History of Antalya

 

 

Antalya, which means "home of Attalos", II. It was founded by Attalos. The city, which remained independent for a while after the end of the Pergamon kingdom (133 BC), was later conquered by pirates. BEFORE CHRIST. It was completed in 77 BC. It was added to Roman territory by Commander Servilius Isauricus. In 67 it became the base of the Pompey Navy. UN D. Hadrian's visit to Attaleia in 130 led to the development of the city. Attaleia, which was called the episcopacy center during the Byzantine rule, showed great development after its conquest by the Turks. Ancient ruins are very rare in Antalya as the modern city was built on the old colony. The first of the must-see remains is the port square, defined as the old port, and a part of the wall surrounding the port. One of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Antalya is Hadrian's Gate, which has been restored to the walls outside the park.

 

 

Pamphylia, which means "very productive" in ancient times, was called Lycia with the city of Antalya and its surroundings. VIII. Migrating here from the west coast of the Aegean Sea since the 19th century; They founded cities such as Aspendos and Side. II. King of Pergamon, who reigned in the middle of the 2nd century. Attalos had besieged Side. It is about 75 km from Antalya. Unable to take sides in the east, the king came to the present city center and founded a city. Her name was Attaleia. Over time, there were people looking for Atalia and Adalya. It comes from the name of Antalya.

 

 

Archaeological excavations have proven that the inhabitants lived in Antalya and its region 40,000 years ago. B.C. the region since 2000; Hittite, Pamphylia, Lycia, Cilicia and Iran were under the rule of city-states such as Alexander the Great and the kingdoms of Antigonos, Ptolemais, Seleukos and Pergamum. Then the Roman state reigned. In ancient times, the name of Antalya was Pamphylia and the cities established there were II. and III. century had its golden age. It lost its former glory in the 5th century.

 

 

The region was under the name of Eastern or Byzantine Rome recognized by Turkey and was joined in 1207 by the Seljuk lands. During the Anatolian principalities, it came under the rule of Hamitoğulları, a branch of the Teke tribe. The Teke Turkmens are today one of the largest tribes in the former homeland of the Turks in Turkmenistan. XI. Part of the century has come here. The northern part of Antalya and the Lake District part, which is part of Isparta and Burdur today, is also a region of Teke. During the Ottoman period, the center of Teke sanjak, which was connected to the Anatolian province, was the present city center of Antalya. Back then it was called Teke sanjak. The current name of the city is actually a slightly modified form of the old name and was given during the Republic period.

 

 

XVII. Famous Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi, who came to Antalya in the second half of the century, stated that there were four districts in the castle, three thousand houses and 24 districts outside the castle. The city's bazaar was outside the castle. According to Evliya Çelebi, the port is big enough for 200 ships. Antalya, the administrative center of Teke Sancak of Konya, turned into an independent sanjak in the last years of the Ottoman Empire.