Antalya Province

The 28th International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival will be organized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry at the Aspendos Ancient Theater in Antalya between Sept. 4 and 12 and will open with the opera "Murat IV."

Authorities have found the bodies of two people killed during firefighting operations in Turkey's southern Antalya province, sources said on July 31, raising the overall death toll to six.

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The 13th season excavations have started in Myra-Andriake, one of the six most important cities of the Lycian League located in the Demre district of the southern province of Antalya.

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Professor Nevzat Çevik, the head of the excavations, stated that the Myra-Andriake excavations would continue all year round with the decision of the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

A massive forest fire in Turkey's Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya has killed three people, official sources said on July 29.

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Antalya, one Turkey's major holiday destinations on the Mediterranean coast, has welcomed more than 3 million tourists since the start of 2021.

Nearly half of the holidaymakers visited the city in July alone, according to a statement the Antalya Governor's Office issued.

Thousands of domestic and international tourists flocked to southern Antalya province's world-famous Konyaaltı Beach for the last day of Eid al-Adha on July 23. (DHA Photo)

Dozens of Caretta caretta have hatched and come out their nests in the Çırali beach of the Kemer district of the southern Antalya province and met the sea this year. (AA Photo)

Turkey's Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has launched an investigation into the Elmalı Trial, a child sexual abuse case in the southern province of Antalya's Finike district and that has caused massive nationwide anger.

Phaselis, situated in the southern province of Antalya's Kemer district, was important for trade in ancient times as it had three ports. It is possible to see the wealth of the ancient city in the agoras, trade centers, bath houses and temples, expressed by ancient era writers throughout the Classic and Hellenistic periods and Roman history.

The State Opera and Ballet is preparing to present the International Istanbul Opera Festival, the International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, the International Ephesus Opera and Ballet Festival and the International Bodrum Ballet Festival to art lovers this summer by taking the COVID-19 measures strictly.