Antalya

Antalya  (frae Greek "Αττάλεια" - Attaleia) is a ceety on the Mediterranean coast o soothwastren Turkey, an the caipital ceety o Antalya Province. Situatit on coastal cliffs, Antalya is surroondit bi muntains. Development an investment, begun in the 1970s, hae transformed the ceety intae an internaitional resort.

 Etymology 
Accordin tae tradition, in the 2nt century BC, the Pergamum king Attalos II ordered his men tae fynd "heaven on earth". Efter an extensive search, they discovered the region o Antalya.  King Attalos rebuilt the cieety, givin it the name "Attaleia" () which later mutatit in Turkish as Adalia an then Antalya. Attaleia wis an aa the name o a festival at DelphiἈττάλεια, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus project an Attalis (Greek: Ἀτταλίς) wis the name o an auncient Greek tribe at Athens.Ἀτταλίς,
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus project

 Sister ceeties 

Antalya is twinned wi:
  Austin, Texas, United States
  Bat Yam, Israel
  Cheboksary, Roushie
  Kazan, Roushie
  Nuremberg, Germany
  Muskegon, Michigan, Unitit States
  Rostov-Na-Donu, Roushie
  Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan

References

Category:150 BC establishments
Category:Populatit places established in the 2nt century BC
Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Turkey
Category:Populatit coastal places in Turkey
Category:Airchaeological steids in Turkey
Category:Turkis Riviera
Category:Auncient Greek ceeties
Category:Auncient Greek steids in Turkey

Category:New Testament places
Category:Attalid colonies
Category:Populatit places in Antalya Province