VII. Antiokhos Sidetes

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Side Ancient City History: Side is a town connected to the Manavgat district of Antalya province. The ancient city of Side is a port city built on a peninsula of approximately 400 square kilometers. The name of the city which dates back to the 8th century BC is “pomegranate” in the language of the Luvians, one of the most ancient peoples of Anatolia. Side spoke her own language up to the 2nd century and it also had her own money. Side, from the 7th century B.C., lived under rules of Lydians, Persians, Hellenistic kingdoms, Romans, Seljuks, and Ottomans respectively. From the 12th century onwards, the people of the city left the city due to the plundering and attacks of neighboring kingdoms and they mostly migrated to Antalya. In the late 19th century, immigrants from the Crete region settled on the remains of the city and set up the Selimiye neighborhood.