Kemer

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Kemer is a seaside resort on the Turkish Riviera in the province of Antalya. It is located about 45 km southwest of the provincial capital of Antalya 's historic Lycia, and is the administrative center of the homonymous district of Kemer.

The place is dominated since the 1980s almost exclusively from tourism.

In many places the rocks of up to 3,000 meters rising Taurus Mountains rich zoom down to the sea, so that the link road to the north has several tunnels. In the winter months the sun is already up 16 clock setting behind the Taurus, which rises west of the city.

To provide support to retailers and to provide visitors with a promenade and shopping street, a pedestrian zone between the town center and a park was built near the beach.

The beach consists mainly of coarse pebbles and also offers rocky places. Some islands rise from the sea.

Urban area

The strong -based tourism economic growth has led to an increase in the population, although most residents live only during the season in place. So the villages Kiriş and Aslanbucak in recent years been incorporated in late 2008 and the village Kuzdere. Çamyuva and Tekirova are independent cities, Beldibi, however, defends itself against the annexation to Antalya, which has spread very far to the south.

History

The plain at the foot of the towering Taurus Mountains formed by the river Ağva, located in the former Delta Kemer. Its main branch opens today between Kiriş and Çamyuva into the Mediterranean, a tributary winding through Kemer. The river carries only in winter water. The region has been inhabited for about 50,000 years. This is suggested cave discoveries that led to excavations in a cave near Beldibi in the years 1960-66. The cave has long been used. We can distinguish six layers. They found iron oxide drawings and cutting tools.

In ancient times there was a place that is generally identified with Idyros. It was located southwest of the present city center, north of the major trading city of Phaselis. On the territory of the former Idyros there was a church ( probably from the 4th to the 7th century), the remains of which are difficult to detect. The town spread around the fortified Çalışdağ Hill. Relics from classical or Hellenistic times, however, were found in the excavations of 1976-77 not, so that the identification of Kemer remains uncertain with Idyros.

In the 13th century Seljuk Turks took to the field to hunt. In the first half of the century, the so-called Seljuk hunting lodge, whose function is unclear arose. It is a rectangular building with a 15 m by 15 m long and 3 m high walled construction, which has loopholes, as well as a 80 cm wide staircase leading to the roof. It has canopy-like ornaments. The stone blocks of the outer wall are grooved thick the wall of the building is about a meter thick. An entrance was not, unless it was on the point of the passage through the outer wall. Examines how the two about three or four meters long ancient columns that are within the boundary wall, came here was the building until 2005., Is unclear.

Around 1910, Kemer was called Eski Koy yet ( Turkish for old village) and was surrounded by a swamp landscape with lakes that were formed by the melt water of the mountain. The residents built in the foothills of the mountains a 23- km-long wall made of stones to protect against flooding. Because this wall Eski Koy in Kemer (German bow or belt ) has been renamed.

Until the 1960s Kemer could be reached only by sea. Due to the coastal road (D -400), which runs from Antalya to Kumluca, Kemer in 1972 reached via a country road. Since 1980, a more or less planned expansion began under the supervision of the South Antalya Tourism research project. Means a UN organization were provided to begin the development of a fishing village to a strictly on a tourist town, but to avoid the pitfalls of mass tourism ', as he had used in Spain and parts of Italy, was looking for. First, a sewer system was created, it was followed by road construction. Hotels were built according to the specifications with limited height. Today, there are numerous hotels in the town of Kemer with a total of 50,000 beds, most are four-star or five-star hotels, the food in most hotel establishments in recent years has been converted to all-inclusive.

2006, the cable car was opened in the 2365 m high mountain Tahtalı. In April 2010, the three tunnels between Antalya and Kemer were handed over in the presence of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to traffic.

Since 2009, Mustafa Gül 's mayor. He had to rename the Olbia- park near the harbor and set up a new monument. He was now called after the Turkish captain ( Yüzbaşı ) Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker, who has sunk three ships in the First World War. Two of the wrecks are still ahead of Kemer in the Mediterranean, Paris II, about 1.5 km from the port at a depth of about 33 m. This area is at the end of the beach promenade and is in the extended axis of the harbor road, which is the main shopping street of the city. In 2004 there was the aqua park was demolished, which decreased as plant with water slides to the early 90s. As most hotels now even offering such slides, the park always had fewer visitors. 2006 was therefore of Olbia- Park. The name goes back to the claim that the ancient city of Olbia 've located west of Antalya and therefore near Kemer. The actual ancient city Idyros however, was largely demolished.

Next to the mosque on Ataturk Blv. originated from 2007, a second mosque for 2,000 visitors.

Since 2010, the whole place is monitored with video cameras.

Traffic

The public transport system should be at the branch Kemer 2, direction Aslanbucak get a bus station. There was until December 2007 a ​​commercial area that was moved to Kuzdere. However, there was initially no investor. The building was inaugurated on March 15, 2009.

Twinning

Kemer is twinned with Schwabach since 1998.