TOURISM AND HOLIDAYS IN MEDITERRANEAN ANTALYA

Temple Church Mosque With Brocken Minaret

Antalya Yivli Minare

Antalya is a major tourist city in southern Turkey in the prefecture of the province of the same name With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It has an international airport.

Antalya has become the tourist capital of the Turkish Mediterranean coast, known as the "Turkish Riviera". The old city of Antalya, Kaleici, lengthens the side of a steep cliff below which nestles an ancient port, now modern marina.

Since its founding in 150 BC. BC by Attalos II, king of Pergamon, who named Attaleia (Αττάλεια: Attalia), the city has always been inhabited. The Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks occupied the city before it fell under Ottoman law. She was then named Adalya (or Adalia).

Antalya was known during the Middle Ages in Europe as the Satalieh (or Satalia).

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Karpuz kaldiran Waterfall

''Antalya’s signature cuisine includes Piyaz (made with tahini, garlic, walnuts, and boiled beans), spicy hibeş with mixed cumin and tahini, 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 or Mediterrenean white grouper) is a fish common in local dishes.''  source wikipidia