Alanya History

Alanya south of the Taurus Mountains in the north of the Mediterranean Sea is located on a small peninsula. In ancient times the line between Pamphylia and Cilicia, Pamphylia sometimes it's sometimes referred to as Cilicia. Village Center District and Oba northeast of the village located between the skeleton and the fossils Bademagaci, Alanya's history, 'Dark Ages' is considered as the 'Upper Palaeolithic' (M.Ö.20, 000-17.000) is proof that extends to the period.
There is more information about the region's first and Byzantine eras. According to the writings of the famous historian Herodotus, BC Then there came a part of the Trojan War and strives 1820'deki settled here, the arrivals of various indigenous tribes hosts. BC Hittites in the 16th century, in the first half to set foot on this land, killing up to 600 people, of Cilicia and Pamphylia they were connected. BC Between 224-188 the whole of Cilicia, although it has been invaded by the United Antiocus, due to the difficulty of taking Coresium kuşatılmasının and has maintained its independence. MS7'nci century Arab raids during the defense of the city gained more importance, in order to guard against raids castle productions are given priority. For this reason, many castles and churches in Alanya and the surrounding 7.yüzyıla MS6 and dated. The oldest known name of the city Korakesium'dur. In the Byzantine period, was named Kalanoros. Anatolian Seljuk rulers 1 Aladdin Keykubad (1200-1237), who reigned in the castle of Alanya and the Kyr Vart'ı sülalelerinden Christian defeated in 1221 seized the castle. Kyr Vart'ın daughter who married the ruler, the city changed the name of a palace built in Alaiye. Seljuks, the capital city of Konya, Alanya, as well as a second center in the capital, and winter were found by using the reconstruction activities. Aladdin Keykubat the brightest days of the period of lives in the city. Today the castle, shipyards and many buildings still standing in that period.
As a result of the collapse of the Anatolian Seljuks in 1300 the city came under Karamanoğlu Principality. Based in Konya, Karaman, 1427 in the town of 5 thousand gold for the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt sells.
Finally, to ensure unity in Anatolia and the Ottoman Principality Alaiye to stand out, the commanders of Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1471 by Gedik Ahmet Pasha will be included in the territory of the Ottoman Empire.
Alaiye during the Ottoman Empire, before connected to the province of Cyprus (1571), and then made the flag of the Province of Konya (1864). Connected to a subdivision of a subdivision in 1868 in Antalya, Alanya district of Antalya in 1871 finally is done. Who visited the city in 1935, Ataturk gave the name of Alanya.