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Antalya’s Moment
$29.99
In November 2026 the world’s climate conference comes to Antalya. This is the book of that moment, written from inside the city by two people who live here: a reflection on what it means to host the world, illustrated throughout with original art. Signed by both authors and shipped from Antalya.
01 · WHAT IT IS
An invitation to see a city with new eyes
In November 2026, Antalya hosts the thirty-first UN climate conference. A city known for sun, sea and twenty million visitors a year becomes, for twelve days, the place where the world talks about its future.
Antalya’s Moment asks what that means for the people who live here, and what the city can offer in return. Not policy, the authors write, but perspective: two thousand years of rebuilding, a coast that already lives what the delegates will discuss, and a way of life that still keeps a human pace.
It is written by a husband and wife who see the city from two directions, one global and one rooted in Turkish soil, and it is illustrated throughout with original art. Not a guidebook and not a policy paper. An invitation.
Volume 01 · First edition, February 2026 · Published by ELME Publishing with the support of the Antalya Global Foundation
02 · INSIDE
Eleven chapters and an epilogue
- Preface6
- An Invitation7
- 01 Something Is Coming15
- 02 Why Antalya?21
- 03 History Leading to COP3127
- 04 Where Mountains Meet the Sea35
- 05 A City That Remembers43
- 06 More Than a Venue51
- 07 What a City Can Teach57
- 08 The Questions We Must Ask63
- 09 Seeing Climate Differently69
- 10 Remembering Our Humanity75
- 11 Turning Toward the Future83
- Epilogue: Our Moment91
The printed contents page lists slightly different numbers for the front matter; the numbers above are where each section actually begins in the book.
03 · WHO IT IS FOR
For anyone who wants to know the city behind the conference
For anyone coming to Antalya this November, and anyone following from home, who wants to know the city behind the conference.
For the people of Antalya, who will see their own streets, markets and harbor described by neighbors.
For readers anywhere who wonder what a single place can say to the whole world. As the authors write: You do not need to visit this coastline to belong to this story.
04 · THE DEDICATION
To King Attalus II of Pergamum
To King Attalus II of Pergamum ..
Around 150 BC,
you sent soldiers to find heaven on earth
They found it; A beautiful coast where
mountains embrace the sea
You built a city. You named it Attalia
2,175 years later, it still stands
We call it Antalya now
Twenty million come each year
Heaven on earth endures
Now the world will gather here for a question:
Can we save this planet?
They call their meeting COP31
They have chosen your city
You knew .. some places are worth protecting
We are trying to remember what you knew
Thank you for Attalia .. Adalya .. Antalya
We will try to be worthy of it
We will Try
The book’s dedication, page 3, as printed.
05 · THE DETAILS
The book in hand
- Volume 01, Antalya’s Moment & COP31 series
- 96 pages, full color, illustrated throughout
- Paperback, perfect bound
- Square format, 8.5 × 8.5 in (about 21.6 × 21.6 cm)
- English. A Turkish edition, Antalya’nın Anı — COP31: Yerel & Küresel Bir Dönüm Noktası, exists, rewritten rather than translated
- First edition, February 2026, printed in Istanbul
- ISBN 978-1-889626-24-6
- ELME Publishing, AKADIMYA Group, with the support of the Antalya Global Foundation
06 · HOW THE BOOK WAS MADE
Made by its authors, with modern tools
The text, photographs and art are the authors’ own. As the book states on its copyright page, its making drew on modern tools, artificial intelligence among them, for research, visual exploration and editing. Every decision about the words, the structure and the images was made by the authors.
07 · THE SERIES
Volume 01 of a series
This is Volume One. The authors are writing the story as it unfolds, and Volume Two will follow the conference and what came after.
08 · QUESTIONS
About the book
Is every copy signed by both authors?
Yes. Both authors, Prof. Bassem Khafagy and Dr. Nurgül Karahan, by hand, in Antalya.
Can it be a gift?
Yes. Enter their address for shipping and yours for billing. Choose Signed and inscribed to have it written to them.
Is there a Turkish edition?
Yes, rewritten rather than translated. It will be sold here when the store opens in Turkish.
Is this an official COP31 book?
No. It is an independent book by two people who live in Antalya, and this is an independent store.
Can I order copies for a group?
From ten copies, with your own bookplate: see Delegations.
Is there an ebook?
Not at the moment. The book is made to be held: square, full color, illustrated on almost every page.
Antalya-Moment.com is an independent bookstore. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the United Nations, the UNFCCC or the COP31 Presidency.
ANTALYA’S MOMENT
A city with wisdom to share. A city with aspirations and hope.
