In the reign of Gıyaseddin Keyhusrev I, the Seljuk Sultan, Iğdir tribe from the Oghuz’ Üç-ok branch was supposed to be settled mostly in the eastern Lycia after the conquest of Antalya at the beginning of the 13th century by Mübarizeddin Ertokuş, the comander of the Sultan and the first governer of the region so-called Subaşı . Hence the western territory of Antalya region was called as İğdirler. In the time of Seljuk Sultans, Principalities and Ottoman periods it was used to be named as İğdir eli/ili or İğdir Kaza. Since the beginning of 19th century the name of the region has been started to be recorded as “İğdir maa Kardıç” in the Ottoman documents. The İğdir region belonged to the Antalya Kaza administration till to the issue of the law on the Vilayet Government in 1864. After the new regulation villages belonging to İğdir Kaza were first set under Elmalı Kaza and then under Antalya Kaza. The İğdir maa Kardıç region was divided into two districts: the one was Kemer in the eastern part and the other was Kumluca in the western part. The center of Kumluca part belonged to Finike Kaza in that time was the Sarıkavak village which was possibly founded at the beginning of the 19th century. Kumluca and Sarıkavak names have been recorded as location and place names in the Ottoman documents since the 15th century and then. The settlers of Sarıkavak villages were known to be experts in the works of mill and bakery. Timber commerce, apiculture, fruitculture, blacksmithy, wooden handworks and cattle dealing activities were more frequently carried on in the village life. Products manufactured in Kumluca were transported to the country and abroad through the Finike port. In 1 April 1958 Kumluca separated from Finike Kaza became Kumluca Kaza on the base of Sarıkavak village including total 21 villages together with Gödene/Altınyaka districts.