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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro district
| name                 = Finike
| image_skyline        = Port de Finike.JPG
| image_caption        = Port of Finike
| image_map            = Antalya location Finike.svg
| map_caption          = Map showing Finike District in Antalya Province
| coordinates          = {{coord|36|18|N|30|09|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Antalya
| leader_party         = CHP
| leader_name          = Mustafa Geyikçi
| leader_name1         = 
| area_total_km2       = 768
| elevation_m          = 3
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 49720
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          = 07740
| area_code            = 0242
| website              = {{url|http://www.finike.bel.tr/}}
}} 
'''Finike''' ({{IPA|tr|feˈnice|lang}}), the ancient '''Phoenix''' or '''Phoinix''' ({{langx|grc|Φοῖνιξ}}),<ref>{{Cite DARE|27793}}</ref> also formerly '''Phineka''',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mqg9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA520|title=A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge|volume=4|page=520|year=1859|access-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref> is a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Antalya Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.</ref> Its area is 768&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref> and its population is 49,720 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> It lies on the [[Mediterranean]] coast of [[Antalya Province]] in [[Turkey]], to the west of the city of [[Antalya]], along the [[Turkish Riviera]]. It is located on the southern shore of the Teke peninsula, and the coast here is a popular tourist destination. However, Finike is best known for its oranges, the symbol of the town.

==History==
For centuries Finike, then named Phoenix or Phoinix ({{lang|grc|Φοῖνιξ}}) was a port town of [[ancient Lycia]], near the [[Mount Phoenix (Lycia)|mountain of the same name]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|65}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|27793}}</ref> It was a trading port and the main port of [[Limyra]], the capital city of [[Lycia]]. Phoenix was said to have been founded by [[Phoenicians]] in the 5th century [[Before Christ|BC]], and thus named after its founders.

The area has been inhabited for much longer than that; archaeologists have found evidence near the town of [[Elmalı]] showing that the Teke peninsula has been settled since 3000 BC (although on the coast nothing has been uncovered dating before 2000 BC).

Trade along the coast was established first by the [[Persia]]ns, who relinquished Lycia to the armies of [[Alexander the Great]]. However, the coast was always vulnerable to forces from [[Syria]], [[Egypt]] and [[Rhodes]] until it was brought within the empire of the [[Ancient Romans]] and the succeeding [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]]. Even then the Byzantines were threatened by the Arabian armies coming from the Arabian Peninsula. The [[Battle of the Masts]] between the Arab and Byzantine fleet took place near Finike in 654.  Eventually the area was conquered by the [[Seljuk Turks]] in the 13th century. These were succeeded by the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1426.

The town was inhabited by Greeks prior to the 1923 [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]].<ref name="Doumanis2012">{{cite book|author=Nicholas Doumanis|title=Before the Nation: Muslim-Christian Coexistence and Its Destruction in Late-Ottoman Anatolia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKtgGZYim-gC&pg=PA39|date=22 November 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-954704-3|pages=39–}}</ref>

==Composition==
There are 26 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Finike District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Akçaalan, Finike|Akçaalan]]
* [[Alacadağ, Finike|Alacadağ]]
* [[Arif, Finike|Arif]]
* [[Asarönü, Finike|Asarönü]]
* [[Boldağ, Finike|Boldağ]]
* [[Çamlıbel, Finike|Çamlıbel]]
* [[Dağbağ, Finike|Dağbağ]]
* [[Ernez, Finike|Ernez]]
* Eski
* [[Gökbük, Finike|Gökbük]]
* [[Gökçeyaka, Finike|Gökçeyaka]]
* [[Hasyurt, Finike|Hasyurt]]
* İskele
* Kale
* Karşıyaka
* Kızılca
* Kum
* Sahilkent
* Saklısu
* Salur
* [[Turunçova]]
* [[Yalnız, Finike|Yalnız]]
* [[Yazır, Finike|Yazır]]
* Yeni
* [[Yeşilköy, Finike|Yeşilköy]]
* Yeşilyurt
* [[Yuvalı, Finike|Yuvalı]]
{{div col end}}

==Climate==
Finike has a [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csa''),<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}}</ref> with very hot, muggy, virtually rainless summers, and mild winters with heavy rain.

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | metric first = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Finike (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 16.3
 | Feb high C = 16.7
 | Mar high C = 19.0
 | Apr high C = 22.2
 | May high C = 26.4
 | Jun high C = 31.3
 | Jul high C = 34.5
 | Aug high C = 34.8
 | Sep high C = 31.7
 | Oct high C = 27.3
 | Nov high C = 22.2
 | Dec high C = 17.9
 | year high C = 25.1
 | Jan mean C = 11.5
 | Feb mean C = 12.0
 | Mar mean C = 14.1
 | Apr mean C = 17.1
 | May mean C = 21.2
 | Jun mean C = 25.8
 | Jul mean C = 28.8
 | Aug mean C = 29.1
 | Sep mean C = 25.8
 | Oct mean C = 21.5
 | Nov mean C = 16.7
 | Dec mean C = 13.0
 | year mean C = 19.8
 | Jan low C = 7.8
 | Feb low C = 7.9
 | Mar low C = 9.4
 | Apr low C = 12.1
 | May low C = 16.0
 | Jun low C = 20.0
 | Jul low C = 22.9
 | Aug low C = 23.3
 | Sep low C = 20.1
 | Oct low C = 16.5
 | Nov low C = 12.4
 | Dec low C = 9.4
 | year low C = 14.9
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 208.92
 | Feb precipitation mm = 144.17
 | Mar precipitation mm = 79.48
 | Apr precipitation mm = 47.91
 | May precipitation mm = 21.37
 | Jun precipitation mm = 8.75
 | Jul precipitation mm = 1.91
 | Aug precipitation mm = 1.86
 | Sep precipitation mm = 14.49
 | Oct precipitation mm = 71.36
 | Nov precipitation mm = 129.08
 | Dec precipitation mm = 236.32
 | year precipitation mm = 965.62

 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
 | Jan precipitation days = 10.7
 | Feb precipitation days = 8.3
 | Mar precipitation days = 6.3
 | Apr precipitation days = 4.1
 | May precipitation days = 2.7
 | Jun precipitation days = 1.3
 | Jul precipitation days = 1.5
 | Aug precipitation days = 1.5
 | Sep precipitation days = 1.9
 | Oct precipitation days = 4.4
 | Nov precipitation days = 6.1
 | Dec precipitation days = 10.3
 | year precipitation days = 59.1

 | Jan humidity = 67.7
 | Feb humidity = 66.8
 | Mar humidity = 66.5
 | Apr humidity = 67.1
 | May humidity = 67.3
 | Jun humidity = 62.3
 | Jul humidity = 59.6
 | Aug humidity = 60.3
 | Sep humidity = 61.1
 | Oct humidity = 63.4
 | Nov humidity = 64.7
 | Dec humidity = 68.0
 | year humidity = 64.6
 | Jan sun = 142.3
 | Feb sun = 158.1
 | Mar sun = 212.8
 | Apr sun = 247.9
 | May sun = 297.7
 | Jun sun = 339.2
 | Jul sun = 362.8
 | Aug sun = 336.6
 | Sep sun = 286.7
 | Oct sun = 242.3
 | Nov sun = 176.6
 | Dec sun = 135.2
 | year sun = 2920.8

 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Finike_17375.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Finike
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 15, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Cape Adrasan and the Riviera of Finike by Piri Reis.jpg|thumb|220px|Historic map of Finike by [[Piri Reis]]]]
The district has a population of 49,720 (2022).<ref name=tuik/> The town itself has 21,765 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/turkey/antalya/finike/977__finike/|title=Finike|website=citypopulation.de|access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>

==Finike today==
[[File:Finike hafen.jpg|thumb|left|Marina of Finike]]

The local economy depends on agriculture, particularly oranges and other citrus fruits. This is supplemented by income from tourism in the summertime, although because of the lucrative orange production and the distance from Antalya, Finike has not seen the large-scale tourism boom that has so radically changed the other coastal districts of Antalya. Finike is a quiet district where people buzz around on mopeds going about their daily lives. Indeed, many of the visitors that Finike does attract are retired people in search of relaxation. That's mostly because of the construction policy of 1980. That policy made the land more suitable for investment in agriculture rather than in hotels, luxury apartments and other tourist attractions.

A type of pale limestone is quarried at Limyra, and sold as a decorative building material. It is cream colored with a homogeneous structure. Moreover, it is extremely light and that makes it ideal for building walking alleys and streets where only light vehicles pass by. The geologist classify the Limura limestone as with medium density.<ref>[http://cheap-holidaystoturkey.com Turkey Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111060105/http://cheap-holidaystoturkey.com/ |date=2012-01-11 }}</ref>

The port of Finike is now a yacht marina, and has a small fishing fleet. The coast is rich in marine life, including sea turtles, and fish, including local specialities [[red porgy]] ([[Sparidae]]) and [[grouper]] ([[Epinephelus]]); other fish found along the coast include [[leerfish]] ([[Carangidae]]) and the more widespread Mediterranean varieties such as [[bluefish]], [[sea bream]], [[European seabass|sea bass]], with [[swordfish]], [[sardines]] and others found further out to sea. However, the coast suffers from overfishing, and many varieties, including the porgy, are in decline.

The beaches of Finike are an important nesting ground for ''[[Caretta caretta]]'' sea turtles, and the rocky parts of the coast are used by the rare [[Mediterranean monk seal]].

==Places of interest==
*The ruins of Limyra are to be seen three miles east of the Finike, they consist of a theatre, tombs, Sarcophagi, bas-reliefs, Greek and Lycian inscriptions, etc.
* The ancient city of [[Arycanda]], in a  narrow valley off the road to Elmalı.
* The ruins of [[Trysa]] with a carved frieze depicting [[Theseus]], on the road to [[Kaş]].
* The small village of [[Turuncova]], hidden in a small valley of [[Taurus Mountains]], has preserved its traditional lifestyle and culture.
* The cave of [[Suluin]].
* Wreck of a Phoenician merchant ship from about 1200 BC in [[Cape Gelidonya]]

There are doubtless many more places of antiquity that need to be restored.

==See also==
* [[Turkish Riviera]]
* [[Blue Cruise]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100309204929/http://finikecumhuriyetcpl.k12.tr/ Finike CPL]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060424114249/http://www.antalyacity.info/finike.php Information On Finike]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110105062128/http://www.seturmarinas.com/finike_eng.aspx Setur Finike Yacht Marina]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018145618/http://finike.web.tr/ a local information website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080130142531/http://www.finike-meb.gov.tr/ Finike MEM]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122080214/http://www.finike-hem.gov.tr/ Finike HEM]

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