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A
SHORT HISTORY OF ANTALYA
The Antalya Region has always
been resided since Paleolithic
Age to today. Since there are
names of this region in the
Elliad legend of Homeros, it
is clarified that there was
an indigenous public living
in the 1200 B.C. in this region
called Pamphilio. The region
had been under the sovereignty
of Lydia Kingdom, Persians and
Alexander the Great’s.
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The western
part of Pamphllia was
acquired by the King Attalos
II of Pergarnon in 2 B.C.
and the king founded a
city on the western coast
of Mediterranean sea,
gave his name to the city
“Attalia”, today’s Antalya.
The city was bounded to
the Roman Empire after
death of Attalos III and
to the Byzantium beginning
from the 4th century.
As with the Seljuk’s domination
of the city in 1207 the
Turkish-Islamic period
had begun and the region
had been under the sovereignty
of Ottoman State towards
the end of the 14th century.
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A
SHORT HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM
At the end of the
First World war, during
the time, Antalya was
under the military occupation
of Italy, the Italian
archeologists, started
to carry the archeological
values that had found
in the rums of the center
or the environment to
the Italian Embassy, which
they claim to do it in
the name of civilization.
To prevent these initiatives,
Süleyman Fikri Bey, the
Sultani teacher had applied
to the Antalya
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post
and jurisdiction
of mutasarrıf in
1919 and made himself
appointed as voluntary
officer of antiquities
and firstly tried
to establish the
Antalya Museum by
collecting the remains
that were in the
center.
The museum was firstly
activated in Alâeddin
Mosque in 1922,
then in Yivli Mosque
beginning from 1937,
and then moved to
its present building
in 1972. It was
closed to visit
for a wide range
of modifications
and restorations
in 1982, it was
reopened for visit
organized with the
mentality of Modern
museums in April
1985; after the
restorations and
display arrangements
made by the General
Directorate of Antique
works and Museums.
The museum contains
13 display halls,
children section
and open galleries.
The works that only
belong to the region
are generally presented
chronologically
and according to
their subjects.
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NATURAL
HISTORY AND PREHISTORY
HALL
In addition to the
three display windows
in which the fossils
of geological periods
are presented; the
chipped gravel,
hand axes, diggers,
bone equipment’s
found in the Karain
Cave and that give
stratigraphies from
pre-Paleolithic
period to Roman
period are presented.
Karain is a cave
stated in the 27
km northwest of
Antalya and on the
foots or Şam Mountain.
Besides the remains
which have been
found in the 10,5
m thick soil
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fillings dating
from the Paleolithic
Period, there are
also the tooth and
skeleton remains
of Neanderthal human
beings that had
lived in the Mesolithic
Period.
Semayuk is the only
center representing
the previous Bronze
Age, most of the
works are founding
from graves, the
different sized
pots, seals, brush
handles, idols and
especially presents
for death are interesting
with which a grave
made of a big earthenware
jar is presented.
The most interesting
side of this kind
of burying method
is placing the dead
in the earthenware
jar in the position
of a baby in the
womb of a mother.
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THE
HALL OF SMALL WORKS-I
The technical developments
of ceramic art after
the invention of
pottery wheel, vase
forms, different
embellishment styles,
are presented dating
from 12th B.C. to
3rd B.C. periods.
The two display
windows in this
section are for
the interesting
founding make-up
materials and accessories.
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THE HALL OF GODS
The gods in
the saloon are the
main God Zeus and
Aphrodite, Tykne,
Athena, Nemesis,
Itygieia, Hermes,
Dioskurs surround
it and at the opposite
side there are the
Egypt oriented Serapis,
Isis and his son
Harpo rates. The
statues are the
Roman copies dating
2rd A.D. of of their
Greek originals
and all of them
were found Perge
excavations.
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THE
HALL OF SMALL WORKS-II
The selected works
of different cultural
phases dating from
4 B.C. to 6 A.D.
are presented in
the display window.
The vase given to
the Princess of
Egypt, Benerike,
the Athena engraved
silver plate, bronze
Statues of Apollon
and Herakles, the
head of Attis, the
marble Statue of
Priopos representing
fertility, the cooked
earthenware and
marble statues are
outstanding values
of the hall.
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In
the underwater
display, window,
there are
founding that
were found
out antique
sunken ships.
THE HALL OF
EMPERORS
The most beautiful
examples of
portraits
forming the
main character
of Roman sculpture,
are presented
in this hall.
All of the
statues were
found in the
Perge excavations.
There are
many statues
of 2-3rd centuries
because the
most magnificent
period of
the region
in its historical
development
is this period.
There are
portrait statues
of Emperor
Traion, Hadrian,
Septimius
Severus, Sabina,
Faustina,
Julia Domna,
Julia Soemias,
Plankia Magna
and there
are also statues
of Three beauties
and a belly
dancer statue
made of black
and white
marble.
THE HALL
OF GRAVE CULTURES
The two walled
tombs in the
hall belong
to Domitias
Filickas and
his family.
On the cover,
the wife and
husband arc
shown to be
lying. The
Erases on
the corners
symbolize
the happiness
of a family.
The other
important
walled tomb’s,
dating from
2 A.D., subject
is Herakles.
One of the
walled tombs
is the most
striking example
of Illegal
trafficking
of antique
works. A piece
of the walled
tombs which
was broken
off and smuggled,
was brought
from USA and
mounted to
its place
in 1983.
Appropriate
to the original
positions,
grave steles
sprinkled
on the soil
ground and
ash pots are
presented
in the hall.
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THE
HALLS OF MOSAICS
AND ICONS
The most
important
of the mosaics
in the museum
is the Mosaic
of Philosophers
which was
found in Seleukeia
excavation
and on the
border of
which the
names of famous
thinkers of
antique age
such as Solon.
Tukyclides,
Lykurgos,
Heredotus,
Demostenes,
Itesiodos
and the names
of orators,
historians
and mathematicians
take place.
On another
mosaic corning
from Seleukia,
Orpheus, charming
the wild animals
with
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his
pipe is described.
There are
also corners
shared for
examples of
local sculpture,
chipping equipment,
bronze sculpture
techniques
in this section.
The icons
presented
in this hall
are collected
from the region
of Antalya
and dating
generally
from 18th
and 19th centuries.
THE HALL
OF COINS
The 2500 year
tradition
of coining
money dating
from 6 B.C.,
its technique,
economy is
presented
in an educational
order in the
hall. In the
presentation,
state coins
of the Pamphilia,
Pisidio, Likia
regions, and
generally
regional coins
of the chronological
order of Classic,
Hellenistic,
Roman, Byzantine,
Seljuk ages
and Ottoman
Period are
mainly focussed
on. There
are also gold
and silver
treasures
in this section.
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HALLS
The ethnography
section of our
museum is formed
of two big halls
and a passage
combining these
halls.
In the first
hall; chinaware’s,
porcelains,
religious works,
signs, seals,
charms, watches,
ornamental goods,
locks keys and
clothes are
presented.
Chinawares
arc Seljuk
and Ottoman
works. The
Seljuk chinawares
are brought
from Aspendos
and they are
also Kubadabat
type and they
were made
“Sıraltı”
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technique
in the middle
of 13th century.
The Ottoman
chinaware
in square
panel forms
are examples
of İznik works
from 15-16-17
and 18th centuries.
Five porcelain
plates are
the productions
of Yıldız
Factory which
had worked
for a short
time till
the end of
1920.
Religious
works are
objects that
can always
be seen in
all of the
regions of
Anatolia.
But the Seljuk
Koran-ı Kerim
which we can
call it our
regional work
has a different
importance.
Signs, seals,
charm and
watches are
presented
in one of
the display
windows. The
charms are
spell binding
prayers and
their charms
are used for
different
purposes.
The ornamental
goods are
the best examples
of accessories
still used
in Antalya.
There are
also keys
and locks
presented
as qualified
works.
Clothes, purple
velvets embroidered
with silver
tread and
Yörük materials
can be examined
in two sections
Yörük clothes
socks, baggy
trousers,
long robes
worn over
baggy trousers,
undershirts,
purses, girdles
and caps can
all be thoroughly
seen.
In the section
ensuring the
passage to
the 2nd hall
there are
written plates
such as hilyes,
naats, icazets
and katığs
of our calligraphers.
The second
hall is formed
of four sections
of carpets,
Yörük materials,
rooms and
guns.
Besides the
regional works
and materials
in this hall,
the carpets
of Uşak, Gördes,
Ladik, Mucur,
Bergama, Kula
an Avonos
are presented.
The oldest
carpet in
our carpet
collection
is an Uşak
carpet of
16th century.
The Döşemealtı
carpet has
an important
place in the
ethnography
works of the
region. Döşemealtı
is the name
of a place
in the northeastern
part of Antalya.
The “Halelli”
carpets are
the oldest
and traditional
examples of
the carpets
among Döşemealtı
carpets. These
works are
of nomad character
and small
sized. The
sacks saddle
boas, iğliks,
prayer rugs,
sills, cicims,
sumaks which
show the rug
techniques
of Antalya
region are
presented
with black
tents as Yörük
works.
A part of
the hall is
shared for
a living,
sleeping and
both rooms
of a modest
Antalya home.
In a port
of the display
windows, arrows,
bows, and
knives; guns
and rifles
with flint
stone and
swords, equipment
of dervish
lodges; powder
flasks, powder
scales, and
oil cans and
also guns
and supporting
materials
are presented.
Besides this,
the weighing
equipment’s,
goat hair
spinners and
counters such
as Çulfalık,
musical instruments,
spoons can
be emphasized
as local equipment
and works.
The pipe with
cover, Yörük
and zerk kemence
and the pipe
made from
on eagle’s
wing bone
are interesting
works.
Spoons which
are from Bademli
village of
Cevizli of
Akseki are
presented
from its design
phase to its
completed
and organized
forms.
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CHILDREN’S
SECTION
A hall in the
entrance of
our museum was
organized as
Children Museum,
which is first
in our country.
In the display
windows of this
section, there
are different
toys of children
and moneyboxes
of antique ages.
Simple work
restorations,
and educational
working possibilities
of ceramic
sculpture
and drawing
are provided
and their
works are
presented,
in the studio
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section,
in order to
make the children
love the museums,
antique works
and to draw
ther attention.
Tel:
(242) 238
56 88 / 89
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56 87
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