Muratpasa Municipality Hall

Muratpaşa Municipality building, built by GD Gayrimenkul, serves one of the largest county municipalities of Antalya with its 88.841 decares of surface area and a population of 486.408 in the 2016 census and exceeding 1 million in the summer months.

Muratpaşa has 20 kilometers of beach coastline, with the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Kepez county to the north, Konyaaltı to the west and Aksu to the east. The county, which is in the position of central municipality, also contains the history of Antalya in its history as it is the oldest settlement. Muratpaşa Municipality owns 1,595 full parcels, 547 parcels with shares, 24 shops, 34 apartments, 6 sports facilities, 9 covered markets, 8 neighborhood cashier’s office, 7 course centers, 1 wedding hall, 2 culture and exhibition halls.

Muratpaşa takes its name from Karaman Bey Murat Pasha, who also gave his name to Muratpaşa Mosque, which was built in 1570.  With the words of King Attalos of Pergamon; ‘Find me an earthly paradise’, the city established in the 2nd century BC and was called ‘Attaleia’ due to its founder’s name and remained under Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman sovereignty respectively. The city, known as ‘Antaliye’ in Arabic sources and ‘Adalya’ in Turkish sources, has been called Antalya since the first quarter of the 20th century. Antalya was occupied by Italy on March 28, 1919 after the First World War. The occupation ended on July 5, 1921. On October 29, 1923, after the proclamation of the Republic, Antalya, which was a county during the Ottoman period, became a province.

The words of the Great Leader Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during his visit to the city on March 8, 1930, ‘There is no doubt that Antalya is the most beautiful place in the world’ are the most beautiful expression describing Antalya.