from Istanbul. The area is shielded from the cold northerly winds by the Taurus Mountain range, having a characteristically Mediterranean climate -with hot, dry summers and moderately warm and rainy winters.

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Max. Air Temperature °C

24.4

24.9

25.8

30.7

33.8

39.6

47.9

56.3

45.7

38.2

29.8

24.9

Min. Air Temperature °C

6.1

6.7

7.8

11.1

15.6

19.4

22.8

22.2

19.4

15.0

11.1

7.8

Water Temperature

17

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17

18

21

24

27

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27

25

22

19

As of the 2008 census, Antalya had a population of 798,507. The greater metropolitan area totals more than a million in winter, increasing substantially in summer months. The economy of Antalya depends on a mixture of tourism, agriculture, and commerce, with some light industry. Agricultural production includes citrus fruits, cotton, olives, olive oil and bananas. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality’s covered wholesale food market complex meets 65% of the fresh fruit and vegetable demand of Turkey.

Antalya’s signature cuisine includes Piyaz, spicy hibeş, şiş köfte, tandır kebap, domates civesi, şakşuka, and various cold Mediterranean dishes with olive oil. One local speciality is tirmis, boiled seeds of the lupin, eaten as a snack. "Grida" (also known as Lagos) is a fish common in local dishes.

*Historic Sites*	*Museums*	*Sites of Interest*
Kaleiçi	Antalya Museum	Karpuzkaldıran
Hıdırlık Tower	Kaleiçi Museum	Tünek Tepe
Hadrian’s Gate		Karaalioglu Park
Kesik Minare
Yivli Minare

Below you can find Antalya city view video.