Antalya’s historic city center, Kaleiçi – a place where traces of the past blend with the rhythm of today – is opening its doors to world cities for the 10th time. Organized by Muratpaşa Municipality, the Kaleiçi Old Town Festival will be held between October 9–12.
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Antalya’s living history, Kaleiçi, will bring together cycling enthusiasts on September 27–28 with Pedalia Fest Old Town. Contributing to Antalya’s vision of becoming the “capital of cycling,” the festival will enliven the ancient city for two days with bike races, public rides, concerts, free games, and pasta parties.
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Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality is opening the historic streets of Kaleiçi to sports within the scope of the 10th International Kaleiçi Old Town Festival. For the first time this year, an orienteering competition will be held in the narrow, maze-like streets. Applications for the race, which will take place on Sunday, October 12, have already started at spor.muratpasa-bld.gov.tr.
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Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality will host delegations from 26 cities across 21 countries at the 10th Kaleiçi Old Town Festival. Cities from Italy to Ukraine, from Ireland to Lebanon, and from Hungary to Montenegro will gather in Antalya for the festival, which will take place between October 9–12.
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In Antalya, Muratpaşa Municipality’s project “Memory Spaces and Cultural Heritage – Antalya Kaleiçi Houses”, which brings the everyday history of Kaleiçi from old chests to the present day, has been granted the Tourism Design Award following a three-stage evaluation process.
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Organized by Muratpaşa Municipality in Antalya’s historic city center — where one side opens to the Mediterranean and the other stretches into history with its mansions, bougainvillea-covered streets, and squares — the Kaleiçi Old Town Festival has come to an end. With the participation of 26 cities from 21 countries, the festival enlivened Kaleiçi’s historic atmosphere for four days with a rich program ranging from concerts and exhibitions to street performances and dance shows.
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Antalya Muratpaşa Mayor Ümit Uysal stated during the Peace Forum held as part of the 10th Kaleiçi Old Town Festival that, “I believe peace consists of three main pillars: peace between national governments, economic peace, and intercultural peace. As cities, we have much to contribute to world peace. These strong urban fabrics, these strong urban spirits can add a great deal to world peace through solidarity.”
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The traditional parade of the 10th Kaleiçi Old Town Festival, organized by Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality, filled the streets of the living ancient city Kaleiçi with dazzling colors. Stilt walkers, fire magicians, and jugglers in vibrant costumes, accompanied by a marching band, greeted residents and transformed the streets of Kaleiçi into a fairytale carnival.
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The 10th Kaleiçi Old Town Festival, organized by Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality, began with a gala dinner held at Akra Antalya. The opening night, attended by representatives from 26 cities across 21 countries, became a meeting point where bridges of friendship were built between cities.
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As part of Muratpaşa Municipality’s Sports Schools Project, the newly launched orienteering branch added a burst of color to the 10th Kaleiçi Old Town Festival with a lively and engaging event. The public orienteering competition, held in the narrow, history-filled streets of Kaleiçi, offered sports enthusiasts a fun, active, and exploratory adventure.
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Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality hosted students from Akdeniz University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the "Friendship Parks" to provide them with an on-site look at migration and cultural diversity studies.
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Muratpaşa Municipality has placed a panel in Cumhuriyet Square featuring the names of 116 cities from around the world that have participated in the Kaleiçi Old Town Festival.
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Antalya Muratpaşa Mayor Ümit Uysal said at the 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns held in Denmark, "The place of the Republic founded by Atatürk should be within the European Union (EU)."
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