History of Antalya

History of Antalya


Antalya, meaning "Attalos dormitory", II. It was founded by Attalos. The city, which remained independent for some time after the end of the kingdom of Bergama (133 BC), was subsequently conquered by pirates. BEFORE CHRIST. It was completed in 77 BC. Added to Roman territory by Commander Servilius Isauricus. It became the base of the Pompey Navy in 67. UN D. Hadrian's visit to Attaleia in 130 caused the development of the city. Attaleia, whose name is the episcopal center during Byzantine rule, showed great improvement after its conquest by the Turks. Since the modern city was built on the former colony, ancient ruins have been very rare in Antalya. The first of the ruins to be seen is part of the harbor miter, which is described as the old harbor, and of the wall surrounding the harbor. One of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Antalya is Hadrian's Gate, which has been restored to the walls outside the park.


Pamphylia, meaning "very productive" in ancient times, was called the city of Antalya and its environs and Lykia. VIII BC. who migrated here from the west coast of the Aegean Sea since the 19th century; They established cities like Aspendos and Side. II. King of Pergamum who ruled in the middle of the 2nd century. Attalos had surrounded Side. About 75 km from Antalya. The king, who could not take sides in the east, came to the current city center and founded a city. His name was Attaleia with his name. Over time, there have been people who have called Atalia and Adalya. Antalya comes from its name.


Archaeological excavations have proven that the inhabitants lived in Antalya and its region 40,000 years ago. The region since 2000 BC respectively; He was under the rule of city-states such as Hittite, Pamphylia, Lycia, Cilicia and the continuation of Persia, Alexander the Great and Antigonos, Ptolemais, Selevkos and the kingdom of Pergamum. Later the Roman state ruled. Antalya's name in ancient times was Pamphylia, and the cities founded there were II in particular. and III. century has lived its golden age. It lost its former glory around the 5th century.


The region was under the rule of the Eastern or Byzantine Roman name recognized by Turkey, joined in 1207 by Turkish Seljuk territory. During the Anatolian principalities, he entered the sovereignty of Hamitoğulları, a branch of the Teke tribe. The Teke Turkmen are today one of the largest tribes in the ancient homeland of the Turks in Turkmenistan. XI. Part of the century arrived here. Today, the northern part of Antalya and the part of the Lake District, which is part of Isparta and Burdur, is also a region of Teke. At the time of the Ottomans, the center of Teke sanjak, which was connected to Anatolia province, was the present-day city center of Antalya. At the time he was called Teke sanjak. The current name of the city is actually a slightly modified form of its name in ancient times and was given in the Republican era.


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