Kepez is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 292 km2, and its population is 608,675 (2022).
Geography Kepez is a part of Greater Antalya proper. The name Kepez means rocky area,Mayor's page referring to the local landscape prior to urbanisation, which consisted of a rocky plateau.
Composition There are 68 neighbourhoods in Kepez District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Ahatlı Aktoprak Altıayak Altınova Düden Altınova Orta Altınova Sinan Atatürk Avni Tolunay Ayanoğlu Aydoğmuş Baraj Barış Başköy Beşkonaklılar Çamlıbel Çamlıca Çankaya Demirel Duacı Düdenbaşı Duraliler Emek Erenköy Esentepe Fabrikalar Fatih Fevzi Çakmak Gazi Gaziler Göçerler Göksu Gülveren Gündoğdu Güneş Habibler Hüsnükarakaş Kanal Karşıyaka Kazımkarabekir Kepez Kirişçiler Kızıllı Kültür Kütükçü Kuzeyyaka Mehmet Akif Ersoy Menderes Odabaşı Özgürlük Şafak Santral Şelale Sütçüler Teomanpaşa Ulus Ünsal Varsak Esentepe Varsak Karşıyaka Varsak Menderes Yavuz Selim Yenidoğan Yeniemek Yenimahalle Yeşiltepe Yeşilyurt Yükseliş Zafer Zeytinlik
History
Kepez, like the rest of Greater Antalya, was wrested between the Seljuk Turks and the Byzantines during the 11th and 12th centuries. After 1216, Kepez was incorporated into the Seljuk realm. After the disintegration of the Seljuks, the area fell under the control of the Turkmen Beylik of Teke. In 1389, the city was captured by the Ottoman Empire. After the defeat of the Ottomans in the Battle of Ankara in 1402, Kepez was annexed by the Karamanids, another Turkmen principality, and stayed within their control until 1415. During this brief period a Turkmen tribe named Varsak was settled around Kepez. After 1415 Antalya became an Ottoman territory. During the Republican era the scattered population around Kepez increased. After Antalya was declared as the metropolitan center, the Kepez municipality was incorporated into Greater Antalya in 1993 and the corresponding district governorate was established in 2008.
Archaeology
The ancient city of Lyrboton Kome (), located in the Kepez district on a hill in Varsak,Antalya’s Lyrboton Kome ready to open to visitors was discovered in 1910 by European archaeologists.Ancient city witholds [sic] the secrets of olive oil The city was an important olive oil production center in the regionAncient city Lyrboton Kome discovered under wild plants in Antalya and had close ties to Perge.Archaeologists Find Ancient Olive Press The ancient city became a settlement during the Hellenistic era but the area grew during the era of Roman Emperor Domitian in the first century.Anatolia’s oldest known olive oil press found in Antalya
Kepez today Antalya bus terminal and a cement factory as well as a hydroelectric plant are in Kepez. Although not a seaside district, Kepez maintains a number of tourist attractions like Düden Waterfalls and the zoo of Antalya. Scenic areas, such as Kepezüstü, are also visited.
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