Kemer
Kemer is on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, 43 km from the city of Antalya. It is a seaside town and district of Antalya province, on the Turkish Riviera, in the west.
Kemer is located on the Gulf of Antalya, 53 km (33 mi) away from the sea and behind the foothills of the Western Taurus Mountains. The coast has typical Mediterranean hot, dry air and warm sea characteristics. This region, which was a quiet rural district until the early 1980s, today Kemer district and the coastal villages in the district play a very important role in Turkey’s tourism.
History Kemer was the ancient Greek city of Idyros, a member of the Lycian League. After the Ottoman period, it was called Eski Köy (Old Village) until a 23 km (14 mi) long stone wall was built to channelize the mountain in 1916 – 1917. to keep the water flowing and protect the town from flooding, which was a persistent problem by then. The name Kemer comes from these walls. Before the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, Greek families in the region lived together peacefully with the Turks in the region. There is even a water mill in Aslanbucak village, which used to belong to the Greeks in Kemer and Aslanbucak villages, but the water mill is now privately owned. Until the 1960s, the district had no road connection and was only accessible by boat. A road was subsequently built and from the 1980s this was followed by a major infrastructure investment planned by the state and financed by the World Bank, aimed at developing a large tourism industry.
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