Demre

Following complaints about damage caused by cows and sheep of locals living within the borders of Patara, the ancient capital of Lycia, the Demre Museum Directorate has launched a project to expropriate private properties within this first-degree archaeological site.

The Demre Museum Directorate has closed off the mosaic floor at St. Nicholas Church in tourism hotspot Antalya's Demre district, a site believed to be where St. Nicholas, widely recognized as Santa Claus, once walked.

The Heritage to the Future Project in Andriake, the port area of the ancient city of Myra located in Antalya's Demre district, focuses on completing the walking route within the port and safeguarding the structures in the port center through conservation efforts.

During the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Andriake, the port neighborhood of the ancient city of Myra in Antalya's Demre district, interior decoration panels made with the Millefiori (thousand flowers) technique have been unearthed.

The route of the highway project planned in the western districts of Antalya, Kaş and Demre, have caused controversy. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the highway project, which is to affect historical and natural areas such as Kekova, Myra, and Andriake Kaputaş Canyon rock tombs, states that more than 66,000 trees on the route will be cut down.

Long waiting time in traffic has been one of the most common complaints of visitors coming to the tourism hotspot of Antalya, which hosts millions of domestic and foreign holidaymakers annually, this tourism season.

Sixteen million tourists are expected to visit Antalya this year, breaking the all-time tourism record of 2019.

The Kekova region, or Sunken City, which has remained under the sea after two major earthquakes in the sixth century in the Mediterranean, is a frequent destination for hundreds of local and foreign tourists every year.

In order to minimize disturbance by tourist boats during the summer, the entrances to two underwater caves where seals reside in the Kaş and Demre districts of the southern province of Antalya have been blocked off with iron chains.

Just like the services we offer in a wide range of areas extending from education to healthcare and transportation to energy, we also have the fastest and most effective system of intervention in disasters in the world, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said no Jan. 7 at the opening ceremony of multiple facilities in Antalya.

Saint Nicholas served as Bishop of Myra until his death and burial there in A.D. 343