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Cultural Road Festival to close in Antalya

The last leg of the Culture and Tourism Ministry's Cultural Road Festival will be held in the southern province of Antalya. More than 500 events will be held at nearly 50 locations during the event to be held between Nov. 4 and 12.

Events will be held at locations including the ancient city of Side, Cumhuriyet Square, Clock Tower, Konyaaltı, Kaleiçi and many other venues.

Necropolis area becomes a museum

The East Garage Necropolis Area, which was once a public market in the southern province of Antalya and where archaeological excavations started after the discovery of rock tombs, has been transferred to the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

With the project, which had a cost of approximately 292 million Turkish liras, the necropolis area has been opened as a museum.

Golden Orange Film Festival changes name

The name of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival has been changed to the Antalya International Film Festival, according to a statement made by Antalya Mayor Menderes Türel. 

Stating that nearly 450 accredited film festivals were being organized in the world, Türel said only two of them had the same name as the festival award but they did not have and "international section."