Antalya

Antalya, one of Turkey's hottest tourist attractions, is preparing for an inflow of Russian holidaymakers later this month after Moscow ordered a nationwide week-long paid holiday starting Oct. 30 to curb COVID-19 infections amid record virus deaths.

Photography enthusiasts attending the fourth leg of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Turkey Photo Safari took pictures of the ancient cities of Letoon and Xanthos in Muğla and Antalya.

A waterfall in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya has dried out due to the effects of global warming and low precipitation in a time when environmental disasters because of climate change are becoming more common.

Some 7 million holidaymakers visited Antalya, one of Turkey's hottest tourism spots, in the first nine months of the year thanks to the "safe tourism certificate" scheme and widespread inoculation among staff working in the industry.

In 2019, Antalya lured nearly 16 million foreign tourists, including some 6 million Russians and 2.7 million Germans.

The International Antalya Film Festival handed out the Golden Orange Awards for the 58th time in a ceremony held at Antalya Sports Hall.

Organized by the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality under the leadership of Mayor Muhittin Böcek, the film festival came to an end with the closing gala and the traditional award ceremony on Oct. 9.

The 58th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, organized by the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, kicked off on Oct. 2 at the Antalya Sports Center under pandemic measures.

Making a speech at the ceremony, Antalya Mayor Muhittin Böcek, who stayed intubated for months in hospital last year due to COVID-19, said that he was happy to be at this year's opening ceremony of the festival.

Digital collage artist Uğur Gallenkuş, who brings different worlds together in the same photo frame, presents his first exhibition in Turkey at the Türkan Şoray Cultural Center in Antalya.

Organized in cooperation with Muratpaşa Municipality and Antalya Promotion Foundation (ATAV), the exhibition will run through Oct 15.

A blacksmithing and knife workshop from the Seljuk period have been unearthed during the excavations in the ancient city of Sillyon.

Excavations continue in the 4,000-year-old ancient city of Sillyon, located in Antalya's Serik district and home to many civilizations.

The 5,000-year-old ceramic pieces that have been found during excavations in the ancient city of Myra in the southern province of Antalya's Demre district took the history of the ancient city 2,000 years back.

Since the start of the year, more than 6 million tourists have visited the province of Antalya, a major holiday destination on the Mediterranean coast.

Data from the local tourism authorities indicated that the number of tourist arrivals in the city between Jan.1 and Sept. 13 leaped 202 percent compared with the same period of last year.