Akseki is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,544 km2, and its population is 10,477 (2022).
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.
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.The European Association of Historic Towns and Regions - Turkey
The country boasts an economy based on cattle and almond trade.
Composition There are 51 neighbourhoods in Akseki District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Akşahap Alaçeşme Aşağıaşıklar Bademli Belenalan Boğaz Bucakalan Bucakkışla Büyükalan Çaltılıçukur Çanakpınar Ceceler Cemerler Cendeve Cevizli Çimiköy Çınardibi Çukurköy Değirmenlik Demirciler Dikmen Dutluca Emiraşıklar Erenyaka Fakılar Geriş Güçlüköy Gümüşdamla Güneykaya Günyaka Güzelsu Hacıilyas Hocaköy Hüsamettinköy Karakışla Kepez Kepezbeleni Kuyucak Mahmutlu Menteşbey Minareli Pınarbaşı Sadıklar Salihler Sarıhacılar Sarıhaliller Sinanhoca Süleymaniye Susuzşahap Taşlıca Yarpuz
Notable residents
Fatin Gökmen (1877–1955), astronomer and politician Keklik Yücel (born 1968), Dutch politician
References
External links District governor's official website