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Teke Peninsula
Teke Peninsula (), also known as Teke Region (), is a peninsula located in southwestern Turkey between the gulfs of Antalya and Fethiye extending into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered to the Turkish Lakes Region in the north. It was known as Lycia in ancient times. Its name comes from the Teke, a Turkmen tribe that settled in the region during the Sultanate of Rum. The main streams of the region are Alakır Creek in the east and Eşen Creek in the west. Remains of ancient cities in the region include Phaselis, Olympos, Arycanda, Myra, Xanthos, Letoon, Patara, Limyra. Settlements such as Kemer, Elmalı, Kumluca, Finike, Demre (formerly: Kale), Kaş, Kalkan, Kınık are also important for tourism. Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park and Beydağları Coastal National Park are located on the peninsula. See also * Lycian Way, -long hiking trail stretching from Hisarönü (Ovacık, Fethiye), Muğla Province in the west to Geyikbayırı, Konyaaltı, Antalya Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teke Yarımadası
Teke or Tekke can refer to: People * Teke (tribe), a tribe of southern Turkmenistan * Teke people or Bateke, a Central African ethnic group * Fatih Tekke (born 1977), Turkish footballer * Kent Tekulve (born 1947), American baseball player Places * Tekke of Frashër, a Bektashi shrine and Cultural Monument of Albania in Gjirokastër County * Tekke of Martanesh, a Cultural Monument of Albania in Dibër County * Tekke of Melan, a ''khanqah'' in Libohovë, Albania * Teke (lake), Kazakhstan * Teke, Lesotho * Tekke, Kazan, Ankara Province, Turkey * Tekke, Sarayköy, Denizli Province, Turkey * Teke Peninsula, in Antalya Province, Turkey * Beylik of Teke, a frontier principality established by Oghuz Turkish clans * Mount Teke, the highest peak in İskilip, Turkey * Teaca (), a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Tekke, a neighborhood of Görmeli, Turkey * Takya (or ''Tekke'' in Turkish), which may refer to the gathering place of a Sufi brotherhood, or the shrine of a Sufi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemer
Kemer is a seaside resort, municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 412 km2, and its population is 49,383 (2022). It is on the Mediterranean coast, west of the city of Antalya, on the Turkish Riviera. Kemer is on the Gulf of Antalya, of sea coast with the skirts of the western Taurus Mountains behind. The coast has the typical Mediterranean hot, dry weather and warm sea. Until the early 1980s this was a quiet rural district, but today the town of Kemer and coastal villages in the district play a very important part in tourism in Turkey. History 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 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. The name ''Kemer'' refers to those walls. Before the population exchange between Greece an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muğla Province
Muğla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1,048,185 (2022). Its seat is the city of Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, lie on the coast. Geography At , Muğla's coastline is the longest among the Provinces of Turkey and is home to the Datça Peninsula. As well as the sea, Muğla has two large lakes, Lake Bafa in the district of Milas and Lake Köyceğiz. The landscape consists of pot-shaped small plains surrounded by mountains, formed by depressions in the Neogene. These include the plain of the city of Muğla itself, Yeşilyurt, Muğla, Yeşilyurt, Ula, Muğla, Ula, Gülağzı, Menteşe, Gülağzı, Yerkesik, Menteşe, Yerkesik, Akkaya, Muğla, Akkaya, and Yenice, Muğla, Yenice. Until the recen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovacık, Fethiye
Ovacık is a settlement in Fethiye district on the Turkish Riviera, Muğla Province, Turkey. It is part of the neighbourhood Ölüdeniz. It is located next to the residential neighborhood and holiday resort of Hisarönü, which consists mainly of small hotels and private villas. The village has restaurants, and is generally quieter than Hisarönü. Location Ovacık village is located on a small plateau at the foot of Babadağ (mountain, Muğla), Babadağ mountain (), the preferred spot for Paragliding, paragliders, near the blue lagoon of Ölüdeniz and Belcekız beach. The village is about 5 km away from Ölüdeniz, 9 km from Fethiye city center, and 100 km from the city of Muğla. References Turkish Riviera Fethiye District {{Muğla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisarönü
Hisarönü is a tourist resort in the Fethiye district of the Muğla Province of Turkey. It is part of the neighbourhood Ölüdeniz. It is situated at the western extreme of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey and the southern extreme of the Aegean coast. The resort has grown from a very basic village in 1990 to the large resort with its neighbor Ovacık since then. In 1992, the road through Hisaronu to Kayaköy was paved for the first time. Hisarönü was originally intended to provide accommodation for nearby Ölüdeniz Ölüdeniz (literally "Dead Sea", due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation: Blue Lagoon) is a town of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,132 (2022). Before the 2013 Turkish ... (where new building work is quite restricted), but has now become a holiday resort in its own right and is popular with British holidaymakers in particular. The closest airport to the resort is Dalaman Airport. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycian Way
The Lycian Way () is a marked Long-distance trail, long-distance hiking trail in southwestern Turkey around part of the coast of ancient Lycia. It is approximately in length and stretches from Hisarönü (Ovacık, Fethiye, Ovacık), near Fethiye, to Aşağı Karaman in Konyaaltı, about from Antalya. It is waymarking, waymarked with red and white stripes of the GR footpath convention. The trail, which was conceived by Briton Kate Clow, takes its name from the ancient civilization that once ruled the region. History of the region Lycia was a region on the Western Taurus Mountains in Teke Peninsula at southwestern Anatolia on the Mediterranean Sea coast, located in what are today the provinces of Muğla Province, Muğla and Antalya Province, Antalya. The Lycian people lived in the area from the prehistoric period until they were absorbed into Ancient Rome, Roman culture Prehistory of Anatolia#Lycia, Late Bronze Age. They built city-states along the Mediterranean Sea coast, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beydağları Coastal National Park
Beydağları Coastal National Park (), a.k.a. Olympos Beydagları National Park (), is a national park in Antalya Province, southern Turkey. The national park was established on March 16, 1972, by government decree. It stretches over an area of beginning in Sarısu, located southwest of Antalya and reaching out to Cape Gelidonya parallel to the Mediterranean Sea across the Kemer-Kumluca shoreline. The ancient settlements Olympos, Phaselis and Idyros are situated within the national park, which lies between the shores of the ancient regions Pamphylia and Lycia. The tallest mountain in the park is Tahtalı Dağı. The Yanartaş burning gas field is found on the foothills of that mountain. The national park offers place for activities such as beach and sea sports, picnic, camping, trekking, mountain climbing, paragliding etc. Visiting of the archeological sites within the national park is possible all around the year. The park has a great biodiversity, it has over 865 plant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park (), established in 1970, is a national park located in Antalya Province, southwestern Turkey. Overview The national park is located in Korkuteli district of Antalya Province, northwest of Antalya, in the Düzlerçamı direction from on the Antalyal-Burdur highway D-650. Established on 3 November 1970, the national park covers an area of . Rising from the travertine plains of Antalya, Mount Güllük contains the ruins of the ancient city of Termessos, founded by the Solymoi, one of the indigenous peoples of Anatolia. In the ancient city that has survived to this day, the most important works include tombs from the Hellenistic period, the royal road from the Roman period, agora, theater, cisterns, walls, towers, and a drainage system. In the region, where hills, valleys, and canyons are often found, there is the Mecene Strait, which reaches a depth of . Fauna and flora The national park, with an elevation difference of , hosts a rich f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kınık, Kaş
Kınık is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,120 (2022). Before the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). References Neighbourhoods in Kaş District {{Antalya-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalkan
Kalkan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,926 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is an important tourist destination on the Mediterranean coast. The area includes historical sites (such as Tlos and Kekova) and fine beaches (including Patara Beach and Kaputaş Beach). Kalkan is an old fishing town, and the only safe harbour between Kaş and Fethiye; it is known for its white-washed houses, descending to the sea, and its brightly coloured bougainvilleas. It averages 300 days of sunshine a year. The word "Kalkan" in Turkish either means shield or turbot referring to the town's fishing status. A substantial Christian community of Greeks lived in Kalkan until the 1920s and the town was called Kalamaki. They left in 1923 during the exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey after the Greco-Turkish War and emigrated mainly to Attica, where they founded the new town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaş
Kaş () is a small fishing, diving, yachting and tourist town, and a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,750 km2, and its population is 62,866 (2022). It is 168 km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist resort, it is relatively unspoiled. History Although the Antalya Province, Teke peninsula has been occupied since the Stone Age, it seems Kaş was founded by the Lycians, and its name in Lycian language was ''Habesos'' or ''Habesa''. It was a member of the Lycian League, and its importance during this time is confirmed by the presence of one of the richest Lycian necropoleis. In the Hellenistic period and under the Roman Empire it served as the port of Phellus called Antiphellus (), the name by which it was known at that time. The town suffered because of Arab incursions, then was annexed (under the name of ''Andifli'') to the Anatolian Sultanate of Rum, led by the Seljuk Turks, Seljuks. After the demise of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demre
Demre is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 329 km2, and its population is 27,691 (2022). It was named after the river Demre. Demre is the Lycian town of Myra, the home of Saint Nicholas of Myra. The district was known as ''Kale'' until it was renamed in 2005. A substantial Christian community of Greeks lived in Demre until the 1920s when they migrated to Greece as part of the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. A small population of Turkish farmers moved into the region when the Greeks migrated. The region is popular with tourists today, particularly Christian pilgrims who visit the tomb of Saint Nicholas. Geography Demre is on the coast of the Teke peninsula, west of the bay of Antalya, with the Taurus Mountains behind. The mountains are forested and the coastal strip is made of good soil brought down by the mountain rivers. The climate is the typical Mediterranean pattern of hot dry summers and warm wet winters. Before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
