Özet:

In this study on the ancient city of Alabanda, located in the province of Aydin, China, the importance of the unknown city in ancient times and the current situation are discussed. Alabanda, one of the three most important cities in Karia, as Strabon also pointed out, is today a settlement located at the edges of the hills north of the Gökbel Mountain, the natural village, which remains within the Araphisar neighborhood. The oldest information about the city, which we can find in the Hithic sources, contains important remains that prove that it has seen uninterrupted residents from the Classical Age to today. The elements that make up the ancient city, the city's harvest history, the landscape and environmental regulation project designed protection measures, the tour route, the harvest house, the reception center, have been evaluated in terms of tourism potential. It is also important to preserve and exhibit the areas revealed as much as traveling to an ancient city. The proper transmission of the data in the architectural structures and the exhibited findings, the observation by traveling in the right order, ensures that the person traveling in the city is properly placed in the memory. The landscape project in the city, which is quite well preserved and houses structures that can be reached to the present day, and new recommendations have been made to ensure its sustainability in the protection balance of the ancient city.