Architecture of Kalkan Kalkan does not seem to have been a place
of settlement in antiquity (then known as Phoenicus), though it
was the place of the only safe harbour between Kaş and Fethiye
and would have offered safety to ships during rough weather.
Indeed, a fierce battle was once fought in the bay after Roman
and Rhodian ships, unable to attack the neighbouring Lycian port
of Patara due to bad weather, found short-lived safety in
Kalkan's bay. Read about the battle here. Today's ships still
find safe harbour in Kalkan when the seas are rough. The Lycian
coast was its piracy and Kalkan bay no doubt provided a
convenient hiding place for pirates to suddenly pounce upon the
many heavily-laden merchant ships sailing by. Kalkan became an
important port during the 19th century - even more so than
Fethiye or Antalya, its two larger neighbors. It was settled 150
to 200 years ago by people of both Greek and Turkish origin
subject to the Ottoman Empire and was known by its Greek name
"Kalamaki." Camels brought goo