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Alanya

Alanya, north of the Taurus Mountains, south of the Mediterranean Sea which is built on a small peninsula. In ancient times, the line between the borders of Cilicia and Pamphylia, where sometimes Cilicia, sometimes between the cities of Pamphylia were counted.
Due to the geographical character of Cilicia is located in two different regions. Cilicia of the east "Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias), west is the" Rough Cilicia (Cilicia Tracheiç "is. Cilicia to the word for the first time BC 16th century in Hittite texts" Chalak as "are found. BCE 15th century Egypt and Cilicia in Assyrian sources "Qee" and "Que" Rough Cilicia the "Clalak as" pass.
Rough Cilicia deep steep cliffs of the Taurus mountains to the sea formed by inserting a region of wide plains and large bays and ports to be lacks. Buddha has been an important factor in the development of the city. Rough Cilicia of the city `; Coracesio's (Alanya), Laertes (Gözüküçükl), the Syedra (Seki), Iotape (drop), and Hamaxia (Elikesik) y can be counted.
Pamphylia is originally from the Greek words "Pan-Lot" and "phyla-line" means composed of combinations of words, prune "a combination of all the tribes of the country in which they reside" means. Pamphylia region located in Side, Aspendos, Perge, such as cities, urbanism development in accordance with mountains on all sides surrounded by productive large plains with a large commercial and military vessels anchored know that the appropriate bays in areas which have been established.

Museums:

Archaeological Museum:
Archaeological and ethnographic works towards the preservation and exhibition in two parts in 1967 was opened to visitors.
Which have been found dated to i.ö.625 in Alanya region uncovered enes with the work, which is a unique work of Phoenician inscriptions and Dated to the 2nd century bronze statue of Herakles important works exhibited in the museum.
Also within the building and in the garden Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman eras in various archaeological and ethnographic exhibition is located.
Museum is open every day except Monday.
Atatürk's House and Museum
18 February 1935 Alanya on the great leader's visit to Alanya for a while at the house to rest, the owner pursuant AZAKOĞLU by the Ministry of Culture was granted and in 1987 it was renovated, laying "Atatürk's House and Museum" opened to visitors as it is . The museum's first floor rooms Atatürk's personal belongings, photos, Atatürk's alanya'lı has written a telegram and other historical documents are exhibited on the second floor is a typical Alanya house all the elements seen and environment-specific ethnographic Examples of articles are exhibited.
Museum is open every day except Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.
Alanya Castle
the walls of the sea, where he met and harbor and shipyard best peering point, the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad by I in 1226, built this magnificent tower in Anatolia single instance Although Alanya is the symbol of the state.
1950 was restored in this magnificent Seljuk structures, the Seljuks in Anatolia spend 200-year period, a major cultural synthesis by performing the XII century Anatolian complex management and Culture Map bright a place and in these lands, castles, palaces, temples, Sifahane , a caravanserai built by the Anatolian peninsula have brought a new breath of civilization.
Anatolian culture and history of this interesting period, once again aiming to reading new eye "Zied's Lamp" exhibition in Istanbul on October 3 -28 December, Yapi Kredi Cultural Center, Vedat Nedim Tor was conducted at the Museum.
This exhibition attracted public attention, this time from the date of 7 September 2002 TC Ministry of Culture Alanya Museum and Yapi Kredi Culture and Art Publishing Inc. in cooperation with the Seljuk 's monumental work, the symbol of Alanya Red Tower and the assembly, the Seljuk life belongs to all documents and finds photographs are described.



Alanya's the first time when it was founded and by whom is not yet known. The city's oldest known name "Coracesium" stop. In Latin, the word literally "Corax-Crow" and Caesium-heavens "are words that have occurred from the merger" Gökkarg "meaning bears. Byzantine period, "beautiful mountain" meaning "Calanoros" was given the name. In the 13th century Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubat 1 (1220-1237) to take the castle with the city's name according to the ruler by the name of "Alaiyye" as amended. Who visited the city in 1935 M.K However Atatürk "Alanya" gave the name.