Alanya

The city has changed hands many times over the centuries, and its name has reflected this. Alanya was known in Latin as Coracesium or in Greek as Korakesion ({{langx|grc|Κορακήσιον}}) from the Luwian Korakassa meaning "point/protruding city". The Roman Catholic Church still recognizes the Latin name as a titular see in its hierarchy.{{cite web |url= http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d4c02.html |work= Catholic Hierarchy |title= Coracesium |date= October 7, 2013 |access-date= January 18, 2015}} Under the Byzantine Empire it became known as Kalonoros or Kalon Oros, meaning "beautiful/fine mountain" in Greek. The Seljuks renamed the city Alaiye (علائیه), a derivative of the Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad I's name. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Italian traders called the city Candelore or Cardelloro. In his 1935 visit, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk finalized the name in the new alphabet as Alanya, changing the 'i' and 'e' in Alaiye, reportedly because of a misspelled telegram in 1933.{{cite book |url= http://sunsearch.info/turkey/alanya/sights-information/when-ataturk-visited-alanya/ |title= Dünden Bugüne Alanya |last= Yetkin |first= Haşim |year= 1990 |publisher= Yetkin Dağitim |location= Antalya |access-date= March 10, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513112210/http://sunsearch.info/turkey/alanya/sights-information/when-ataturk-visited-alanya/ |archive-date= May 13, 2008 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.alanya.tv/en/AlanyaHistory/Alaiyes_Becoming_Alanya/ |title= Alaiye's Becoming Alanya |work= Alanyanın Web Sitesi |year= 2008 |access-date= August 1, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100729081652/http://www.alanya.tv/en/AlanyaHistory/Alaiyes_Becoming_Alanya/ |archive-date= July 29, 2010 }}

{{further|topic=medieval beylik period|Alaiye}}

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Finds in the nearby Karain Cave indicate occupation during the Paleolithic era as far back as {{nowrap|20,000 BC}}, and archeological evidence shows a port existed at Syedra, south of the modern city, during the Bronze Age around {{nowrap|3,000 BC}}.{{cite news |url= http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=77965 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110922084317/http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=77965 |url-status= usurped |archive-date= September 22, 2011 |title= Relics of a 5,000-year-old port found in southern Turkey |work= World Bulletin |date= August 24, 2011 |access-date= August 29, 2011}} A Phoenician language tablet found in the district dates to {{nowrap|625 BC}}, and the city is specifically mentioned in the 4th-century BC Greek geography manuscript, the periplus of Pseudo-Scylax.{{cite web |url= http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313679A66406202CCB03183B17125FC74AB

| title=The History of Alanya |publisher = Ministry of Tourism |access-date= September 7, 2008}} The castle rock was likely inhabited under the Hittites and the Achaemenid Empire, and was first fortified in the Hellenistic period following the area's conquest by Alexander the Great.{{cite journal

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| first= J. M |last= Rogers

| title=Waqf and Patronage in Seljuk Anatolia: The Epigraphic Evidence | journal= Anatolian Studies |volume= 26

| pages= 82, 83, 85, 97–98

| year= 1976 |doi= 10.2307/3642717| s2cid= 131468949 }} Alexander's successors left the area to one of the competing Macedonian generals, Ptolemy I Soter, after Alexander's death in {{nowrap|323 BC}}. His dynasty maintained loose control over the mainly Isaurian population, and the port became a popular refuge for Mediterranean pirates.{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070824152756/http://www.discoverturkey.com/english/iller/e-antalya.html

| archive-date=August 24, 2007 |url=http://www.antalya.gov.tr/eng.htm

| title= Alanya – Korekesion | date= February 6, 2008

| work= Daily Life, Culture, and Ethnography of Antalya

| access-date= September 7, 2008 |publisher=Antalya Valiliği}} The city resisted Antiochus III the Great of the neighboring Seleucid kingdom in {{nowrap|199 BC}}, but was loyal to the pirate Diodotus Tryphon when he seized the Seleucid crown from 142 to {{nowrap|138 BC}}. His rival Antiochus VII Sidetes completed work in {{nowrap|137 BC}} on a new castle and port, begun under Diodotus.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-561699 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418160441/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-561699 |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |title=Alanya's graffiti from the Middle Ages being saved |first=Özgen |last=Acar |work=Turkish Daily News |date=October 10, 2005 |access-date=May 2, 2009 }}

The Roman Republic fought Cilician pirates in {{nowrap|102 BC}}, when Marcus Antonius the Orator established a proconsulship in nearby Side, and in {{nowrap|78 BC}} under Servilius Vatia, who moved to control the Isaurian tribes.{{cite journal |jstor= 299775 |title= Rome, Pamphylia and Cilicia, 133-70 B.C |first= A. N. |last= Sherwin-White |author-link= A. N. Sherwin-White |journal= The Journal of Roman Studies |volume= 66 |year= 1976 |pages= 1–14 |doi= 10.2307/299775|s2cid= 164178570 }} The period of piracy in Alanya finally ended after the city's incorporation into the Pamphylia province by Pompey in {{nowrap|67 BC}}, with the Battle of Korakesion fought in the city's harbor.{{cite journal |jstor= 639682 |first= Philip |last= de Souza |title= Romans and Pirates in a Late Hellenistic Oracle from Pamphylia |journal= The Classical Quarterly |volume= 47 |issue= 2 |year= 1997 |pages= 477–481 [479] |doi= 10.1093/cq/47.2.477}} In Strabo's reckoning, Coracesium marked the boundary between ancient Pamphylia and Cilicia (Cilicia Trachaea, in particular); though other ancient authors placed the boundary elsewhere.{{Cite DGRG|title=Cilicia}} Isaurian banditry remained an issue under the Romans, and the tribes revolted in the fourth and fifth centuries AD, with the largest rebellion being from 404 to 408.{{cite journal |title= Assimilation and Revolt in the Territory of Isauria, from the 1st Century BC to the 6th Century AD |first= Noel |last= Lenski |journal= Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient |volume= 42 |issue= 4 |year= 1999 |pages= 440–441 |jstor= 3632602 |doi= 10.1163/1568520991201687}}

With the spread of Christianity Coracesium, as it was called, became a bishopric. Its bishop Theodulus took part in the First Council of Constantinople in 381, Matidianus in the Council of Ephesus in 431, Obrimus in the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and Nicephorus (Nicetas) in the Third Council of Constantinople in 680. Coracesium was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Side, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Prima, to which Coracesium belonged. It continued to be mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum as late as the 12th or 13th century.Pius Bonifacius Gams, [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae], Leipzig 1931, p. 450Michel Lequien, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0agp0mJFG_sC Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus], Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 1007-1008Raymond Janin, v. Coracesium, in [http://booksnow.scholarsportal.info/ebooks/oca2/4/dictionnairedhis13bauduoft/dictionnairedhis13bauduoft.pdf Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques], vol. XIII, Paris 1956, col. 804Sophrone Pétridès, [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04355a.htm v. Coracesium], Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. IV, New York 1908 No longer a residential bishopric, Coracesium is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 874

Islam arrived in the 7th century with Arab raids, which led to the construction of new fortifications. The area fell from Byzantine control after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 to tribes of Seljuk Turks, only to be returned in 1120 by John II Komnenos.{{cite journal |title= Nomadization and Islamization in Asia Minor |first= Speros Jr.|last= Vryonis |journal= Dumbarton Oaks Papers |volume= 29 |year= 1975 |jstor= 1291369 |doi= 10.2307/1291369 |pages= 41–71 [45]}}

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Following the Fourth Crusade's attack on the Byzantines, the Christian Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia periodically held the port, and it was from an Armenian, Kir Fard, that the Turks took lasting control in 1221 when the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad I captured it, assigning the former ruler, whose daughter he married, to the governance of the city of Akşehir.{{cite journal |jstor= 1523181 |title= The Seljuqs of Rum and the Antique |first= Scott |last= Redford |journal= Muqarnas |volume= 10 |year= 1993 |pages= 149–151 |doi= 10.2307/1523181}} Seljuk rule saw the golden age of the city, and it can be considered the winter capital of their empire.{{cite journal |jstor= 1523237 |title= The Concepts That Shape Anatolian Seljuq Caravanserais |first= Ayşil Tükel |last= Yavuz |journal= Muqarnas |year= 1997 |volume= 14 |doi= 10.2307/1523237 |pages= 80–95 [81]}} Building projects, including the twin citadel, city walls, arsenal, and Kızıl Kule, made it an important seaport for western Mediterranean trade, particularly with Mamluk Egypt and the Italian city-states.{{cite journal |jstor= 3596293 |doi= 10.2307/3596293 |title= Bursa and the Commerce of the Levant |first= Halil |last= Inalcik |journal= Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient |volume= 3 |issue= 2 |year= 1960 |pages=143–147}} Alaeddin Kayqubad I also constructed numerous gardens and pavilions outside the walls, and many of his works can still be found in the city. These were likely financed by his own treasury and by the local emirs, and constructed by the contractor Abu 'Ali al-Kattani al-Halabi. Alaeddin Kayqubad I's son, Sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II, continued the building campaign with a new cistern in 1240.{{cite journal |jstor= 3642834 |title= Recent Archaeological Research in Turkey |author9= Çambel, Halet |author8= Erzen, Afıf |author7= Aurenche, O |author6= Cauvin, J |author5= Korfmann, Manfred |author4= Erim, Kenan |journal= Anatolian Studies |author3= Minzoni-Déroche, Angela |volume= 36 |year= 1986 |author2= Russell, James |pages= 173–174 |doi= 10.2307/3642834 |first= M. Oluş |last=Arik|s2cid= 246045886 |display-authors=8}}

At the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243, the Mongol hordes broke the Seljuk hegemony in Anatolia. Alanya was then subject to a series of invasions from Anatolian beyliks. Lusignans from Cyprus briefly overturned the then ruling Hamidid dynasty in 1371.{{cite encyclopaedia|url= http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9039020 |title= Hamid Dynasty |access-date=January 29, 2007 |encyclopaedia= Encyclopædia Britannica |year= 2007 }} The Karamanids sold the city in 1427 for 5,000 gold coins to the Mamluks of Egypt for a period before General Gedik Ahmed Pasha in 1471 incorporated it into the growing Ottoman Empire. The city was made a capital of a local sanjak in the eyalet of Içel.{{cite journal |title= Evliya Çelebi's Journey through the Pamphylian Plain in 1671-72 |first= Howard |last= Crane |journal= Muqarnas |volume= 10 |issue= Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar |year= 1993 |pages= 157–168 |jstor= 1523182 |doi= 10.2307/1523182}} The Ottomans extended their rule in 1477 when they brought the main shipping trade, lumber, then mostly done by Venetians, under the government monopoly. On September 6, 1608, the city rebuffed a naval attack by the Order of Saint Stephen from the Duchy of Florence.{{cite journal |title= The Medici-Lazara Map of Alanya |first= Roger |last= Mason |journal= Anatolian Studies |volume= 39 |year= 1989 |pages= 85–105 |jstor= 3642815 |doi= 10.2307/3642815|s2cid= 140560594 }}

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Trade in the region was negatively impacted by the development of an oceanic route from Europe around Africa to India, and in the tax registers of the late sixteenth century, Alanya failed to qualify as an urban center.{{cite journal |title= The Development of the Anatolian Urban Network during the Sixteenth Century |first= Leila T. |last= Erder |author2= Suraiya Faroqhi |journal= Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient |volume= 23 |issue= 3 |date=October 1980 |jstor= 3632058 |doi= 10.2307/3632058 |pages= 265–303 [279]}} In 1571 the Ottomans designated the city as part of the newly conquered province of Cyprus. The conquest further diminished the economic importance of Alanya's port. Traveler Evliya Çelebi visited the city in 1671/1672, and wrote on the preservation of Alanya Castle, but also on the dilapidation of Alanya's suburbs. The city was reassigned in 1864 under Konya, and in 1868 under Antalya, as it is today. During the 18th and 19th centuries numerous villas were built in the city by Ottoman nobility, and civil construction continued under the local dynastic Karamanid authorities. Bandits again became common across Antalya Province in the mid-nineteenth century.{{cite web|url=http://www.fivestarhotelsantalya.com/antalya.asp?id=7&baslik=Kalkan |title=History of Kalkan |work=Five Star Hotels Antalya |year=2006 |access-date=February 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216042540/http://www.fivestarhotelsantalya.com/antalya.asp?id=7&baslik=Kalkan |archive-date=16 February 2008 }}

After World War I, Alanya was nominally partitioned in the 1917 Agreement of St.-Jean-de-Maurienne to Italy, before returning to the Turkish Republic in 1923 under the Treaty of Lausanne.{{cite journal |jstor= 1877819 |title= Italy and the Anglo-French Repudiation of the 1917 St. Jean de Maurienne Agreement |first= Paul C. |last= Helmreich |journal= The Journal of Modern History |year= 1976 |volume= 48 |issue= 2 |pages= 99–139 |doi= 10.1086/241525|s2cid= 144015203 }} Like others in this region, the city suffered heavily following the war and the population exchanges that heralded the Turkish Republic, when many of the city's Christians resettled in Nea Ionia, outside Athens. The Ottoman census of 1893 listed the number of Greeks in the city at {{nowrap|964}} out of a total population of {{nowrap|37,914}}.{{cite journal |first= Kemal H. |last= Karpat |jstor=162764 |title= Ottoman Population Records and the Census of 1881/82-1893 |journal= International Journal of Middle East Studies |year= 1978 |volume= 9 |issue= 3 |pages= 237–274 [271] |doi=10.1017/s0020743800000088|s2cid= 162337621 }} Tourism in the region started among Turks who came to Alanya in the 1960s for the alleged healing properties of Damlataş Cave, and later the access provided by Antalya Airport in 1998 allowed the town to grow into an international resort. Strong population growth through the 1990s was a result of immigration to the city, and has driven a rapid modernization of the infrastructure.

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Located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Anatolian coastal plain of Pamphylia, the town is situated between the Taurus Mountains to the north and the Mediterranean Sea, and is part of the Turkish Riviera, occupying roughly {{convert|70|km}} of coastline.{{cite web |url= http://www.altso.org.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=29&lang=en |title= Rakamlarla Alanya |access-date= September 7, 2008 |publisher= Alanya Chamber of Commerce |year= 2005}} From west to east, the Alanya district is bordered by the Manavgat district along the coast, the mountainous Gündoğmuş inland, Hadim and Taşkent in the Province of Konya, Sarıveliler in the Province of Karaman, and the coastal Gazipaşa district.{{cite journal|url=http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=239534&q1=Is&f1=all&b1=and&q2=&f2=&recNo=9971 |title=Alanya'da Turizm ve Turizmin Alanya Ekonimisine Etkisi |first=Ayhan |last=Akiş |journal=Selcuk Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi |issn=1302-1796 |year=2007 |issue=17 |pages=15–32 |access-date=February 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213135417/http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=239534&q1=Is&f1=all&b1=and&q2=&f2=&recNo=9971 |archive-date=February 13, 2012 }} Manavgat is home to the ancient cities of Side and Selge. East of the city, the Dim River flows from the mountains in Konya on a south-west route into the Mediterranean.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The Pamphylia plain between the sea and the mountains is an isolated example of an Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forest, which include Lebanon Cedar, evergreen scrub, fig trees, and black pine.{{NatGeo ecoregion|id=pa1207|name=Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests|access-date=September 7, 2008}} The Alanya Massif refers to the area of metamorphic rocks east of Antalya. This formation is divided into three nappes from lowest to highest, the Mahmutlar, the Sugözü, and the Yumrudağ. The similar lithology extends beneath the city in a tectonic window.{{cite journal |title= Engineering geological investigations along the Ilıksu Tunnels, Alanya, southern Turkey |first= M. K. |last= Koçkar |author2= H. Akgün |journal= Engineering Geology |volume= 68 |issue= 3–4 |date=March 2003 |pages= 141–158 |doi= 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00204-1}} Bauxite, an aluminum ore, is common to the area north of city, and can be mined.{{cite journal |title= Geology and petrography of the Masatdagi diasporic bauxites, Alanya, Antalya, Turkey |first= Sedat |last= Temur |author2= Gürsel Kansun |journal= Journal of Asian Earth Sciences |volume= 27 |issue= 4 |date= September 1, 2006 |pages= 512–522 |doi= 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.07.001|bibcode= 2006JAESc..27..512T }}

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The town is divided east–west by a rocky peninsula, which is the distinctive feature of the city. The harbor, city center, and Keykubat Beach, named after the Sultan Kayqubad I, are on the east side of the peninsula. Damlataş Beach, named for the famous "dripping caves", and Kleopatra Beach are to the west. The name "Cleopatra" possibly derives from either the Ptolemaic princess' visit here or the area's inclusion in her dowry to Mark Antony.{{cite web |url= http://www.alanya.cc/en/Beaches/92-Kleopatra-Beach.html |title= Kleopatra Beach |year= 2007 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |publisher= www.alanya.cc |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706215021/http://www.alanya.cc/en/Beaches/92-Kleopatra-Beach.html |archive-date= 2011-07-06 }} Atatürk Bulvarı, the main boulevard, runs parallel to the sea, and divides the southern, much more touristic side of Alanya from the northern, more indigenous side that extends north into the mountains. Çevre Yolu Caddesi, another major road, encircles the main town to the north.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

Alanya has a typical hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), or a dry-summer humid subtropical climate (Trewartha: 'wet' Cs/Cf). Located at the Mediterranean Basin, the subtropical high pressure zone ensures that most rain comes during the winter, leaving the summers long, hot, and dry, prompting the Alanya board of Tourism to use the slogan "where the sun smiles".{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=133604 |title=Summer sun for southern beaches, eastern Anatolia remains icy |work=Today's Zaman |date=February 9, 2008 |access-date=February 10, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Winters, however, are mild and wet. Storm cells sometimes bring with them fair weather waterspouts when close to the shore.{{cite web |url= http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherist/comment.html?entrynum=3&tstamp=200610 |title= Waterspouts in Alanya |website= Istanbul Journal of Weather |publisher= Weather Underground |date= October 19, 2006 |access-date= February 22, 2008}} The presence of the Taurus Mountain near to the sea causes fog, in turn creating visible rainbows many mornings. The height of the mountains creates an interesting effect as snow can often be seen on them even on warm days in the city below. The sea at Alanya has an average temperature of {{convert|21.4|°C|0|abbr=on}} annually.{{cite web|url=http://www.die.gov.tr/yillik/yillik_2004.pdf |title=Turkey Statistical Yearbook |publisher=State Institute of Statistics |year=2004 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910004923/http://www.die.gov.tr/yillik/yillik_2004.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2008 }}

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On the peninsula stands Alanya Castle, a Seljuk era citadel dating from 1226. Most major landmarks in the city are found inside and around the castle. The current castle was built over existing fortifications and served the double purpose of a palace of local government and as a defensive structure in case of attack. In 2007, the city began renovating various sections of the castle area, including adapting a Byzantine church for use as a Christian community center.{{cite news |url= http://english.arsiv.yenialanya.com/index.aspx?KatAd=Alanya%20News&KatId=33&Haberim=13338 |access-date= May 2, 2009 |date= April 15, 2007 |title= Ancient Church needs support |newspaper= Orange Alanya |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140925/http://english.arsiv.yenialanya.com/index.aspx?KatAd=Alanya%20News&KatId=33&Haberim=13338 |archive-date= July 18, 2011 }} Inside the castle is the Süleymaniye mosque and caravanserai, built by Suleiman the Magnificent. The old city walls surround much of the eastern peninsula, and can be walked. Inside the walls are numerous historic villas, well preserved examples of the classical period of Ottoman architecture, most built in the early 19th century.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The Kızıl Kule (Red Tower) is a {{convert|108|ft|m|adj=on}} high brick building, standing at the harbor below the castle, and containing the municipal ethnographic museum. Sultan Kayqubad I brought the architect Ebu Ali from Aleppo, Syria to Alanya to design the building.{{cite web |url=http://www.antalya-ws.com/english/location/alanya/history.asp?out=1 |title=Kızıl Kule (Red Tower) |work=Alanya Cities and Historical Sites |publisher=Turkish Class |year=2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006213544/http://www.antalya-ws.com/english/location/alanya/history.asp?out=1 |archive-date=6 October 2008 }} The last of Alanya Castle's {{nowrap|83 towers}}, the octagonal structure specifically protected the Tersane (dockyard), it remains one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture.{{cite journal |jstor= 3642371 |title= Summary of Archaeological Work in Turkey in 1953 |author1=Dörner, F. K. |author2=L. Robert |author3=Rodney Young |author4=Paul A. Underwood |author5=Halet Çambel |author6=Tahsin Özgüç |author7=A. M. Mansel |author8=A. Gabriel |journal= Anatolian Studies |volume= 4 |doi= 10.2307/3642371 |year= 1954 |pages= 13–20|s2cid= 246047816 }} The Tersane, a medieval drydock built by the Seljuk Turks in 1221, {{nowrap|187 by}} {{nowrap|131 feet}} {{nowrap|(57 by}} {{nowrap|40 m),}} is divided into five vaulted bays with equilateral pointed arches.{{cite web|url=http://www.alanya.bel.tr/translationEN/alanya/tarihiyerler.asp#2 |title=Historical Places |publisher=Alanya'nın Resmi Web Sitesi |year=2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808003051/http://www.alanya.bel.tr/translationEN/alanya/tarihiyerler.asp |archive-date=8 August 2008 }} The Alara Castle and caravanserai near Manavgat, also built under Kayqubad's authority, has been converted into a museum and heritage center.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/11929406.asp?scr=1 |title= Alarahan caravanserai now a major attraction |first= Kürşat |last= Kutay |work= Hürriyet |date= June 23, 2009 |access-date= June 28, 2009}}

Atatürk's House and Museum, from his short stay in the city on February 18, 1935, is preserved in its historic state and is an example of the interior of a traditional Ottoman villa, with artifacts from the 1930s. The house was built between 1880 and 1885 in the "karniyarik" (stuffed eggplant) style. Bright colors and red roofs are often mandated by neighborhood councils, and give the modern town a pastel glow. Housed in a 1967 Republican era building, The Alanya Museum is inland from Damlataş Beach.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-613178 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418155854/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-613178 |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |title=Museums shed light on Anatolian history |author=Anatolia News Agency |work=Turkish Daily News |date=August 29, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2009 }}

Alanya is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions.{{cite web |url=http://www.historic-towns.org/documents/members/turkey.doc |title=Turkey |access-date=September 7, 2008 |work=Association of Historic Towns of Turkey |publisher=European Association of Historic Towns and Regions |format=DOC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910004925/http://www.historic-towns.org/documents/members/turkey.doc |archive-date=2008-09-10 }} In 2009, city officials filed to include Alanya Castle and Tersane as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and were named to the 2009 Tentative List.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10928808.asp?scr=1 |title= Alanya in line for 'World Heritage' tag |work= Hürriyet |date= February 4, 2009 |access-date= February 5, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=173323&bolum=110 |title=5 more sites from Turkey on UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List |work=Today's Zaman |date=April 24, 2009 |access-date=April 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426035731/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=173323&bolum=110 |archive-date=26 April 2009 }}

{{wide image|Alanya Panorama edit.jpg|1000px|align-cap=center|Panorama from west side of peninsula.|alt=A panoramic view of a city beneath a mountain range with blue sea on both sides of a peninsula. On the peninsula is a castle wall and red roofed buildings. A young girl peers into the scene over the wall on the far left.}}

{{further|Demographics of Turkey}}

From only 87,080 in 1985, the district has surged to hold a population of 364,180 in 2022. This population surge is largely credited to immigration to the city as a result or byproduct of the increased prominence of the real estate sector and the growth of the housing market bubble.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-610896 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418164216/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-610896 |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |title=New Alanya residents reshaping the area |date=July 26, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2009 |first=Reeta |last=Çevik |work=Turkish Daily News }} In 2007, the city itself had a population of 134,396, of which 9,789 are European expatriates, about half of them from Germany and Denmark.{{cite news |url= http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=109871&bolum=132 |title= Foreign interest in Alanya on the rise |access-date=September 7, 2008 |work= Today's Zaman |date= May 1, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080524054352/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=109871&bolum=132 |archive-date = May 24, 2008}} 17,850 total foreigners own property in Alanya. There are a lot of Iranians who have settled in the city. During the Persian New Year a lot of Iranians go to Alanya for vacation. The European expatriate population tends to be over fifty years old.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=102459&bolum=132 |title=Number of foreigners owning property in Turkey rapidly increasing |first=Ahmet |last=Yeşil |work=Today's Zaman |date=February 10, 2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927222753/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=102459&bolum=132 |archive-date=September 27, 2012 }} During the summer the population increases due to large numbers of tourists, about {{nowrap|1.1 million}} each year pass through the city. Both Turks and Europeans, these vacationers provide income for much of the population.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The city is home to many migrants from the Southeastern Anatolia Region and the Black Sea region. In the first decade of the 21st century, the town has seen a surge in illegal foreign immigrants from the Middle East and South Asia, both to stay and to attempt to enter European Union countries.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-596027 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707203410/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-596027 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |title=Migration matters in globalized Turkey |last=Stevens |first=Kristen |access-date=May 2, 2009 |date=December 19, 2006 |publisher=Turkish Daily News }} {{As of|2006}}, {{nowrap|1,217 migrants}} claim residence in Alanya while working abroad.{{cite news |url= http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mirekoc/reports/2005_2006_yadigar_coskun.pdf |title= Analyzing the Aspects of International Migration in Turkey |first= Yadigar |last= Coşkun |year=2006 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |publisher= Migration Research Program at the Koç University| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070711180328/http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mirekoc/reports/2005_2006_yadigar_coskun.pdf| archive-date=July 11, 2007| url-status= live}}{{update inline|date=November 2020}} Yörük nomads also live in the Taurus Mountains north of the city on a seasonal basis.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/11865003.asp |title= Yürüks struggle to keep traditions |work= Hürriyet |date= June 14, 2009 |access-date= June 14, 2009}} Additionally, there is a small African community descendant from imported Ottoman slaves.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-640018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701150927/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-640018 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |title=Sad story of black citizens in Turkey |date=November 4, 2008 |first=Vercihan |last=Ziflioğlu |access-date=May 2, 2009 |work=Turkish Daily News }} In 2018, it was estimated that around 300 Finns live permanently in Alanya and 3,000 during the Winter.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10348009|title=Turkissa asuva suomalainen liiran syöksystä: Turisti tuntee olonsa rikkaaksi, paikallinen kauhistelee kallista lihaa – "Nyt joudutaan todella jo miettimään, mitä ruokapöytään pannaan"|website=Yle Uutiset}} According to the TÜİK Institute of Statistics, as of October 2022, 55,000 foreigners live in the city, more than half of them are Russian speakers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-310546/2022.html|title=Number of Arriving-Departing Foreigner and Citizens September 2022|website=ktb.gov.tr}}

The city is nearly 99% Muslim, and although many ancient churches can be found in the district, there are no weekly Christian services. In 2006, a German language Protestant church with seasonal service opened with much fanfare, after receiving permission to do so in 2003, a sign of the growing European population in the city.{{cite web |url= http://www.ekd.de/bulletin/2004/37665.html |title= Church work on the Turkish Riviera |date= January 2004 |publisher= Evangelical Church in Germany |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080519113253/http://www.ekd.de/bulletin/2004/37665.html |archive-date= May 19, 2008 }} In 2015, the town began renovations of the Greek Orthodox Agios Georgios Church in the village of Hacı Mehmetli, and the church has been used for a monthly Russian Orthodox service.{{cite news|url=http://national.bgnnews.com/historic-orthodox-church-in-south-turkey-to-be-renovated-after-142-years-haberi/4354 |title=Historic Orthodox Church in south Turkey to be renovated after 142 years |work=BGN News |date=March 16, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411010535/http://national.bgnnews.com/historic-orthodox-church-in-south-turkey-to-be-renovated-after-142-years-haberi/4354 |archive-date=April 11, 2015 }} Alanya also provides the Atatürk Cultural Center to Christian groups on a regular basis for larger religious ceremonies.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-626038 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707000006/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-626038 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |title=Easter spirit |first=Donna |last=Boyle |work=Turkish Daily News |date=March 15, 2008 |access-date=May 2, 2009 }}

{{further|Education in Turkey}}

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The city has 95% literacy, with public and private schools, and a roughly {{nowrap|1:24 student-teacher ratio}}. Rural villages are, however, disadvantaged by the limited number of secondary schools outside the city center. Alantur Primary School, which opened in 1987, was built and is maintained under the Turkish "Build Your Own School" initiative, supported by the foundation of Ayhan Şahenk, the founder of Doğuş Holding.{{cite web |url= http://www.teknikmuhendislik.com/proje.asp?sirket_ID=1&dil_ID=2&proje_ID=708 |title= Cultural and Educational Buildings |work= Doğuş İnşaat |year= 2004 |access-date= February 17, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2011}}

In 2005, Akdeniz University of Antalya launched the Alanya Faculty of Business, as a satellite campus that focuses on the tourism industry.{{cite web |url= http://www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya/ENG/index.htm |title= Alanya İşletme Fakültesi |access-date= September 7, 2008 |date= July 5, 2006 |publisher= Akdeniz University|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080523162408/http://www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya/ENG/index.htm |archive-date = May 23, 2008}} The school hosts an International Tourism Conference annually in coordination with Buckinghamshire New University.{{cite web |url= http://www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya/conference08/ |title= International Tourism Conference |date= February 6, 2008 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080625073033/http://www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya/conference08/ |archive-date = June 25, 2008}} The city also has plans to open a private university in 2012.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=antalya8217s-alanya-gets-its-first-private-university-2010-08-31 |title=Mediterranean City of Alanya to Get Its First Private University |work=Hürriyet Daily News |date= August 31, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2010}} Georgetown University operates an annual study abroad program for American students known as the McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, named for the United States Ambassador to Turkey from 1952 to 1953 George C. McGhee, and based in his villa.{{cite web|url=http://www11.georgetown.edu/oip/os/sites/mideast/McGhee/ |title=The McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies |access-date=February 24, 2008 |date=December 18, 2007 |last=Hasson |first=Orin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302175341/http://www11.georgetown.edu/oip/os/sites/mideast/McGhee/ |archive-date=2 March 2008 }} Başkent University Medical and Research Center of Alanya, a teaching hospital run by Başkent University in Ankara is one of nineteen hospitals in Alanya.{{cite web |url= http://www.baskent-aln.edu.tr/en.html |title= Baskent University Alanya Hospital |work =Başkent University |date= February 14, 2008 |access-date= February 17, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080328132720/http://www.baskent-aln.edu.tr/en.html| archive-date= 28 March 2008 | url-status= live}} Other major hospitals include the 300-bed Alanya State Hospital and the 90-bed Private Hayat Hospital.{{cite web |url= http://alanya.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=3 |title= Health Services in Alanya |work= T.C. Alanya Kaymakamlığı |access-date= February 17, 2008 |year= 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071645/http://alanya.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=3 |archive-date= August 11, 2011 }}

File:Alanya06-bazylek.jpg, or Red Tower, is home to the city ethnographic museum.|alt=A eight-sided medieval tower built of red and yellow brick rises above a green sea in which swimmers play. Stone walls run along the shore and further up from the tower.]]

Alanya's culture is a subculture of the larger Culture of Turkey. The city's seaside position is central to many annual festivals. These include the Tourism and Arts Festival, which marks the opening of the tourism season from at the end of May or beginning of June.{{cite web |url=http://www.alanya.cc/en/News/w,276-Alanya-is-Getting-ready-For-The-Tourim-Festival.html |title=Alanya is Getting ready For The Tourim Festival |work=alanya.com.tr |date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412090910/http://www.alanya.cc/en/News/w,276-Alanya-is-Getting-ready-For-The-Tourim-Festival.html |archive-date=2012-04-12 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313A781CAA92714FCE0530871610CC1EB6F |title= Festivals |website=Ministry of Culture and Tourism |year= 2005 |access-date= September 7, 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2022}} At the opposite end of the season, the Alanya International Culture and Art Festival is held in the last week of May, and is a notable Turkish festival.{{cite web |url= http://www.ezoptravel.com/html/makale.asp?makale=9 |title= Festivals |publisher= Ezop Travel |year= 2007 |access-date= February 16, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080130000157/http://www.ezoptravel.com/html/makale.asp?makale=9 |archive-date= 30 January 2008 }} Other regular festivals include the Alanya Jazz Days, which has been held since 2002 in September or October at the Kızıl Kule, which is otherwise home to the municipal ethnographic museum. The Jazz Festival hosts Turkish and international jazz musicians in a series of five free concerts.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=155149&bolum=114 |title=Holiday town Alanya to host tiny jazz festival |work=Today's Zaman |date=October 7, 2008 |access-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927222916/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=155149&bolum=114 |archive-date=September 27, 2012 }}

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The Alanya Chamber Orchestra, formed of members of the Antalya State Opera and Ballet, gave its inaugural performance on December 7, 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.alanya.cc/en/News/w,394-Alanya-showed-an-interest-in-Chamber-Orkestra.html |title=Alanya showed an interest in Chamber Orkestra |work=alanya.com.tr |date=December 8, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412063928/http://www.alanya.cc/en/News/w,394-Alanya-showed-an-interest-in-Chamber-Orkestra.html |archive-date=2012-04-12 }} The International Alanya Stone Sculpture Symposium, begun is 2004, is held over the month of November.{{cite web |url=http://www.alanya.cc/en/News/w,378-4th-of-Alanya-Stone-Sculpture-Semposium.html |title=4th of Alanya Stone Sculpture Semposium |work=alanya.com.tr |date=October 30, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412090313/http://www.alanya.cc/en/News/w,378-4th-of-Alanya-Stone-Sculpture-Semposium.html |archive-date=2012-04-12 }} The Alanya Documentary Festival was launched in 2001 by the Alanya Cinémathèque Society and the Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=172961 |title=Holiday resort hosts documentary festival |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=April 20, 2009 |work=Today's Zaman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108174715/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=172961 |archive-date=January 8, 2016 }} Onat Kutlar, Turkish poet and writer, and founder of the Istanbul International Film Festival was born in Alanya, as was actress Sema Önür.

Atatürk's visit to Alanya is also celebrated on its anniversary each February 18, centered on Atatürk's House and Museum. The Alanya Museum is home to archaeology found in and around the city, including a large bronze Hercules statue, ceramics, and Roman limestone ossuaries, as well as historic copies of the Qur'an.{{cite web |url= http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/turkey/turkeys-mediterranean-coast/review-423748.html |title= Alanya Müzesi |work= Fodor's |access-date= February 17, 2008 |year= 2008}} European residents of Alanya also often celebrate their national holidays, such as Norwegian Constitution Day,{{cite news |url= http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=232044 |title= 500 Norwegians Attend Ceremonies In Alanya To Mark National Day Of Norway |work= Turkish Press |date= May 18, 2008 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605054553/http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=232044 |archive-date= June 5, 2011 }} and the city set up a Christmas market in December 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-230186-antalyas-first-christmas-market-set-up-in-alanya.html |title=Antalya's first Christmas market set up in Alanya |date=December 21, 2010 |first=Melik |last=Evren |work=Today's Zaman |access-date=January 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012152455/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-230186-antalyas-first-christmas-market-set-up-in-alanya.html |archive-date=October 12, 2012 }} Iranians also celebrate the Persian New Year, Nevruz, in Alanya.{{cite news|url=http://arsiv.yenialanya.com/index.aspx?KatAd=Politika&KatId=2&Haberim=48870&HabRes=podsdfgvwefqewrfewfwerge4 |title=Nevruz'da İranlı sürprizi |language=tr |work=Yeni Alanya |date=March 29, 2009 |access-date=April 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140925/http://arsiv.yenialanya.com/index.aspx?KatAd=Politika&KatId=2&Haberim=48870&HabRes=podsdfgvwefqewrfewfwerge4 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}

{{update section|date=November 2020}}

File:Alanya. Monument to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.jpg monument.|alt=A tall sweeping stone triangle projects skyward behind the statues of a man and two children in bronze on a smaller podium. Around the base are placed several wreaths with logos. Palm trees surround the scene.]]

Alanya was set up as a municipality in 1872, electing its first mayor in 1901. Today, Alanya is governed by a mayor and a municipality council made up of thirty-seven members.{{cite web|url=https://www.akdenizgercek.com.tr/alanya-belediyesinin-meclis-uyeleri-belli-oldu-37-kisilik-mecliste-kimler-var |title=Alanya Belediyesi'nin meclis üyeleri belli oldu! 37 kişilik Meclis'te kimler var? |date=2024|work=Akdeniz Gerçek |access-date=April 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404151519/https://www.akdenizgercek.com.tr/alanya-belediyesinin-meclis-uyeleri-belli-oldu-37-kisilik-mecliste-kimler-var |archive-date=April 4, 2024}} Twenty-four councilors are from the centre-left Republican People's Party, nine are from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party, and four are of the Good Party. Mayor Osman Tarık Özçelik of the Republican People's Party was elected in 2024 by unseating the incumbent Adem Murat Yücel, who had previously been mayor since 2014.{{cite news |url= https://www.yenialanya.com/makale/19766050/tunahan-sen/alanyanin-yeni-lideri-osman-tarik-ozcelik |title= Alanya'nın Yeni Lideri Osman Tarık Özçelik |work= Yeni Alanya |date= April 1, 2024 |access-date= April 1, 2024 |language= tr}} Elections are held every five years, with the next to be held in March 2029.

File:Mevlutcavusoglu.jpg (on the left) was also President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.|alt=Two older Turkish men stand facing each other, one bald, the other wearing a white cap, while a large crowd mingles behind them along a waterfront.]]

Alanya District is divided up into {{nowrap|17 municipalities}}, including the city center, and {{nowrap|92 villages}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.alanya.bel.tr/alanya/nufus.asp |title=Nüfusu ve Demografik Boyutları |access-date=September 7, 2008 |publisher=Alanya municipality |year=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624200425/http://www.alanya.bel.tr/alanya/nufus.asp |archive-date=June 24, 2008 }} Alanya is greatly influenced by the provincial government in Antalya, and the national government in Ankara, which appoints a governor for the district, currently Dr. Hulusi Doğan.{{cite web |url= http://alanya.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=1 |title= Alanya Kaymakami |publisher= T.C. Alanya Kaymakamlığı |year= 2007 |access-date= February 24, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080202174059/http://alanya.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=1 |archive-date= 2 February 2008 }} Although Alanya has been part of Antalya Province since the Ottoman Empire, many local politicians have advocated a separate Alanya Province, a position supported by associations of foreign residents.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-231059-foreigners-call-on-authorities-to-grant-alanya-province-status.html |title=Foreigners call on authorities to grant Alanya province status |date=December 30, 2010 |work=Today's Zaman |access-date=January 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192331/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-231059-foreigners-call-on-authorities-to-grant-alanya-province-status.html |archive-date=December 31, 2010 }}

Nationally, in the 2007 election, the province voted with the Justice and Development Party, who were followed closely by the Republican People's Party and the True Path Party.{{cite web|url=http://secim2007.ntvmsnbc.com/default.aspx |title=Ntvmsnbc Secim 2007 |year=2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |work=NTV Turkey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921162902/http://secim2007.ntvmsnbc.com/default.aspx |archive-date=21 September 2008 }} Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, of the Justice and Development Party, is the only native Alanyalilar Member of Parliament representing Antalya Province in the Grand National Assembly, where he chairs the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.{{cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=4838 |title=Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu |year=2007 |publisher=Council of Europe |access-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527140950/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=4838 |archive-date=May 27, 2009 }} Çavuşoğlu is the current{{when|date=November 2020}} Turkish Foreign Minister and also served as the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

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The tourist industry in Alanya is worth just under {{nowrap|1.1 billion euros}} per year, and is therefore the principal industry.{{when|date=November 2020}} The area has many fruit farms, particularly lemons and oranges, and large harvests of tomatoes, bananas and cucumbers.{{cite web |url=http://english.atso.org.tr/icerik/2/14/economic-structure-of-antalya.html |title=Economic Structure of Antalya |year=2005 |work=Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry |access-date=2012-01-08 |archive-date=2019-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821222837/http://english.atso.org.tr/icerik/2/14/economic-structure-of-antalya.html |url-status=dead }} About 80,000 tonnes of citrus fruits were produced in 2006 across {{convert|16840|ha|acre}}. The greengage plum and the avocado are increasingly popular early season fruits where citrus fruits are becoming unprofitable.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=140483 |title=Alanya farmers turn to greengage plum, avocado production |first=Ahmet |last=Yeşil |work=Today's Zaman |date=April 30, 2008 |access-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927223107/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=140483 |archive-date=September 27, 2012 }}

Despite the seaside location, few residents make their living on the sea, and fishing is not a major industry. In the early 1970s, when fish stocks ran low, a system of rotating access was developed to preserve this sector.{{cite web |url= http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5316e/x5316e0s.htm |title= Halting degradation of natural resources |year= 1996 |work= Food and Agriculture Organization |access-date= September 7, 2008}} This innovative system was part of Elinor Ostrom's research on economic governance which led to her 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics. In 2007, locals protested the establishment of some larger chain supermarkets and clothing stores, which have opened branches in Alanya.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-619028 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418174741/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-619028 |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |title=Which way is progress? |date=November 24, 2007 |first=Donna |last=Boyle |work=Turkish Daily News |access-date=May 2, 2009 }}

Beginning in 2003, with the provisional elimination of restrictions on land purchases by non-nationals, the housing industry in the city has become highly profitable with many new private homes and condominiums being built for European and Asian part-time residents. Sixty-nine percent of homes purchased by foreign nationals in the Antalya Province and 29.9% in all of Turkey are in Alanya.{{cite news |url= http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=140578 |title= Property prices fall with cancellation of law on property sales to foreigners |work= Today's Zaman |date= May 1, 2008 |first= Fatih |last= Yilmaz |author2= Ahmet Yeşhil Fethiye |access-date= May 3, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080502044527/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=140578 |archive-date = May 2, 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-629046 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701112539/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-629046 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |title=Antalya's Alanya district attracts foreigner buyers |date=May 1, 2008 |work=Turkish Daily News |access-date=September 7, 2008 }} Buyers are primarily individuals, rather than investors.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-169549-foreigners-no-longer-buying-real-estate-for-profit-in-alanya.html |title=Foreigners no longer buying real estate for profit in Alanya |work=Today's Zaman |date=March 14, 2009 |access-date=March 14, 2009 |first=Ahmet |last=Yeşil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212221625/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-169549-foreigners-no-longer-buying-real-estate-for-profit-in-alanya.html |archive-date=December 12, 2013 }} This housing boom put pressure on the city's many gecekondu houses and establishments as property values rise and property sales to locals fall.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-125776-alanyas-propertysector-moribund.html |title=Alanya's property sector moribund |first=Ahmet |last=Yeşil |work=Today's Zaman |date=October 29, 2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212221632/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-125776-alanyas-propertysector-moribund.html |archive-date=December 12, 2013 }} A height restriction in the city limits most buildings to {{nowrap|21 feet}} ({{nowrap|6.5 m}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.toravilla.com/index.php?page=faq |title= FAQ |work= Tora Villa Real Estate |date= March 2005 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-date= July 17, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717074726/http://www.toravilla.com/index.php?page=faq |url-status= dead }} This keeps high rise hotels to the east and west of the city, preserving the central skyline at the expense of greater tourist potential. The fringes of the city however have seen uncontrolled expansion.{{cite web |url= http://www.turkey-now.org/default.aspx?pgID=542 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071015031809/http://www.turkey-now.org/Default.aspx?pgID=542 |archive-date= 2007-10-15 |title= Burgeoning Alanya |first= Stacie |last= Leone |date= May 2006 |publisher= Turkey-Now |url-status= usurped |access-date= September 7, 2008 }}

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Since the first modern motel was built in 1958, considered the first year of the tourist industry in Alanya, hotels have raced to accommodate the influx of tourists, and the city {{As of|2007|lc=y}} claims {{nowrap|157,000 hotel}} beds.{{cite web|url=http://www.alanya.bel.tr/belediye/tarihi.asp |access-date=September 7, 2008 |title=Belediye Tarihi |first=Telif |last=Hakları |year=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907221213/http://www.alanya.bel.tr/belediye/tarihi.asp |archive-date=7 September 2008 }}{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-608717 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714130140/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-608717 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title=Campaign calls on Alanya's merchants to respect tourists |date=June 26, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2009 |work=Turkish Daily News }} Damlataş Cave, which originally sparked the arrival of outsiders because of the cave's microclimate, with an average temperature of {{nowrap|72 °F}} {{nowrap|(22 °C)}} and {{nowrap|95% humidity}}, is accessible on the west side of the peninsula with trails from Damlataş Beach.{{cite web |url=http://www.alanya.cc/en/Nature_Environment/82-Damlatas-Cave.html |title=Damlataş Cave |work=Alanya.com.tr |access-date=February 24, 2008 |date=May 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216045007/http://www.alanya.cc/en/Nature_Environment/82-Damlatas-Cave.html |archive-date=2008-02-16 }} Many tourists, especially Scandinavians, Germans, Russians, and Dutch, regularly vacation in Alanya during the warmer months.{{cite news |url=http://dukechronicle.com/article/while-i-wasnt-sleeping |title=While I wasn't sleeping |first=Leslie |last=Griffith |work=The Chronicle |date=May 31, 2007 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307045718/http://dukechronicle.com/article/while-i-wasnt-sleeping |archive-date=March 7, 2011 }} They are drawn to the area because of property prices, warm weather, sandy beaches, famous Turkish Hammam and access to Antalya's historic sites, and fine cuisine.{{cite web|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-600964 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701115715/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-600964 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |title=The boom and bust of Alanya's riviera |date=March 6, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2009 |first=Damaris |last=Kremida |work=Turkish Daily News }}

Other outdoor tourist activities include wind surfing, parasailing, and banana boating. Attractions include Europe's largest waterpark, Sealanya, and Turkey's largest go-kart track.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=174363 |title=Europe's biggest water park begins new season |work=Today's Zaman |date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=May 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108174715/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=174363 |archive-date=January 8, 2016 }} Hunting season also attracts some tourist for wild goat, pig and partridge hunting in area nature reserves.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-639232 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707002755/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-639232 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |title=Alanya to attract foreigners for hunting tourism |date=October 22, 2008 |work=Turkish Daily News |access-date=May 2, 2009 }}

Alanya has 10 local daily newspapers. One of these is Yeni Alanya, which includes the news and lifestyles magazine Orange and is available in English, German and Turkish. Two native German language newspapers are published in Alanya, the Aktuelle Türkei Rundschau and Alanya Bote for the community of German speaking residents and visitors. A monthly magazine Hello Alanya published in Alanya for foreigners, appearing in English and Dutch.{{cite web|url=http://hello-alanya.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175&Itemid=54 |title=Hello Turkey Magazine |year=2008 |access-date=February 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401122253/http://hello-alanya.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175&Itemid=54 |archive-date=April 1, 2011 }} The free regional newspaper, Riviera News, is printed in English and is widely available in Alanya.

Five radio stations broadcast from the city. Alanya FM Radyo broadcasts on 106.0 FM and is partnered with Radio Flash, on 94.0 FM, both broadcasting popular music. Other stations include Alanya RadyoTime on 92.3 FM, which broadcasts a variety of Turkish music, news, and talk programming.{{cite web |url= http://www.alanyaradyotime.com/ |title= Alanya RadyoTime |year= 2007 |access-date= February 22, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080307025812/http://www.alanyaradyotime.com/ |archive-date= 7 March 2008 |df= dmy-all }} Two television stations are local to Alanya, Kanal Alanya, and Alanya Televizyonu, abbreviated ATV, which is partnered with Alanya RadyoTime.{{cite web |url= http://www.alanya.tv/en/,arama?cate=132 |title= Radio and Television |website= Alanya Guide |year= 2008 |access-date= May 2, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190207123644/http://www.alanya.tv/en/,arama?cate=132 |archive-date= February 7, 2019 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.atv.com.tr/yayin_akisi/ |title=ATV Yayin Akişi |work=Alanya Televizyonu |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907092838/http://www.atv.com.tr/yayin_akisi |archive-date=2009-09-07 }}

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The D 400 Highway, the Alanya–Mersin Route, connects Alanya from the east and west, encircling it, and linking through the city center via Atatürk Bulvarı. The D695, the Ankara–Akşehir Route, runs north–south and reaches the sea {{convert|41|km}} west of the city near Side, connecting with the D400. Antalya Airport is {{convert|121|km}} away and connects internationally. The new Antalya Gazipaşa Airport, first begun in 1992, is only {{convert|14.5|km}} from the city, and was expected to have its first regular domestic flights on May 22, 2010, although international flights were not expected before the start of the 2011 tourist season.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=0317134255737-2010-03-17 |title= First flight at Gazipaşa expected on May 22 |agency= Doğan News Agency |work= Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review |date= March 17, 2010 |first= Niki |last= Gamm |access-date= March 21, 2010}} No train routes go to Alanya or Antalya Province, and there are no train stations in the district.{{cite web |url= http://www.seat61.com/Turkey2.htm |title= Train travel within Turkey |work= The Man in Seat Sixty-One |date= February 21, 2008 |access-date= February 24, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080123091822/http://www.seat61.com/Turkey2.htm#Turkey%20-%20Greece| archive-date= 23 January 2008 | url-status= live}}

There are bus and dolmuş systems out of Alanya's two bus depots, but buses are usually limited to the major roads, and inside the city transportation is by car, taxi, or foot, as many roads in the old town are closed to vehicle traffic. The harbor includes cruise ship piers, and also seasonal ferries and hydrofoils depart for Kyrenia in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2008/oct/26/ask-tom-letters |title= Ask Tom |date= October 26, 2008 |first= Tom |last= Hall |work= The Observer |access-date= October 27, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081030081049/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2008/oct/26/ask-tom-letters| archive-date= 30 October 2008 | url-status= live}} Cruise ships docking at Alanya have increased 50% in 2013, with 53 estimated to have brought 56,000 passengers the end of the year.{{cite news |url= http://www.cruiseandferry.net/article/News/001049/Passenger-rise-in-Alanya |title= Passenger rise in Alanya |date= November 22, 2013 |first= Rebecca |last= Gibson |work= Cruise and Ferry |access-date= November 29, 2013}} Further west of the city is the Alanya Marina, which started services in 2008 while still under construction,{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-621175 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701121141/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-621175 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |title=Antalya attracts port investments |work=Turkish Daily News |date=December 28, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2009 }} completing its expansion in 2010. The 85-km² (33-sq-mi) marina allowed Alanya to participate in the 2008 Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally.{{cite news |url= http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=228136 |title= 19th Eastern Mediterranean Rally Yachts In Murefte |work= Turkish Press |date= April 27, 2008 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171228000340/http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=228136 |archive-date= December 28, 2017 }}{{cite news |url= http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=233836 |title= Turkey's 37th Marina To Be In Service Next Year |work= Turkish Press |date= May 29, 2008 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171228000128/http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=233836 |archive-date= December 28, 2017 }} The city is also investing in a community bicycle program with 150 bicycles and twenty terminals.{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-637469 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418164632/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-637469 |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |title=Alanya to lead environment-friendly cities |date=September 18, 2008 |access-date=May 2, 2009 |work=Turkish Daily News |first=Asli |last=Sağlam }}

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Alanya is home to a woman's basketball team, Alanya Belediye, which started in the first division but was relegated after the 2002 season. The city hosts a Süper Lig soccer team, Alanyaspor. The club was founded in 1948, and play home games at Milli Egemenlik Stadium. It played in the Second League between 1988-1997 and 2014–2016. The club finally promoted to top level in 2015–16 season where they have played in to this day. In 2007, the city began constructing a new soccer facility with the intention of hosting winter competitions between major teams.{{cite news |url= http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=108085 |title= Alanya 15,000-seat, closed-roof stadium to open next year |work= Today's Zaman |date= April 12, 2007 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080524054938/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=108085 |archive-date = May 24, 2008}} The public Alanya Municipality Sports Facility is located adjacent to Milli Egemenlik Stadium, which is one of thirteen facilities.{{cite web|url=http://www.alanya.bel.tr/translationEN/actual.asp?fID=647 |title=Olympic Swimming Pool is at Sportmen's Service |date=June 27, 2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |work=Alanya municipality |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707095522/http://www.alanya.bel.tr/translationEN/actual.asp?fID=647 |archive-date=July 7, 2007 }}{{cite web |url= http://alanya.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=3 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071929/http://alanya.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=3 |archive-date= August 11, 2011 |title= The Sport Facilities in our Town |work= T.C. Alanya Kaymakamlığı |year= 2007 |access-date=February 17, 2008}}

File:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012 Alanya-Alanya stage.JPG features a stage in Alanya every year.|alt=Dozens of professional bicyclists race on a street lined with palm trees and pastel apartments.]]

Alanya's waterfront location makes it suitable for certain events, and is perhaps most famous for its annual triathlon, part of the International Triathlon Union series, which has been held every October since 1990.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-157559-turkey-has-great-potential-for-triathlons.html |title=Turkey has great potential for triathlons |first=Yasin |last=Tuncer |work=Today's Zaman |date=November 2, 2008 |access-date=November 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042157/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-157559-turkey-has-great-potential-for-triathlons.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 }} Marathon swimming competitions have also been connected to the triathlon since 1992.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=yuzme-maratonuna-rus-damgasi-2009-10-29 |title= Russians sweep swimming marathon in Russia |agency= Doğan News Agency |work= Hürriyet |date= October 29, 2009 |access-date= November 2, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102204410/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=yuzme-maratonuna-rus-damgasi-2009-10-29| archive-date= 2 November 2009 | url-status= live}} Building on the triathlon's success, Alanya hosted a modern pentathlon in 2009.{{cite news |url= http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkiyedeki-ilk-pentatlon-avrupa-sampiyonasi-basladi-2009-09-09 |title= Alanya hosts pentathlon event |date= September 9, 2009 |agency= Doğan News Agency |access-date= September 15, 2009 |work= Hürriyet}} Alanya is also the regular host of The Turkish Open, part of the Nestea European Beach Volleyball championship tour, which takes place in May.{{cite web |url= http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/beach_volleyball/82/5967/8117/2874/index_EN.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070825061225/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/beach_volleyball/82/5967/8117/2874/index_EN.html |archive-date=August 25, 2007 |title= ECT 2005 - Alanya (TUR) |access-date= September 7, 2008 |year= 2005}} In 2007, the Turkish Volleyball Federation persuaded the European Volleyball Confederation to build a beach volleyball training facility in Alanya, and make it the exclusive "center of beach volleyball in Europe".{{cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-613001 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701131641/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-613001 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |title=Sun, surf... and enter beach volleyball |first=Mustafa |last=Oğuz |work=Turkish Daily News |date=August 25, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2009 }}

The city is also a frequent host to national events, such as the annual beach handball tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.alanya.bel.tr/translationEN/actual.asp?fID=658 |title=The Prevailing Party in Beach Handball is the Turkish Teams |work=Alanya Municipality |access-date=May 2, 2009 |date=July 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722123702/http://www.alanya.bel.tr/translationEN/actual.asp?fID=658 |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }} Alanya is the traditional finish site of the seven-day Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, though organizers reversed the route in 2012, and started the event in Alanya instead.{{cite news |url= http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11289/First-summit-finish-and-stronger-lineup-for-Presidential-Tour-of-Turkey.aspx |title= First summit finish and stronger lineup for Presidential Tour of Turkey |work= Velonation |date= March 3, 2012 |access-date= March 5, 2012}} Other cycling events include the Alanya International Mountain Bike Race.{{cite news |url= http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/30/content_10136017.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081004045942/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/30/content_10136017.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 4, 2008 |title= 12th International Mountain Bike Cup to be held in Turkey |work= Xinhua News Agency |date= September 30, 2008 |access-date= May 2, 2009}} Additionally, the European Cycling Union had its 2010 European road cycling championship and 2010 ordinary congress meeting in Alanya.{{cite news |url= http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=218039 |title= Turkey To Host U.E.C. 2010 Congress |newspaper= Turkish Press |date= March 3, 2008 |access-date= September 7, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170822134048/http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=218039 |archive-date= August 22, 2017 }}

Recently the city also hosted [https://www.visitalanya.com/category/best-time-in-alanya/events-in-alanya/ 22nd Alanya International Culture, Art, and Tourism Festival], [https://www.visitalanya.com/category/best-time-in-alanya/events-in-alanya/ Alanya International Piano Competition and Festival] and [https://wcs.triathlon.org/events/event/2024_europe_triathlon_cup_alanya Europe Triathlon Cup Alanya] all in 2024

There are 103 neighbourhoods in Alanya District:[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey}}

The most significant tie is with the city of Nea Ionia, where many of Alanya's Christians were resettled in 1923 after the Treaty of Lausanne. Alanya is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Kardeş Şehirler|url=https://www.alanya.bel.tr/Kardes-Sehirler|website=alanya.bel.tr|publisher=Alanya|language=tr|access-date=2020-01-18}}

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• {{flagicon|RUS}} Dergachyovsky District, Russia
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Fushun, China
• {{flagicon|ROU}} Geoagiu, Romania
• {{flagicon|GER}} Gladbeck, Germany
• {{flagicon|IND}} Goa, India
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Keszthely, Hungary
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Mahdia, Tunisia
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Ankara, Turkey
• {{flagicon|GRE}} Nea Ionia, Greece
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Murmansk, Russia
• {{flagicon|GER}} Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Rovaniemi, Finland
• {{flagicon|LTU}} Šilutė, Lithuania
• {{flagicon|RUS}} South-Eastern AO (Moscow), Russia
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic
• {{flagicon|LVA}} Talsi, Latvia
• {{flagicon|LTU}} Trakai, Lithuania
• {{flagicon|POL}} Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
• {{flagicon|POL}} Wronki, Poland
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Zelenogorsk, Russia
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Borås, Sweden

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• {{flagicon|POL}} Nowy Sącz, Poland
• {{flagicon|POL}} Turek, Poland

• Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish diplomat and politician; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
• George C. McGhee, U.S. diplomat and ambassador to Turkey

• List of governors of Alanya
• List of mayors of Alanya

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book | last1=Lloyd | first1=Seton | author1-link=Seton Lloyd | last2=Rice | first2=D.S. | year=1958 | title=Alanya ('Alā'iyya) | publisher=British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara | place=London | oclc=7230223 }}
• Redford, Scott. Landscape and the state in medieval Anatolia: Seljuk gardens and pavilions of Alanya, Turkey. Oxford: Archaeopress; 2000. {{ISBN|1-84171-095-4}}

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{{wikivoyage|Alanya}}

• {{Official website}}
• [https://kmhesaplama.com/antalya/alanya/ Alanya]
• [https://www.alanyapro.com/en Life in Alanya-Mahmutlar, Turkey]
• [https://www.alanyadentalplace.com/tr/neden-turkiye-alanya Alanya Guide]
• [https://trharitasi.com/ilce/alanya-haritasi-antalya Alanya Haritası] (Turkish)
• [https://megatv.com.tr Alanya news] (Turkish)

{{Geographic location

| Northwest = Gündoğmuş

| North = Hadim

| Northeast = Taşkent

| West = Manavgat

| Centre = File:Antalya location Alanya.svg

| East = Sarıveliler

| Southwest = Gulf of Antalya

| South = Mediterranean Sea

| Southeast = Gazipaşa

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