Excavation work is starting in Seydra.

Burhan Sili, the President of the Alanya Tourism Operators Association (ALTİD), said, "The ancient city of Seydra is of great importance for Alanya tourism. We will provide the necessary support for the excavation work."

Excavation work is about to begin at Syedra Ancient City, one of Alanya's important archaeological and cultural sites. The Syedra city region, which has been the subject of surface surveys in recent years, has been made accessible to tourists with the completion of walking paths. Surface surveys have revealed ceramics dating back to the Hellenistic period, red-glazed serving plates, glazed ceramics from the Byzantine period, fragments of glass containers, various metal objects, kilims, and weaving looms. Along with these findings, structures such as a colonnaded street, bathhouse, temple, cisterns, basilica, theater, an olive processing workshop, and an agora in the Syedra Ancient City have been thoroughly researched and documented. Dr. Hasan Ertuğ Ergürer, a faculty member at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, and Seher Türkmen, Director of the Alanya Archaeological Museum, gave a seminar to ALTİD executives and provided information about the upcoming work.

‘ESSENTIAL FOR EXTENDING THE SEASON’

Burhan Sili, the President of ALTİD and a member of the Board of Directors of the Türkiye Otelciler Federasyonu (TÜROFED), emphasized the importance of the ongoing work and stated that the ancient city of Syedra is of great importance for Alanya tourism. "Extending the holiday season, allowing tourists visiting the city to have more places to visit, which means diversifying tourism and moving beyond the 'sea, sand, and sun' model, is of great importance for both the country and Alanya," Sili said. "We received the requests of the excavation team and expressed our ideas on how we can contribute in which areas. As an association, we will continue to support the excavation work that will be carried out in the future, just as we have supported the surface work in the region to date."