ELMALI ("apple-town"), a kaza in the vilayet of Adalia in Turkey, the present administrative centre of most of the ancient Lycia. It lies about 25 m. inland, at the head of a long upland valley (5,000 ft.) inhabited by direct descendants of the ancient Lycians, who have preserved a distinctive facial type. Pop. (19 2 7) 16,126. The district is agricultural.