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Alanya: The excavations carried out in the ancient of Belek should have entirely covered these shipwrecks.
city of Justinianopolis in the subdistrict of Okurcalar The remains are exposed from time to time, and discov-
yielded the pier/quay of the city which was built by ered by those people swimming with a mask. It seems
block stones (Fig. 2). that the remains in this site could only be revealed after
In order to finish drawing of this structure, the area excavations.
was restudied and measured. In the meantime, explo- Konyaaltı: We conducted dives under the supervi-
rations in the small island across it showed that the sion of the officials from the Directorate of Antalya
island was used as a source both for stone supply and Museum following a notification for 3 “cannon wrecks”
salt gathering during the ancient period. Examinations on the Konyaaltı shores. This cannon wreck has been
demonstrated that the stone blocks used for the pier/ known both to us and the officials of Antalya Museum
quay building were cut from the island. While cutting for almost 18 years. We took images of the shipwreck,
the block stones, most probably they created pools in and submitted a report to the Museum indicating that
the main rock, and used these pools to gather salt (Fig. they can be removed later on. As a matter of fact, these
3). In the island, there are also indoor structures carved cannons belonging to at least two Ottoman shipwrecks
into the rocks for storage of salt. were removed during the excavations in October 2017
Serik: An exploration survey was conducted due to (Fig. 4), and desalination process was initiated at the
a notification made by the owner of a water sport club preservation and Repair Laboratory in Antalya.
to the Directorate of Antalya Museum for a shipwreck. Kumluca: We conducted surveys in two sites. The
Studies on the site accessed from both the land and the first one is known as Çoban koyu (Shepherd’s Bay). We
sea revealed presence of a natural group of stones, which are familiar with this site containing archaeologically
are almost 60 cm to the surface of the water 200 to 500 rich remains since 2000. We conducted dives in order
meters away from the coast. These stones are a threat to to re-register these shipwrecks using modern technolo-
all boats that navigate close to the shore. Therefore, it is gy, and made an inventory of the artefacts. This bay is
highly likely that there are more than one shipwreck in unnoticeable by any ship that is navigating off the shore.
this site. However, the bottom has been silted up by de- Thus, it was probably a pirate haven. It also serves as a
posits from the creeks in the vicinity. The sandy shores port not vulnerable to storms from the open sea.

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