Antalya region from prehistory until today has housed many civilizations covered by the province and the province is located in the most ancient cities in Turkey. Respectively Lycians, Lydians, Pamphylians, Pergamon, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Ottomans and finally Antalya in Turkey has been making capital of the Republic dominance none of these civilizations..
King of Pergamon in the Hellenistic period II. Attalos (159-138 BC) told his soldiers, "Go and find me the paradise on earth." he says. Soldiers pointed to the place (today's Antalya) likes II. Attalos takes the strategic period of the region into consideration and establishes a port city there, and the city is called "Ataleia" which is built in the name of the founder Attalos. The name of the city is referred to as "Antalia" in ancient Arab sources, and "Adalya" in Turkish sources. The settlement was called "Antalya" starting from the first quarter of the 20th century..
One of the oldest known settlement areas in Anatolia is the Karain Cave on the slopes of the Taurus Mountains facing the Mediterranean Sea on the Korkuteli road, about 30 km northwest of Antalya city center. The date of dating dates back to about 500 thousand years, in other words the early ages of the Old Stone Age. This period includes the period from the current 2 million to 140 thousand years. In Karain, bone remains related to cavemen (homo sapiens neandertalensis) were also found. These are the earliest fossil remains uncovered throughout Anatolia..
The city of Antalya has been developed rapidly, and the fifth most populous city in the province in parallel, today Turkey due to favorable climatic conditions and tourism events after 1980. Economic life in Antalya is largely based on trade, agriculture and tourism..
Aspendos or Belkis is an ancient city famous for its ancient theater located in the village of Belkis in the town of Serik in the province of Antalya.
Aspendos, 8 km east of the Serik district, reached the plain from the mountainous region of Köprüçayı BC. It was founded by Akalar in the 10th century and is one of the rich cities of ancient times. The theater there is M.S. It was built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD. The city is one big, one on two small hills.
The most important structure of Aspendos is theater. It is an open-air theater that has been best preserved among ancient theaters. This theater is one of the oldest and most robust examples of Roman theaters in Anatolia that can be reached with the day-to-day scene. Zenon, son of Theodorus of Aspendos, is an architect. Antonius Piu was completed in the time of Marcus Aurelius (138-164). The theater was presented to the family of the emperor and the local gods of the city..
Hadrian's Gate located in the castle in the middle of the city center, built during the visit of the Roman Emperor Hadrianus to the city; Üçkapılar with the name in public..
