24.10.2026 18:51
The 63rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival began with a traditional parade under the slogan 'Always.' Artists including Meryem Uzerli, Emre Kınay, İlyas Salman, and Pınar Altuğ Atacan greeted citizens and distributed flowers from open-top vehicles along a 5-kilometer route. Antalya residents who wanted to see the celebrities waited for a long time along the route.
The 63rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, held this year, began with the 'Traditional Parade.' Artists participating in the parade of the festival, organized under the slogan 'Always,' greeted the citizens. Antalya residents showed great interest in the parade featuring famous names.
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey's longest-running film festival, started this year with the slogan 'Always.' The traditional parade of the festival, which opened its doors for the 63rd time, began at 14:30 in front of the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM). The parade continued for 5 kilometers with open-top vehicles from in front of AKM along Sakıp Sabancı Boulevard, 100th Year Avenue, Güllük and Cumhuriyet Avenues, then from Atatürk Avenue to the front of the former service building of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. Alongside Büşra Özdemir, Acting Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, Pınar Altuğ Atacan, Menderes Samancılar, Tim Seyfi, Büşra Pekin, Coşkun Göğen, İlyas Salman, Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Fadik Sevin Atasoy, Şenay Gürler, Ersin Korkut, Suna Yıldızoğlu, Levent Özdilek, Meryem Uzerli, Emre Kınay, and Leyla Smyrna Cabas participated in the parade, where famous artists greeted the citizens. Artists in the parade gave flowers to citizens waiting along the road to see them. Citizens showing great interest in the parade took photos with the artists. Some waited for a long time along the parade route to see the artists. Meanwhile, an ambulance that wanted to pass through the route during the parade was also given the right of way.
A PROUD DAY
Actress Meryem Uzerli, who participated in the parade, expressed her happiness at being at the festival and said, "It is an incredible feeling. A very beautiful city. A very old and meaningful film festival. Thank you very much for the invitation. A proud day."
Actor Emre Kınay, drawing attention to the interest Antalya residents show in cinema, said, "If Antalya is like this, cinema will never be defeated. A very beautiful festival; may it last forever, may it continue. Antalya residents love cinema."
WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE TRADITIONAL PARADE FOR 40 YEARS
İclal Singe, who came to watch the parade, stated that they were excitedly waiting for the artists and said, "We are waiting for our actors with curiosity. I have been in Antalya for 40 years. We participate in the traditional parade. It is a very beautiful organization. Meryem Uzerli, Yılmaz Erdoğan, and Emre Kınay are here. They are people we have known for years."
Kadriye Köseler, waiting along the parade route to see the famous names, said, "The festival is very beautiful. We come to watch it every time."
I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT SINCE MY CHILDHOOD
Osman Şencan, who recounted that he follows the festival every year, said, "The festival started very beautifully. We participate every year. We saw İlyas Salman. I have been following it since my childhood."
Sudenur Şimşek, who came to the parade to see actress Meryem Uzerli, said, noting that they had waited for a long time, "I am very excited. We saw Meryem Uzerli. We came to the parade without even eating. We had been waiting for an hour. It was worth seeing her."
Rana Yıldız, who came with her friends from the Kemer district to watch the parade, also said, "I got very excited. A very beautiful festival."