Antalya Holiday Destinations
Antalya manages to attract millions of tourists every year due to its geography and the fact that its attractions are very valuable. Antalya definitely deserves the number one place during the most touristic cities of Turkey with its clear waterfalls, azure sea and friendly people. Although it is the city that attracts the most tourists, the main factor that allows foreign tourists to come to this region is its districts.
Indispensable Districts of Antalya on Vacation
Akseki: Her first name is Marla. Its location is located on the Taurus Mountains. This district later passed to Seljuk and Ottoman rule. It is known that communities have been living together in this district since the Roman Empire period to this day.
Although the district was dominated by the Roman Empire at first, the Turkish population of the district increased every day after the Battle of Malazgirt and Turkmen belonging to the Oghuz tribes began to live here more and more.
Akseki, which was previously part of the Alanya district, was separated from Alanya in 1872. Antalya has become a district that gained its complete independence in 1901 within the scope of Konya Province, some village places have been left to Seydişehir.
One of the most important features of Akseki district is that it is the homeland of the Snowdrop flower. The geographical structure of the district has a mountainous and hilly appearance when viewed mostly from the outside.
Although the majority of the people living in the district live by forestry, animal husbandry and trade, viticulture and almond farming are among the other farms seen in this district. Although it is very stony, it has been observed that it is made in fruit and vegetable growing on irrigable land.
Serik: Turkish communities living in Western Thrace came to Serik with the identity of muhajir during the Balkan War, and Turks living in Crete during the Cretan War, another war, came to live here.
The district center is Serik district, located 30 km from Antalya, has a coastline of 22 km on the Mediterranean Sea, the height of the sea is 26 meters, and the center is also 8 km inland. It is located on a sparsely undulating plain of land. As everywhere else, livestock breeding and forestry in this district are the main ones for the livelihood of the local people of the Serik district, but they are carried out in agriculture on the lowland sides.
The working order in Serik district differs according to the seasons. The influx of tourists to this region in Spring and summer has been one of the biggest incomes of the local people. In winter, people are turning to agriculture because tourists cannot come. 90% of the district's people's economy is made up of agriculture and tourism.
Alanya: Perhaps it is one of the first districts that comes to mind when it is called Antalya. It is a district that can become the focus of almost all tourists. It has a lot of attractions, travel guides, hotels on site. The district where Antalya provides the most income from tourism is Alanya.
Its first name is Coracesium. The Alanya district was home to pirates and looters in the early ages. During the Byzantine period that followed after that, it was home to many overlords and was finally awarded to be the capital when the Anatolian Seljuks ruled, it is a historical district of excellent beauty.
Alanya was located between Cilicia and Pamphylia in ancient dec. According to the historian and writer Heredotus, the descendants of the people living in the region were formed from the people who dispersed to Anatolia after the Trojan War.
4th BC. it was under the invasion of the Persians in the XVIII century, but as time progressed, the district became a place where pirates lived. pirates have ruled here for 135 years. When history shows the year 139 BC, the Seleucid Empire took the city under its rule. Although the empire has invaded, it has not stopped being a place where pirates live.
After the Crusader Armies established the Latin Empire on these lands in 1204, a management and power vacuum occurred in Anatolia. Kyr Vart, a noble overlord on behalf of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ensured authority in Kaloronos.
Disturbed by this situation, Aladdin Keykubat conquered the city of Alanya in 1221. The city experienced its heyday during the reign of Alaattin Keykubat, the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan. Anadolu Selcuklu Sultan, who was the founder of the city. If we still see a castle, a shipyard, and a few surviving structures today, they remained in that period.
Due to the disintegration of the Anatolian Seljuks, the city falls under the rule of the Karamanoglu principality. The city was sold to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt in 1427 for 5,000 gold coins.
in 1471, with the establishment of unity in Anatolia and the prominence of the Ottoman Principality, Gedik Ahmet Pasha, a commander trusted by Fatih Sultan Mehmet, imprints his name on the territory of the Ottoman State under the leadership of Gedik Ahmet Pasha.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk visited Alaiye (Alanya) in 1931, although he was not within the program. The people of Alaiye sent a telegram informing Atatürk of their love and respect, but the telegram sent to Atatürk said that the name of the city of Alaiye was Alanya because there was a mistake, and seeing this, Atatürk decided to change the name of this district to Alanya.
The most recent name that Kent received during the Republican Period is "Alanya". Nowadays it is still called Alanya.
Due to its geography, the city contains the Taurus Mountains to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. it is a district with an area of 70 km (along the coastline).
It is home to the ancient provinces of Manavgat, Side, Selge and so on.
One of the distinctive features of this geography is that the peninsula, which has a stony feature, is divided into east and west.
In the west of the district is the Cleopatra coast.
The district is divided according to the movement of rocks and soils from high to low. Thus, regions such as Mahmutlar, Sugözü and Tubudağ were formed.
The economy of the country and the livelihood of the people are entirely based on tourism and agriculture. Fruits, vegetables, etc. grown due to the fact that millions of tourists come to the country every year. it is distributed to hotels. The fact that hotels make their food from where it grows also makes the hotel food of this city delicious separately.
The city of Alanya alone has a huge income in the country's tourism. Tourism started at first in a do-it-yourself, do-it-yourself apartment hotel, but day by day the hotels have increased the size of the facility day by day. thanks to the tourism breakthrough made in the 1980s, this number increased to 4000-5000 while 500-1000 people were in mansions in the facilities. It also has various facilities and facilities on site.
Bananas and avocados are mostly grown in the city as agriculture. In addition to being sweet and enjoyable to eat, Alanya banana can reach almost the same dimensions as imported bananas. This banana, which is grown by local people, is imported. It makes a great contribution to Turkey's imports.
Kas: Kas, another tourist paradise of Antalya, manages to accommodate millions of tourists every year. Unlike Alanya, the beach of Kaş district, where more Turks go, is frequented by Turks due to its sea and friendly people. We can say that Turkey has made a great contribution to the tourism sector because millions of tourists come here every year.
Besides Kas, there are several ancient cities whose names are known, as well as many ancient cities whose names are unknown. These are ancient settlements, large and small.
It is separated from the city of Seydikemer, Mugla due to the fact that it is adjacent to Eşen tea. It borders the districts of Elmalı in the north and Demre in the east. The distance dec Antalya city center is 189 km, and the length of the coast of the city of Kas is between 70-80 km.
The city of Kas has a Mediterranean climate, dominated by Maki vegetation. As in other parts of Antalya, the summers are rainless and dry, and the winters are mild and interspersed with rain.
Kaş, as in other districts of Antalya, makes a living with tourism. Apple growing is one of the main factors for Kaş to manage its imports and livelihood in winter time.
