Kalkan / Antalya / Turkey |  Kalkan, located to the southernmost end of the Teke peninsula, by the small bay of the same name, is a new settlement until. Obviously, the first settlers of the area were the Tekelioglu Turkomans who first immigrated to the Gombe and Elmali plateaux and, then, moving down to the south, settled and built their villages in the Esen Valley and the Yesilkoy-Firnaz plains. Some of the Turkomans who settled in Yesilkoy laid the foundations of today\'s district of Kalkan which is by the bay on the other side of the hill of the same name in the east of the village. For years, Kalkan remained as a small community annexed to Yesilkoy. In recent years, however, due to the very low rate of humidity of its fine air and hotel, motel and pensiyon house buinesses, fish restaurants, cafeterias and marina, it has become a popular centre for tourism.
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