Akseki

District and municipality in Antalya, Turkey

37°02′55″N 31°47′24″E / 37.04861°N 31.79000°E / 37.04861; 31.79000CountryTurkeyProvinceAntalyaGovernment

• Mayorİlkay Akça (CHP)Area

1,544 km² (596 sq mi)Elevation

1,100 m (3,600 ft)Population

(2022)^[1]

10,477 • Density6.8/km² (18/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Area code0242Websitewww.akseki.bel.tr

Akseki is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 1,544 km²,^[3] and its population is 10,477 (2022).^[1]

Known for its snowdrops, Akseki is located in the western Taurus Mountains at an elevation of 1100m. The Manavgat River passes through a large valley in the centre of the district, which is otherwise mainly mountainous. Places of interest include caves, valleys and a number of high meadows. This windswept rocky mountainside is not good farmland and the local economy mostly depends on forestry and raising sheep and cattle. Many people from Akseki have migrated to Antalya but still have homes here as an escape from the summer heat on the coast. The people of Akseki have a reputation as canny traders, and some prominent businessman were brought up here including restaurateur and fruit-juice producer Ömer Duruk.

Akseki was formerly Byzantine town of Marla, Marulya, or Marulia. It was conquered by the Seljuk Turks and the Ottoman Empire along with other towns in the area.

Antalya's Akdeniz University has a branch here training nurses, and doing some other vocational training.

With its rich architectural heritage, Akseki is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions.^[4]

The country boasts an economy based on cattle and almond trade.

Composition

There are 51 neighbourhoods in Akseki District:^[5]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Akseki.

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ The European Association of Historic Towns and Regions - Turkey Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

External links

District governor's official website (in Turkish)

Akseki in Antalya Province of Turkey

Districts

List of provinces by region
Istanbul	Istanbul
West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak
East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova
West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya
Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye
Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat
West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak
East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon
Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars
Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van
Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

v t e Neighbourhoods of Akseki District
Akşahap Alaçeşme Aşağıaşıklar Bademli Belenalan Boğaz Bucakalan Bucakkışla Büyükalan Ceceler Cemerler Cendeve Cevizli Çaltılıçukur Çanakpınar Çınardibi Çimiköy Çukurköy Değirmenlik Demirciler Dikmen Dutluca Emiraşıklar Erenyaka Fakılar Geriş Güçlüköy Gümüşdamla Güneykaya Günyaka Güzelsu Hacı İlyas Hocaköy Hüsamettinköy Karakışla Kepez Kepezbeleni Kuyucak Mahmutlu Menteşbey Minareli Pınarbaşı Sadıklar Salihler Sarıhacılar Sarıhaliller Sinanhoca Susuzşahap Süleymaniye Taşlıca Yarpuz

Neighbourhoods of Akseki District