MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Anadolu news agency cited Antalya Chief Prosecutor Ramazan Solmaz as saying that the evacuation was a standard procedure under the circumstances.
Police have reportedly cordoned off the area and a bomb squad is working at the site.
Turkey has been on edge after a series of terrorist attacks this year shocked the nation. Most recently, a bombing of an outdoor wedding party killed at least 22 and injured almost a hundred in the southern city of Gaziantep in August.
