Take01
2021
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (Guy Ritchie)
Shot from January 2021 on stages built inside the 121-acre EXPO 2016 grounds in Aksu, with location work in Kaleiçi, on Cumhuriyet Square and on the EXPO Tower terrace
36.8969°N, 30.7133°E
Antalya
Two Guy Ritchie features have used Antalya as their base since 2021: stages on the old EXPO 2016 grounds, the walled Kaleiçi quarter on the doorstep, and Roman theatres, sea cliffs and mountain villages across one province.
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Scene 01 — Filmed Here
Notable Productions in Antalya
Take02
2023
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Guy Ritchie)
Principal photography from February to April 2023, again with stages on the EXPO grounds and locations planned across Demre, Konyaaltı, Kemer, İbradı, Akseki, Serik, Finike, Alanya and Manavgat; reported to have spent about USD 15m in Türkiye
Scene 02 — Locations
Filming Locations in Antalya
From landmark monuments to hidden quarters — every district scouted and permit-mapped.
neighborhood
Kaleiçi Old Town
The historic old quarter at the center of Antalya, used for location work on Operation Fortune. Its lanes suit handheld and Steadicam units better than full grip trucks.
Aspendos Roman Theatre
A Roman theatre in Serik built under Marcus Aurelius (about 160–180 AD) and on UNESCO's Tentative List. It is still a working venue: the State Opera and Ballet's International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival takes it each September (12–26 September in 2026).
Complex
Lower Düden Waterfall
The lower fall of the Düden river drops about 40 m off the cliff at Lara straight into the sea, according to Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. The cleanest angles are from the water.
Moderate
EXPO 2016 Grounds and EXPO Tower
The 121-acre former expo site in Aksu, fitted with curtained stage sets for Operation Fortune and reused for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The tower terrace was an action location in its own right.
Moderate
Perge Ancient City
A Ministry archaeological site that gives a second Roman setting on the same trip as Aspendos.
Complex
Termessos
Mountain ruins inside Güllük Dağı–Termessos National Park (established 1970), where park staff record about 680 plant species.
Complex
Olympos and Çıralı
A coastal valley inside Olympos-Beydağları Coastal National Park, with the Yanartaş (Chimaera) gas flames on the hillside above.
Complex
Lycian Way (Antalya Sections)
The 760 km waymarked trail, opened in 1999, ends at Geyikbayırı near Antalya. Its eastern stages give coastal-path and mountain footage close to the city.
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Kaleiçi and Cumhuriyet Square (Muratpaşa)
The walled old quarter and the square above it, both used by Operation Fortune. Narrow lanes make this a small-unit, foot-carried location.
Aksu and the EXPO 2016 Grounds
The 121-acre former expo site that hosted both Guy Ritchie productions' stages, plus the EXPO Tower terrace used for action work.
Lara and the Lower Düden Falls
Lower Düden (Karpuzkaldıran) drops about 40 m straight into the Mediterranean. Upper Düden in Kepez is a separate inland fall.
Aspendos (Serik) and Perge
The Roman theatre at Aspendos, built under Marcus Aurelius, and the ancient city of Perge. Both are Ministry sites with ticket-desk permission letters.
Termessos (North-West of the City)
Termessos sits about 30 km north-west of the city inside Güllük Dağı–Termessos National Park, so it needs a national-park permit as well as Ministry approval.
The Western Coast: Kemer, Olympos, Finike, Demre, Kaş
The Lycian Way runs 760 km from Fethiye to Geyikbayırı near Antalya. Saklıkent Canyon, often sold as Antalya, is over the border in Muğla province and needs Muğla's governorship.
Scene 03 — The Case for Antalya
Why Film in Antalya
- ✓A proven feature-film base: Operation Fortune (2021) and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2023) both built stages here and spread location units across the province
- ✓The mildest winter of Turkey's main filming regions, with a January mean high of 15.0°C and no snow at sea level (record low −4.6°C)
- ✓Up to 30% Foreign Film Production Support on Ministry-accepted spend in Türkiye; a Turkish co-producer or service company applies and the project must score 50 of 100 points
- ✓Coast, Roman theatres, national-park mountains and inland villages such as İbradı and Akseki within a single provincial permit area
- ✓Antalya Airport (AYT) handled about 39 million passengers in 2025, so crew flights from Europe are rarely the bottleneck
- ✓The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, founded in 1963 and Türkiye's oldest, brings the national industry to the city every autumn (24–31 October in 2026)
Scene 04 — Logistics
Transport & Logistics
AirportsAYT (Serves the city and the whole coast; about 39 million passengers in 2025, so allow for summer arrival peaks)▼
Antalya Airport (AYT) — Serves the city and the whole coast; about 39 million passengers in 2025, so allow for summer arrival peaks
Production vanPrivate transferRental carTaxi
Local Transitcar · boat · taxi▼
car
Productions here work across a wide province: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare planned locations from Demre and Finike in the west to Alanya and Manavgat in the east, and inland at İbradı and Akseki.
Crew tip: Budget unit moves as half-days, not hops; base the company centrally and run satellite units to the far districts.
boat
Needed for the sea-facing angle on Lower Düden and for coastal work along the western shore.
Crew tip: Marine work is cleared separately from the land permit; build it into the lead time.
taxi
Useful for crew moves inside the city when vans are committed to kit.
Crew tip: Keep addresses in Turkish for drivers.
Production Parkingmoderate · Permits required▼
Antalya took 32.5% of Türkiye's foreign arrivals in January–October 2025, and its airports logged a record 105,284 foreign arrivals on 3 August 2025. Summer traffic and resort crowds shape where trucks can stand.
Base-camp and vehicle access in Kaleiçi and on public roads are agreed through the governorship and municipality permissions we file for you.
Getting Between Locations▼
Schedule around the national calendar as well as the weather: Kurban Bayramı (16–19 May 2027) fills the resorts with domestic travelers. Drone shots near Antalya Airport fall inside the 5 NM runway red zone and need SHGM permission, applied for through diplomatic channels at least 20 business days ahead under the rules still applied while the July 2026 drone instruction is phased in.
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