Antalya is a province and the fifth largest city in Turkey. As of the end of 2020, the population of the province is 2,548,308. It is considered the "capital of tourism" in Turkey. The area of ​​the city is 20,177 km2. 115 people live in the province per square kilometer. As of 2019, the most populous district is Kepez District with 556,033 people. The district with the highest population density is Muratpaşa with 5067 people per km2. There are 19 districts and municipalities and a total of 910 districts in these municipalities. All of them are located in the west of the Mediterranean and were built between the Gulf of Antalya and the western Taurus Mountains. It is Turkey's 5th largest city in terms of surface area.

It is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the south, Muğla in the west, Burdur and Isparta in the north, Konya in the northeast, Karaman and Mersin in the east. The city of Antalya developed rapidly after 1980 due to favorable climatic conditions and touristic activities. In parallel, the city is currently Turkey's fifth largest city. Economic life in Antalya is mainly based on trade, agriculture and tourism.

The region covered by the province of Antalya has hosted many civilizations from prehistoric times to the present and is the city with the oldest cities in Turkey. Antalya, which was under the rule of Lycians, Lydians, Pamphylians, Pergamons, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Ottomans and finally the Republic of Turkey, was not the capital of any of these civilizations. The entire province is located in the Antalya part of the Mediterranean basin and in the influence of the Mediterranean climate. Except for the settlements, most of the provincial areas consist of plateaus covered with crop fields.