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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro district
| name                 = Alanya
| image_skyline        = Alanyafromcastle.JPG
| image_caption        = [[Alanya Castle|Castle]] and harbour of Alanya
| image_shield         = Alanya municipality logo.png
| image_logo           = Alanya script logo.png
| image_map            = Antalya location Alanya.svg
| map_caption          = Map showing Alanya District in Antalya Province
| coordinates          = {{coord|36|33|N|32|00|E|region:TR|display=it}}
| province             = Antalya
| leader_party         = CHP
| leader_name          = Osman Tarık Özçelik
| leader_name1         = 
| area_total_km2       = 1577
| elevation_m          = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 364180
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          = 07400
| area_code            = 0242
| website              = {{URL|http://www.alanya.bel.tr/}}
}}
'''Alanya''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|l|ɑː|n|j|ə|audio=En-Alanya-pronunciation.ogg}}; {{IPA|tr|aˈɫanja}}), formerly [[Alaiye]], is a beach [[resort town|resort city]], a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Antalya Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.</ref> It is on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's [[Mediterranean Region, Turkey|Mediterranean Region]], {{convert|133|km}} east of the city of [[Antalya]]. Its area is 1,577&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref> and its population is 364,180 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> The city proper has 189,222 inhabitants (2022).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/turkey/antalya/alanya/142__alanya//|title=Alanya|website=citypopulation.de|access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref>

Because of its natural strategic position on a small peninsula into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] below the [[Taurus Mountains]], Alanya has been a local stronghold for many [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean-based empires]], including the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic]], [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]], and [[Ottoman Empire]]s. Alanya's greatest political importance came in the [[Middle Ages]], with the [[Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm]] under the rule of [[Kayqubad I|Alaeddin Kayqubad I]], from whom the city derives its name. His building campaign resulted in many of the city's landmarks, such as the [[Kızıl Kule]] (Red Tower), Tersane (Shipyard), and [[Alanya Castle]].

The [[Mediterranean climate]], natural attractions, and historic heritage make Alanya a popular destination for tourism, and responsible for nine percent of [[Tourism in Turkey|Turkey's tourism sector]] and thirty percent of [[foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey]]. Tourism has risen since 1958 to become the dominant industry in the city, resulting in a corresponding increase in city population. Warm-weather sporting events and cultural festivals take place annually in Alanya. In 2014 [[List of mayors of Alanya|Mayor]] Adem Murat Yücel, of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] unseated Hasan Sipahioğlu, of the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]], who had previously led the city since 1999. Adem Murat Yücel has served two terms as the Mayor of Alanya, first elected in 2014 and then elected for a second time in 2019. In [[2024 Turkish local elections|March 31st 2024 Turkish local elections]] Osman Tarık Özçelik of the [[Republican People's Party]] has been elected as the new Mayor of Alanya, making an historic mark as the [[Republican People's Party]] was able to win an election in the city after 74 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://haberglobal.com.tr/gundem/chp-alanyada-74-yil-sonra-kazandi-331586|title= CHP, Alanya'da 74 yıl sonra kazandı}}</ref>

==Names==

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 [[Koine Greek|Greek]] as ''Korakesion'' ({{langx|grc|Κορακήσιον}}) from the [[Luwian language|Luwian]] ''Korakassa'' meaning "point/protruding city".<ref name="Korekesion"/> The [[Roman Catholic Church]] still recognizes the Latin name as a [[titular see]] in its hierarchy.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Under the [[Byzantine Empire]] it became known as ''Kalonoros'' or ''Kalon Oros'', meaning "beautiful/fine mountain" in [[Greek language|Greek]].<ref name="crane"/> The [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuks]] renamed the city ''[[Alaiye]]'' (علائیه), a derivative of the [[Sultan]] [[Kayqubad I|Alaeddin Kayqubad I]]'s name. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Italian traders called the city ''Candelore'' or ''Cardelloro''.<ref name="medici"/> In his 1935 visit, [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] finalized the name in the [[Turkish alphabet|new alphabet]] as ''Alanya'', changing the 'i' and 'e' in Alaiye, reportedly because of a misspelled [[Telegraphy|telegram]] in 1933.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==History==
{{further|topic=medieval beylik period|Alaiye}}
[[File:Alanya by Piri Reis color.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Piri Reis]] map of Alanya from 1525 showing the extent of the medieval city and the location on the Pamphylia plain.|alt=A detailed drawing of a map of a distinct peninsula with a walled city, and a curved bay below it. Mountains are included on the right, as is a compass rose on the left.]]
Finds in the nearby [[Karain Cave]] indicate occupation during the [[Paleolithic]] era as far back as {{nowrap|20,000 BC}},<ref name="kultur"/> and archeological evidence shows a port existed at [[Syedra]], south of the modern city, during the [[Bronze Age]] around {{nowrap|3,000 BC}}.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="kultur">{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="waqf">{{cite journal
  | jstor= 3642717
  | 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 }}</ref> [[Diadochi|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 [[Isauria]]n population, and the port became a popular refuge for [[Ancient Mediterranean piracy|Mediterranean pirates]].<ref name="Korekesion">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="graffiti">{{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 }}</ref>

The [[Roman Republic]] fought [[Cilicia]]n pirates in {{nowrap|102 BC}}, when [[Marcus Antonius Orator|Marcus Antonius the Orator]] established a [[proconsul]]ship in nearby [[Side, Turkey|Side]], and in {{nowrap|78 BC}} under [[Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (consul 79 BC)|Servilius Vatia]], who moved to control the Isaurian tribes.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In [[Strabo|Strabo's]] reckoning, Coracesium marked the boundary between [[ancient Pamphylia]] and [[ancient Cilicia|Cilicia]] ([[Cilicia Trachaea]], in particular); though other ancient authors placed the boundary elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite DGRG|title=Cilicia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>Pius Bonifacius Gams, [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae''], Leipzig 1931, p.&nbsp;450</ref><ref>Michel Lequien, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0agp0mJFG_sC ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus''], Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 1007-1008</ref><ref>Raymond 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. 804</ref><ref>Sophrone Pétridès, [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04355a.htm v. ''Coracesium''], [[Catholic Encyclopedia]], vol. IV, New York 1908</ref> No longer a residential bishopric, Coracesium is today listed by the [[Catholic Church]] as a [[titular see]].<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 874</ref>

[[Islam]] arrived in the 7th century with [[Byzantine-Arab Wars|Arab raids]], which led to the construction of new fortifications.<ref name="kultur"/> The area fell from Byzantine control after the [[Battle of Manzikert]] in 1071 to tribes of [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk Turks]], only to be returned in 1120 by [[John II Komnenos]].<ref>{{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]|doi-access= free }}</ref>
[[File:Kayqubad.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Kayqubad I]] in Alanya|alt=A stone statue of a man in warrior clothes on horseback.]]
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 [[Kayqubad I|Alaeddin Kayqubad I]] captured it, assigning the former ruler, whose daughter he married, to the governance of the city of [[Akşehir]].<ref name="basil">{{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}}</ref> Seljuk rule saw the golden age of the city, and it can be considered the winter capital of their empire.<ref>{{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]}}</ref> Building projects, including the [[Alanya Castle|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]].<ref name="Inalcik">{{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}}</ref> 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 [[emir]]s, and constructed by the [[General contractor|contractor]] Abu 'Ali al-Kattani al-Halabi.<ref name="waqf"/> Alaeddin Kayqubad I's son, Sultan [[Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II]], continued the building campaign with a new [[cistern]] in 1240.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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]]. [[Lusignan]]s from [[Kingdom of Cyprus|Cyprus]] briefly overturned the then ruling [[Hamidids|Hamidid dynasty]] in 1371.<ref>{{cite encyclopaedia|url= http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9039020 |title= Hamid Dynasty |access-date=January 29, 2007 |encyclopaedia= [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year= 2007 }}</ref> The Karamanids sold the city in 1427 for 5,000 gold coins to the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|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 [[Mersin Province|eyalet of Içel]].<ref name="crane">{{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}}</ref> The Ottomans extended their rule in 1477 when they brought the main shipping trade, [[lumber]], then mostly done by [[Venice|Venetians]], under the [[government monopoly]].<ref name="Inalcik"/> On September 6, 1608, the city rebuffed a naval attack by the [[Order of Saint Stephen]] from the [[Duchy of Florence]].<ref name="medici">{{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 }}</ref>

[[File:Tersane2-wm archiv.jpg|thumb|left|The Seljuk era Tersane was a drydock for ships.|alt=A hill populated with houses slants down into a blue-green sea below a stone dock with five arches. A stone wall extends along the sea from the dock to the lower right.]]
Trade in the region was reduced 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 centre.<ref>{{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]}}</ref> In 1571 the Ottomans designated the city as part of the newly conquered [[Cyprus under the Ottoman Empire|province of Cyprus]].<ref name="kultur"/> 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.<ref name="crane"/> The city was reassigned in 1864 under [[Konya Province|Konya]], and in 1868 under [[Antalya]], as it is today.<ref name="kultur"/> 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.<ref name="Korekesion"/> Bandits again became common across Antalya Province in the mid-nineteenth century.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

After World War I, Alanya was nominally [[Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire|partitioned]] in the 1917 [[Agreement of St.-Jean-de-Maurienne]] to [[Italy]], before returning to the [[Turkey|Turkish Republic]] in 1923 under the [[Treaty of Lausanne]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Like others in this region, the city suffered heavily following [[Turkish War of Independence|the war]] and the [[Exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey|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}}.<ref name="census">{{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 }}</ref> Tourism in the region started among [[Turkish people|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.<ref name="tarihi"/>

==Geography==
[[File:Alanya map.svg|thumb|upright|Map of the Alanya Peninsula]]
Located on the [[Gulf of Antalya]] on the [[Anatolia]]n 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.<ref name="numbers">{{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}}</ref> 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 [[Konya Province|Province of Konya]], [[Sarıveliler]] in the [[Karaman Province|Province of Karaman]], and the coastal [[Gazipaşa]] district.<ref name="akis">{{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 }}</ref> 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 forests|Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forest]], which include [[Lebanon Cedar]], evergreen scrub, fig trees, and black pine.<ref>{{NatGeo ecoregion|id=pa1207|name=Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests|access-date=September 7, 2008}}</ref> The Alanya [[Massif]] refers to the area of [[metamorphic rock]]s east of [[Antalya]]. This formation is divided into three [[nappe]]s from lowest to highest, the Mahmutlar, the Sugözü, and the Yumrudağ. The similar [[lithology]] extends beneath the city in a [[Window (geology)|tectonic window]].<ref>{{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|hdl= 11511/46311 |hdl-access= free }}</ref> [[Bauxite]], an aluminum ore, is common to the area north of city, and can be mined.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

[[File:Tip of the Alanya peninsula.jpg|thumb|left|Tip of the Alanya Peninsula|alt=Blue-green sea surrounds a rocky peninsula covered by green trees and a stone castle wall with crenelations.]]
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 VII|Cleopatra]]" possibly derives from either the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] princess' visit here or the area's inclusion in her dowry to [[Mark Antony]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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}}

===Climate===
Alanya has a typical [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen]]: ''Csa''), or a dry-summer [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]]: ''<nowiki/>'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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Winters, however, are mild and wet. Storm cells sometimes bring with them fair weather [[waterspout]]s when close to the shore.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{{Clear}}
{{Weather box 
|metric first= Yes 
|single line= Yes 
|location= Alanya (1991-2020, extremes 1970-present)
|Jan record high C = 23.2
|Feb record high C = 25.0
|Mar record high C = 28.5
|Apr record high C = 32.5
|May record high C = 36.0
|Jun record high C = 38.8
|Jul record high C = 43.7
|Aug record high C = 41.6
|Sep record high C = 38.2
|Oct record high C = 35.9
|Nov record high C = 31.5
|Dec record high C = 24.7
|year record high C = 
|Jan high C = 16.5
|Feb high C = 17.0
|Mar high C = 19.1
|Apr high C = 21.8
|May high C = 25.7
|Jun high C = 29.7
|Jul high C = 32.7
|Aug high C = 33.4
|Sep high C = 31.3
|Oct high C = 27.4
|Nov high C = 22.4
|Dec high C = 18.1
|year high C =
|Jan mean C = 12.4
|Feb mean C = 12.8
|Mar mean C = 14.9
|Apr mean C = 17.8
|May mean C = 21.8
|Jun mean C = 25.9
|Jul mean C = 28.9
|Aug mean C = 29.5
|Sep mean C = 27.1
|Oct mean C = 22.9
|Nov mean C = 17.9
|Dec mean C = 14.1
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = 9.5
|Feb low C = 9.6
|Mar low C = 11.5
|Apr low C = 14.4
|May low C = 18.5
|Jun low C = 22.4
|Jul low C = 25.4
|Aug low C = 26.1
|Sep low C = 23.4
|Oct low C = 19.3
|Nov low C = 14.6
|Dec low C = 11.2
|Jan record low C = -1.9
|Feb record low C = -2.2
|Mar record low C = 0.9
|Apr record low C = 4.0
|May record low C = 9.8
|Jun record low C = 13.3
|Jul record low C = 16.9
|Aug record low C = 14.1
|Sep record low C = 13.2
|Oct record low C = 9.5
|Nov record low C = 2.9
|Dec record low C = 0.4
|year record low C = -2.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 210.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 137.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 91.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 68.8
|May precipitation mm = 36.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 9.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 3.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 2.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 29.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 100.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 158.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 251.2
|year precipitation mm =
| unit precipitation days =  1.0 mm
| precip days colour      = 
| Jan precipitation days  =11.7
| Feb precipitation days  =9.2
| Mar precipitation days  =6.9
| Apr precipitation days  =5.9
| May precipitation days  =3.1
| Jun precipitation days  =1.8
| Jul precipitation days  =1.5
| Aug precipitation days  =1.3
| Sep precipitation days  =2.6
| Oct precipitation days  =5.1
| Nov precipitation days  =7.2
| Dec precipitation days  =10.9
| year precipitation days =
|Jan humidity = 62.4
|Feb humidity = 61
|Mar humidity = 62.4
|Apr humidity = 66.6
|May humidity = 68.3
|Jun humidity = 66.8
|Jul humidity = 66.5
|Aug humidity = 65.5
|Sep humidity = 60.7
|Oct humidity = 58.2
|Nov humidity = 58.7
|Dec humidity = 63.5
 
|Jan sun = 127.1
|Feb sun = 127.1
|Mar sun = 192.2
|Apr sun = 219.0
|May sun = 288.3
|Jun sun = 348.0
|Jul sun = 325.5
|Aug sun = 316.2
|Sep sun = 273.0
|Oct sun = 220.1
|Nov sun = 159.0
|Dec sun = 133.3

|Jand sun = 4.1
|Febd sun = 4.5
|Mard sun = 6.2
|Aprd sun = 7.3
|Mayd sun = 9.3
|Jund sun = 11.6
|Juld sun = 10.5
|Augd sun = 10.2
|Sepd sun = 9.1
|Octd sun = 7.1
|Novd sun = 5.3
|Decd sun = 4.3
|source 1 = [[NOAA]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Alanya_17310.csv |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Alanya |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=ncei.noaa.gov |publisher=[[NOAA|National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration]] |no-pp=y |format=CSV |quote=WMO Station Number: 17310}}</ref> Turkish State Meteorological Service (extremes-sun)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmi.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=ALANYA |title=İl ve İlçelerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler- Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü |publisher=Dmi.gov.tr |date=December 2012 |access-date=2019-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604212149/http://dmi.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=ALANYA |archive-date=2012-06-04 }}</ref>
|source 2= Meteomanz(extremes since 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meteomanz.com/sy3?l=1&cou=6290&ind=17310&m1=01&y1=2012&m2=05&y2=2024 |title=Alanya - Weather data by months |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=meteomanz |no-pp=y}}</ref> Weather2 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Turkey/Alanya/climate-profile.aspx?month=7 |title=July Climate History for Alanya &#124; Local &#124; Turkey |publisher=Myweather2.com |date= October 2011|access-date=2013-03-25}}</ref>
}}

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|+Alanya mean sea temperature<ref>{{cite web|title= Monthly Alanya water temperature chart|url=http://www.seatemperature.org/middle-east/turkey/alanya-january.htm|publisher=seatemperature.org|access-date=23 August 2013}}</ref>
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|{{convert|17.8|°C}}
|{{convert|16.9|°C}}
|{{convert|17.3|°C}}
|{{convert|17.9|°C}}
|{{convert|21.2|°C}}
|{{convert|25.3|°C}}
|{{convert|27.9|°C}}
|{{convert|29.0|°C}}
|{{convert|27.7|°C}}
|{{convert|24.9|°C}}
|{{convert|21.2|°C}}
|{{convert|19.0|°C}}
|}

==Main sights==
[[File:Burgberg5-wm archiv.jpg|thumb|The Byzantine era Church of Saint Constantine inside Alanya Castle was also used as a mosque.|alt=Ruins of a small stone domed structure built in a Byzantine style with tall windows. Grasses grow on the second level, as do trees behind it.]]
On the peninsula stands [[Alanya Castle]], a [[Seljuq dynasty|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Inside the castle is the Süleymaniye [[mosque]] and [[caravanserai]], built by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]].<ref name="hp"/> The old city walls surround much of the eastern peninsula, and can be walked. Inside the walls are numerous historic [[villa]]s, 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 [[Ethnography|ethnographic]] museum. Sultan [[Kayqubad I]] brought the architect Ebu Ali from [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]] to Alanya to design the building.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 [[arch]]es.<ref name="hp">{{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 }}</ref> The [[Alara Castle]] and caravanserai near [[Manavgat]], also built under Kayqubad's authority, has been converted into a museum and heritage center.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name="museum">{{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 }}</ref>

Alanya is a member of the [[Norwich]]-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> In 2009, city officials filed to include Alanya Castle and Tersane as [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s, and were named to the 2009 Tentative List.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

{{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.}}

==Demographics==
{{further|Demographics of Turkey}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%; margin-left:15px; margin-top:0; text-align:center; float:right"
|+Historic populations
|- 
! Year
! District
! City
|-
| 1893<ref name="census"/> ||colspan=2| 37914
<!-- 
|-
| 1935 || || 5174
|-
| 1940 || || 5162
|-
| 1945 || || 5884
|-
| 1950 || || 6623
|-
| 1955 || || 8049
|-
| 1960<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muratkocak.com.tr/alanya/haber_detay.asp?haberID=2 |title=Alanya'da Kültür |first=Murat |last=Koçak |date=April 9, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2014 |work=Cultural Arts Draft Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213133/http://www.muratkocak.com.tr/alanya/haber_detay.asp?haberID=2 |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> || || 10129 -->
|-
| 1965<ref name="TÜİK1965">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf | title = 1965 General Census | date = 1965 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220531152603/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf | archive-date = 31 May 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 43459 || 12436
|-
| 1970<ref name="TÜİK1970">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf | title = 1970 General Census | date = 1970 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810121207/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 53552 || 15011
|-
| 1975<ref name="TÜİK1975">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf | title = 1975 General Census | date = 1975 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810123238/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 63235 || 18520
|-
| 1980<ref name="TÜİK1980">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | title = 1980 General Census | date = 1980 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220617101828/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | archive-date = 17 June 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 74148 || 22190
|-
| 1985<ref name="TÜİK1985">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | title = 1985 General Census | date = 1986 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210522110755/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | archive-date = 22 May 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 87080 || 28733
|-
| 1990<ref name="TÜİK1990">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | title = 1990 General Census | date = 1991 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205734/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | archive-date = 31 August 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 129106 || 52460
|-
| 1997<ref name="TÜİK1997">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | title = 1997 Population Count | date = 1999 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113057/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref> || 235884 || 117311
|-
| 2007<ref name=tuik1>{{cite web|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |title=Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts|publisher=[[Turkish Statistical Institute|TÜIK]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref><ref name=tuik2>{{cite web|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |title=Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters|publisher=[[Turkish Statistical Institute|TÜIK]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> || 226236 || 91713
|-
| 2012<ref name=tuik1/><ref name=tuik2/> || 264692 || 104573
|-
| 2017<ref name=tuik1/> || 299464 || -
|-
| 2022<ref name=tuik1/> || 364180 || -
|}
From only 87,080 in 1985,<ref name="TÜİK1985"/> the district has surged to hold a population of 364,180 in 2022.<ref name="tuik1"/> 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 [[Real estate bubble|housing market bubble]].<ref name="reeta">{{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]] }}</ref> In 2007, the city itself had a population of 134,396, of which 9,789 are [[Demographics of Europe|European expatriates]], about half of them from [[Germany]] and [[Denmark]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 17,850 total foreigners own property in Alanya.<ref name="percent"/> 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.<ref name=Yesil>{{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 }}</ref> During the summer the population increases due to large numbers of tourists, about {{nowrap|1.1 million}} each year pass through the city.<ref name="numbers"/> Both [[Turkish people|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, Turkey|Southeastern Anatolia Region]] and the [[Black Sea Region, Turkey|Black Sea region]]. In the first decade of the 21st century, the town has seen a surge in [[Illegal immigration|illegal]] foreign immigrants from the [[Middle East]] and [[South Asia]], both to stay and to attempt to enter [[European Union]] [[List of European Union member states by population|countries]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> {{As of|2006}}, {{nowrap|1,217 migrants}} claim residence in Alanya while working abroad.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{update inline|date=November 2020}} [[Yörük]] nomads also live in the [[Taurus Mountains]] north of the city on a seasonal basis.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Additionally, there is a small [[Ethnic groups of Africa|African]] community descendant from imported [[Slavery (Ottoman Empire)|Ottoman slaves]].<ref>{{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]] }}</ref> In 2018, it was estimated that around 300 [[Finns]] live permanently in Alanya and 3,000 during the Winter.<ref name="yle.fi">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" 
|+  Nationality<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=109871&bolum=132 |title= Foreign interest in Alanya on the rise |date=24 May 2008 |website=www.todayszaman.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080524054352/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=109871&bolum=132 |access-date=2020-11-03|archive-date= 2008-05-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/alanya-sweet-home-for-expats/221446 |title=Alanya: Sweet home for expats |website= www.aa.com.tr|access-date=2020-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/business/2017/07/26/germans-in-alanya-want-to-see-quick-recovery-in-relations|title=Germans in Alanya want to see quick recovery in relations|first=Daily Sabah with|last=AA|date=July 26, 2017|website=Daily Sabah}}</ref><ref name="yle.fi"/>
|-
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |  ''Foreigners in Alanya''
|-
| 1 || {{Flagcountry|Germany}} || align=right | {{nts|10000}}
|-
| 2 || {{Flagcountry|Denmark}} || align=right | {{nts|3821}}
|-
| 3 || {{Flagcountry|Finland}} || align=right | {{nts|3000}}
|-
| 4 || {{Flagcountry|Russia}} || align=right | {{nts|769}}
|-
| 5 || {{Flagcountry|Holland}} || align=right | {{nts|634}}
|-
| 6 || {{Flagcountry|Norway}} || align=right | {{nts|521}}
|-
| 7 || {{Flagcountry|England}} || align=right | {{nts|475}}
|-
| 8 || {{Flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} || align=right | {{nts|383}}
|-
| 9 || {{Flagcountry|Sweden}} || align=right | {{nts|303}}
|-
| 10 || {{Flagcountry|Ukraine}} || align=right | {{nts|297}}
|-
|}

The city is nearly 99% [[Muslim]], and although many ancient [[Church (building)|churches]] can be found in the district, there are no weekly Christian [[Mass (liturgy)|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> In 2015, the town began renovations of the [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] Agios Georgios Church in the village of Hacı Mehmetli, and the church has been used for a monthly [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] service.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Alanya also provides the Atatürk Cultural Center to Christian groups on a regular basis for larger religious ceremonies.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Education and health==
{{further|Education in Turkey}}
[[File:Alanya school children.jpg|thumb|left|Young students from an Alanya school at their class garden|alt=Several children dressed in blue wearing backpacks crowd around a small rock enclosure.]]
The city has 95% [[literacy]], with [[Public school (government funded)|public]] and [[private school|private]] schools, and a roughly {{nowrap|1:24 [[student-teacher ratio]]}}.<ref name="numbers"/> Rural villages are, however, disadvantaged by the limited number of [[Secondary education|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]].<ref>{{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 Holding|Doğuş İnşaat]] |year= 2004 |access-date= February 17, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Akdeniz University]] of [[Antalya]] launched the Alanya Faculty of Business, as a [[satellite campus]] that focuses on the tourism industry.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The school hosts an International Tourism Conference annually in coordination with [[Buckinghamshire New University]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The city also has plans to open a private university in 2012.<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[Başkent University Medical and Research Center of Alanya]], a [[teaching hospital]] run by [[Başkent University]] in [[Ankara]] is one of nineteen hospitals in Alanya.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Other major hospitals include the 300-bed Alanya State Hospital and the 90-bed Private Hayat Hospital.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Culture==
[[File:Alanya06-bazylek.jpg|thumb|The [[Kızıl Kule]], 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 [[Festivals in Republic of Turkey|Turkish festival]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 [[Ethnography|ethnographic]] museum. The Jazz Festival hosts Turkish and international [[jazz]] musicians in a series of five free concerts.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
[[File:Alanyafest2011.jpg|thumb|left|Rockcorn from Finland perform during the 2011 Alanya International Culture and Art Festival|alt=Two guitarists in blue shirts perform on stage in front of a blue and white poster in Turkish.]]
The Alanya Chamber Orchestra, formed of members of the Antalya State Opera and Ballet, gave its inaugural performance on December 7, 2007.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The International Alanya Stone Sculpture Symposium, begun is 2004, is held over the month of November.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The Alanya Documentary Festival was launched in 2001 by the Alanya Cinémathèque Society and the Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[Onat Kutlar]], Turkish poet and writer, and founder of the [[Istanbul International Film Festival]] was born in Alanya, as was actress Sema Önür.

[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Atatürk]]'s visit to Alanya is also celebrated on its anniversary each February 18, centered on Atatürk's House and Museum.<ref name="Korekesion"/> The Alanya Museum is home to [[archaeology]] found in and around the city, including a large bronze [[Hercules]] statue, ceramics, and Roman limestone [[ossuary|ossuaries]], as well as historic copies of the [[Qur'an]].<ref name="museum"/><ref>{{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}}</ref> European residents of Alanya also often celebrate their national holidays, such as [[Norwegian Constitution Day]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and the city set up a [[Christmas market]] in December 2010.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[Iranian peoples|Iranians]] also celebrate the Persian New Year, [[Nowruz|Nevruz]], in Alanya.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Government==
{{update section|date=November 2020}}
[[File:Alanya. Monument to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.jpg|thumb|Many national celebrations are centered at the downtown [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] 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 [[List of mayors of Alanya|first mayor]] in 1901. Today, Alanya is governed by a mayor and a municipality council made up of thirty-seven members.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Elections in Turkey|Elections]] are held every five years, with the next to be held in March 2029.
[[File:Mevlutcavusoglu.jpg|thumb|left|MP [[Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu]] (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}}.<ref name="pop">{{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 }}</ref> Alanya is greatly influenced by the provincial government in Antalya, and the national government in [[Ankara]], which appoints a [[List of governors of Alanya|governor]] for the district, currently Dr. Hulusi Doğan.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Nationally, in the [[2007 Turkish general election|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu]], of the Justice and Development Party, is the only native Alanyalilar [[Member of Parliament]] representing Antalya Province in the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]], where he chairs the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Çavuşoğlu is the current{{when|date=November 2020}} [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|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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==Economy==
{{update section|date=November 2020}}
[[File:Alanya Market 50.jpg|thumb|Locally grown fruits for sale in a market in the farming district of Obaköy, outside Alanya|alt=Dozens of baskets of brightly colored fruits and vegetables stacked around intersecting aisles at a market.]]
The tourist industry in Alanya is worth just under {{nowrap|1.1 billion [[euro]]s}} per year, and is therefore the principal industry.<ref name="numbers"/>{{when|date=November 2020}} The area has many fruit farms, particularly lemons and oranges, and large harvests of tomatoes, bananas and cucumbers.<ref name="numbers"/><ref>{{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 }}</ref> About 80,000 tonnes of [[citrus fruits]] were produced in 2006 across {{convert|16840|ha|acre}}. The [[greengage|greengage plum]] and the [[avocado]] are increasingly popular early season fruits where citrus fruits are becoming unprofitable.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> This innovative system was part of [[Elinor Ostrom]]'s research on economic governance which led to her 2009 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize in Economics]]. In 2007, locals protested the establishment of some larger chain [[supermarket]]s and clothing stores, which have opened branches in Alanya.<ref name="crackdown">{{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 }}</ref>

Beginning in 2003, with the provisional elimination of restrictions on [[Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey|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.<ref name="reeta"/> Sixty-nine percent of homes purchased by foreign nationals in the [[Antalya Province]] and 29.9% in all of Turkey are in Alanya.<ref name="percent">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> Buyers are primarily individuals, rather than investors.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> This housing boom put pressure on the city's many [[gecekondu]] houses and establishments as property values rise and property sales to locals fall.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> A height restriction in the city limits most buildings to {{nowrap|21 feet}} ({{nowrap|6.5 m}}).<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="now">{{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 }}</ref>

===Tourism===
{{update section|reason=covid-19|date=June 2020}}
[[File:Damlataş Cave.jpg|thumb|Tourism began following the opening of Damlataş Cave in the 1950s.|alt=Numerous white, blue, and orange boats float tied to a dock in a greenish sea. Mountains rise on the other side of a bay.]]
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.<ref name="tarihi">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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]] }}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Many tourists, especially [[Scandinavia]]ns, [[Germans]], [[Russians]], and [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]], regularly vacation in Alanya during the [[summer|warmer months]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://dukechronicle.com/article/while-i-wasnt-sleeping |title=While I wasn't sleeping |first=Leslie |last=Griffith |work=[[The Chronicle (Duke University)|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 }}</ref> They are drawn to the area because of property prices, warm weather, sandy beaches, famous Turkish Hammam and access to [[Antalya Province#Places of interest|Antalya's historic sites]], and fine [[Cuisine of Turkey|cuisine]].<ref>{{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]] }}</ref>

Other outdoor tourist activities include [[wind surfing]], [[parasailing]], and [[banana boat (boat)|banana boating]]. Attractions include Europe's largest waterpark, Sealanya, and Turkey's largest [[Kart racing|go-kart]] track.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Hunting season also attracts some tourist for wild goat, pig and partridge hunting in area nature reserves.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Media==
Alanya has 10 local daily newspapers.<ref name="numbers"/> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The free regional newspaper, Riviera News, is printed in English and is widely available in Alanya.

Five radio stations broadcast from the city.<ref name="numbers"/> Alanya [[FM broadcasting|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Two television stations are local to Alanya, Kanal Alanya, and Alanya Televizyonu, abbreviated ATV, which is partnered with Alanya RadyoTime.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Transportation==
{{further|Transport in Turkey}}
[[File:alanyamarinapanorama.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Alanya Marina was opened in 2010 at a cost of $10 million with space for 437 boats.<ref name=marina>{{cite news |url= http://www.haberler.com/alanya-marina-londra-da-tanitildi-5558247-haberi/ |title= Alanya Marina, Londra'da Tanıtıldı |work= Haberler |date= January 17, 2014 |access-date= February 7, 2014}}</ref>|alt=Dozens of sailboats crowd a marina under a cloudy sky along a mountain-lined coast.]]
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> No train routes go to Alanya or [[Antalya Province]], and there are no train stations in the district.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

There are bus and [[Dolmuș|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 [[ferry|ferries]] and [[hydrofoil]]s depart for [[Kyrenia]] in the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Cruise ships docking at Alanya have increased 50% in 2013, with 53 estimated to have brought 56,000 passengers the end of the year.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Further west of the city is the Alanya Marina, which started services in 2008 while still under construction,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> completing its expansion in 2010.<ref name=marina/> The 85-km<sup>2</sup> (33-sq-mi) marina allowed Alanya to participate in the 2008 Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> The city is also investing in a [[community bicycle program]] with 150 bicycles and twenty terminals.<ref name="bikes">{{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 }}</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:Alanya Volleyball.jpg|thumb|left|Women's teams in the 2006 beach volleyball tournament|alt=Two female beach volleyball player dressed in black receive a volley from two others dressed in red. Light blue boards covered in advertising enclose the sandy playing court.]]
Alanya is home to a [[Women's professional sports|woman's]] [[basketball]] team, Alanya Belediye, which started in the [[Turkish Women's Basketball League|first division]] but was relegated after the 2002 season. The city hosts a [[Süper Lig]] [[Football (soccer)|soccer]] team, [[Alanyaspor]]. The club was founded in 1948, and play home games at Milli Egemenlik Stadium. It played in the [[Bank Asya First League|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The public Alanya Municipality Sports Facility is located adjacent to Milli Egemenlik Stadium, which is one of thirteen facilities.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
[[File:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012 Alanya-Alanya stage.JPG|thumb|The [[Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey]] 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[Marathon swimming]] competitions have also been connected to the triathlon since 1992.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Building on the triathlon's success, Alanya hosted a [[modern pentathlon]] in 2009.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> Alanya is also the regular host of The Turkish Open, part of the [[Nestea]] European [[Beach Volleyball]] championship tour, which takes place in May.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2007, the [[Turkish Volleyball Federation]] persuaded the [[Confédération Européenne de Volleyball|European Volleyball Confederation]] to build a beach volleyball training facility in Alanya, and make it the exclusive "center of beach volleyball in Europe".<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

The city is also a frequent host to national events, such as the annual beach [[team handball|handball]] tournament.<ref name=handball>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Other cycling events include the Alanya International Mountain Bike Race.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Additionally, the [[Union Européenne de Cyclisme|European Cycling Union]] had its 2010 European road cycling championship and 2010 ordinary congress meeting in Alanya.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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

==Neighbourhoods==
There are 103 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Alanya District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Akçatı, Alanya|Akçatı]]
* [[Akdam, Alanya|Akdam]]
* [[Alacami, Alanya|Alacami]]
* Alara
* [[Aliefendi, Alanya|Aliefendi]]
* [[Asmaca, Alanya|Asmaca]]
* [[Avsallar]]
* [[Bademağacı, Alanya|Bademağacı]]
* [[Basırlı, Alanya|Basırlı]]
* [[Başköy, Alanya|Başköy]]
* [[Bayırköy, Alanya|Bayırköy]]
* [[Bayırkozağacı, Alanya|Bayırkozağacı]]
* Bektaş
* [[Beldibi, Alanya|Beldibi]]
* [[Beyreli, Alanya|Beyreli]]
* [[Bıçakçı, Alanya|Bıçakçı]]
* [[Bucakköy, Alanya|Bucakköy]]
* [[Burçaklar, Alanya|Burçaklar]]
* Büyükhasbahçe
* [[Büyükpınar, Alanya|Büyükpınar]]
* [[Çakallar, Alanya|Çakallar]]
* [[Çamlıca, Alanya|Çamlıca]]
* Çarşı
* [[Cikcilli, Alanya|Cikcilli]]
* [[Çıplaklı, Alanya|Çıplaklı]]
* Cumhuriyet
* [[Değirmendere, Alanya|Değirmendere]]
* [[Demirtaş, Alanya|Demirtaş]]
* [[Dereköy, Alanya|Dereköy]]
* Dinek
* [[Elikesik, Alanya|Elikesik]]
* [[Emişbeleni, Alanya|Emişbeleni]]
* [[Fakırcalı, Alanya|Fakırcalı]]
* Fığla
* [[Gözübüyük, Alanya|Gözübüyük]]
* [[Gözüküçüklü, Alanya|Gözüküçüklü]]
* Güllerpınarı
* [[Gümüşgöze, Alanya|Gümüşgöze]]
* [[Gümüşkavak, Alanya|Gümüşkavak]]
* [[Güneyköy, Alanya|Güneyköy]]
* [[Güzelbağ, Alanya|Güzelbağ]]
* Hacet
* [[Hacıkerimler, Alanya|Hacıkerimler]]
* [[Hacımehmetli, Alanya|Hacımehmetli]]
* Hisariçi
* [[Hocalar, Alanya|Hocalar]]
* [[İmamlı, Alanya|İmamlı]]
* [[İncekum, Alanya|İncekum]]
* [[İshaklı, Alanya|İshaklı]]
* [[İspatlı, Alanya|İspatlı]]
* Kadıpaşa
* [[Karakocalı, Alanya|Karakocalı]]
* [[Karamanlar, Alanya|Karamanlar]]
* [[Karapınar, Alanya|Karapınar]]
* [[Kargıcak, Alanya|Kargıcak]]
* [[Kayabaşı, Alanya|Kayabaşı]]
* [[Keşefli, Alanya|Keşefli]]
* [[Kestel, Alanya|Kestel]]
* [[Kızılcaşehir, Alanya|Kızılcaşehir]]
* Kızlarpınarı
* [[Kocaoğlanlı, Alanya|Kocaoğlanlı]]
* [[Konaklı, Alanya|Konaklı]]
* Küçükhasbahçe
* [[Kuzyaka, Alanya|Kuzyaka]]
* [[Mahmutlar]]
* [[Mahmutseydi, Alanya|Mahmutseydi]]
* [[Oba, Alanya|Oba]]
* [[Obaalacami, Alanya|Obaalacami]]
* Okurcalar
* [[Orhanköy, Alanya|Orhanköy]]
* [[Ortakonuş, Alanya|Ortakonuş]]
* [[Öteköy, Alanya|Öteköy]]
* [[Özvadi, Alanya|Özvadi]]
* [[Paşaköy, Alanya|Paşaköy]]
* [[Payallar, Alanya|Payallar]]
* [[Saburlar, Alanya|Saburlar]]
* [[Sapadere, Alanya|Sapadere]]
* Saray
* Şekerhane
* [[Seki, Alanya|Seki]]
* [[Şıhlar, Alanya|Şıhlar]]
* [[Soğukpınar, Alanya|Soğukpınar]]
* Sugözü
* [[Süleymanlar, Alanya|Süleymanlar]]
* [[Taşbaşı, Alanya|Taşbaşı]]
* Tepe
* [[Tırılar, Alanya|Tırılar]]
* Tophane
* [[Toslak, Alanya|Toslak]]
* [[Tosmur, Alanya|Tosmur]]
* [[Türkler, Alanya|Türkler]]
* [[Türktaş, Alanya|Türktaş]]
* [[Uğrak, Alanya|Uğrak]]
* [[Uğurlu, Alanya|Uğurlu]]
* [[Üzümlü, Alanya|Üzümlü]]
* [[Uzunöz, Alanya|Uzunöz]]
* [[Yalçı, Alanya|Yalçı]]
* Yasırali
* [[Yaylakonak, Alanya|Yaylakonak]]
* [[Yaylalı, Alanya|Yaylalı]]
* [[Yenice, Alanya|Yenice]]
* [[Yeniköy, Alanya|Yeniköy]]
* [[Yeşilöz, Alanya|Yeşilöz]]
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==International relations==
{{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 [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey|resettled]] in 1923 after the [[Treaty of Lausanne]]. Alanya is twinned with:<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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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 District Municipality|Šilutė]], Lithuania
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[South-Eastern Administrative Okrug|South-Eastern AO (Moscow)]], Russia
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Špindlerův Mlýn]], Czech Republic
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Talsi Municipality|Talsi]], Latvia
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Trakai District Municipality|Trakai]], Lithuania
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wodzisław Śląski]], Poland
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gmina Wronki|Wronki]], Poland
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg|Zelenogorsk]], Russia
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Borås]], Sweden
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===Friendly cities===
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Nowy Sącz]], Poland
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Turek, Poland|Turek]], Poland

==Notable residents==
* [[Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu]], Turkish diplomat and politician; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
* [[George C. McGhee]], U.S. diplomat and ambassador to Turkey

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Alanya]]
*[[List of mayors of Alanya]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{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}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{wikivoyage|Alanya}}
* {{Official website}}

{{Geographic location
 | Northwest = [[Gündoğmuş]]
 | North = [[Hadim]]
 | Northeast = [[Taşkent]]
 | West = [[Manavgat]]
 | Centre = [[File:Antalya location Alanya.svg|150px|alt=Map of Antalya Province showing several municipalities with Alanya on the right and in red]]
 | East = [[Sarıveliler]]
 | Southwest = [[Gulf of Antalya]]
 | South = [[Mediterranean Sea]]
 | Southeast = [[Gazipaşa]]
}}

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