Entertainment sights in Turkey
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Great Theatre
At the eastern end of Harbour St is the Great Theatre, reconstructed by the Romans between AD 41 and AD 117. The first theatre on the site dated from the Hellenistic city of Lysimachus, and many features of the original building were incorporated into the Roman structure, including the ingenious design of the cavea (seating area), capable of holding 25,000 people.
Each successive range of seating up from the stage is pitched more steeply than the one below, thereby improving the view and acoustics for spectators in the upper seats.Among other modifications, the Romans enlarged the stage, pitched it towards the audience and built a three-storey decorative stage wall behind…
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Roman theatre
The spectacular Roman theatre, capable of seating more than 12,000 spectators, was built in two stages by the emperors Hadrian and Septimius Severus. Much of the stage survives, along with some of the decorative panels and the front-row 'box' seats for VIPs. It was restored by Italian stonecutters in the 1970s. The new wooden rails are intended to stop people toppling down the tiers.
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İzmir Kültür Vakfıl
From mid-June to mid-July the annual International İzmir Festival offers performances of music and dance in Çeşme and Ephesus as well as İzmir (in the Kültür Park). Call the İzmir Kültür Vakfıl south of town to find out what's on where.
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Aquapark Club Watercity
Further out of town in Gölbaşı, Aquapark Club Watercity has a range of outdoor, indoor and children's pools, sports facilities, water slides and restaurants. Dolmuşes run here from Opera Meydanı.
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Dedeman Aquapark
6km south of Antalya is the Dedeman Aquapark, said to be the largest water park in the Middle East. Dolmuşes run from Fevzi Çakmak Caddesi to Lara Plajı, passing the aquapark.
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Aqualand
Aqualand water park, complete with slides and, yes, live dolphins. Dolmuşes run from Fevzi Çakmak Caddesi to Lara Plajı, passing the aquapark.
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Damlataş Aqua Centre
Alanya boasts a rather impressive waterslide park. Damlataş Aqua Centre is packed with tube slides, pools and other amusements.
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Roman theatre
If you head back inside the walls from the Saray Gate you will come to the abandoned ruins of a 15,000-seat Roman theatre.
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Theatre
Behind the harbour you'll see the excavated remains of a theatre dating from Roman times.
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