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New Life in Alanya
Alanya History
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NEW LIFE IN ALANYA
It’s getting more and more attractive to buy property in Turkey. There are
various reasons for that: great climate - the temperature almost never
goes lower than 10 degrees C in winter, beautiful nature, hospitable
people and favourable prices. For example, you can get an apartment close
to the beach and to the city at a very attractive price (see our property
list).
Real estate property in Turkey is also a very prospective investment. If
we take a look at the prices on properties in Spain and Greece during the
last 15 years, we can see that their value has been continuously
increasing. The same progress is going on in Turkey. For example in Alanya
prices on some properties grew almost 100% during the last year. Turkey is
expected to enter into EU, which will also increase property values.
In Turkey foreign citizens have the right for ownership of real estate
properties. That is why they will never meet any problems like with time
share projects or projects with flats under a multi-ownership scheme for
example. Once you have signed for, and received the deeds (tapu), you
become an official owner of the property and you can do whatever you like
with it.
The paperwork involved in a property deal here is unique. For example, the
military authority should approve the deal. It is a procedure to be for
your benefit.
We hope you will come and live in Alanya!
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Alanya History
Alanya is a city situated in the Mediterranean,
in the eastern coast of Alanya Bay of the Anatolian Peninsula and its
history dates back to the antiqity. However, the research done in Kadı ini
Cave, near the city centre, in 1957 showed that the first settlement in
Alanya dated back to late Paleolitic Age 20 thousand years ago.
It is not yet known by whom or when Alanya was built. As a city, it first
appeared in history during the antiqity. In the antique era Alanya was
situated between the boundaries of Pamfilya and Kilikya, and was sometimes
considered to be a city of Kilikya and sometimes a city of Pamfilya.
Heredot states the people that lived in the region between Pamfilya and
Kilikya one descendants of people who spread to Anatolia after the Trojon
war. The first historical name of Alanya is Coracesium. The person who
mentioned the name of 'Coracesium' for the first time in history was 4th
B.C. geographer Skylaks. At that time this region was under the invasion
of the Persians. After some time the city become an important center for
the Mediterranean pirates and got strong enough to resist the Roman navy
and became a base of the frightening pirate of the Mediterranean: Dryphon.
Although VII. Antiochus, the Selefki king of the Syrian region, conquered
the city in 139 B.C., Coracesium continued to be a home for the pirates
for some more time. In 65 B.C., the city became a part of Rome after a
naval attack by the Roman Commander, Magnus Pompelus. Following the
collapse of Rome, the city went through the Byzantium era and had a new
name; Kalonoros which means beautiful mountain, that was given by the
sailors. In the 7th century the city resisted the Arabian invasion by
strengthening its walls. When the crusaders conquered Istanbul and
established the Latin Empire instead of the Byzantium in 1204, one of the
feudal lords, Kyr Vart, who benefited from the lack of authority in
Anatolia, took the control of Kalonoros.
In 1221, The Selcuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat, seized the control of the
city that he had besieged for some time, without fighting against Kyr Vart,
who surrendered. Alaaddin Keykubat got married to Kyr Vart's daughter and
had the city reconstructured and made it a winter capital city for the
Selcuks. He gave the city, the name of Alanya after his own name. With its
magnificient monuments and historical structure, Alanya, founded by
Alaaddin Keykubat has been given the status of World Culture and Heritage
nominee city by the United Nations science, culture and art institution;
Unesco. Alanya, which had its most brilliant era during the reign of
Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat , began to be controlled by Karamanoğulları
principality whose center was Konya, after the collapse of the Selcuk
State in 1300.
They made Alaiye a part of Memluk State in Egypt in 1427, in return for
5.000 golds. Alaiye was made a part of the Ottoman Empire in 1471 by Gedik
Ahmet Pasha, who was one of the commanders of Fatih, the Conqueror.
The Ottomans made Alanya a part of Cyprus State in 1571 and then a part of
the principality of Konya and finally that of Antalya in 1868 and in 1871
it was an administrative district of Antalya. The city was given the name
the name of Alanya in 1933 with the suggestion of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,
the founder of The Republic of Turkey. Alanya was an agricultural city,
depending on the production of citrus fruits and bananas in the first half
of the 20th century, whereas it became a center of national tourism
activities based on health due to the refreshing air of Damlataş Cave in
1950s. The touristic movement of the city gained an international
dimension, improving at a great pace with the help of its historical
background and natural beauties. Today, Alanya is one of the biggest
touristic centers of the Mediterranean with its capacity over 100 thousand
beds used for tourists.
The most remarkable characteristic of Alanya, making it different from
other touristic centers of the world and particularly from the
Mediterranean is that the city centre has become a big holiday resort
where all kinds of services and goods are available. There are lots of
options as for accommodation facilities, places for entertainment and
shopping centers in Alanya and its vast beaches are at your service
without any payments, ensuring the quality of the International Blue Flag.
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