WHY ALANYA?
Where the sun shines more than 300 days in a year.Just like the way the sun shines brightly in alanya, its history is also well known and felt everywhere. This beautiful city was built with the stones accumulated over thousands of years. The most remarkable characteristic of ‘Kalekent', which is in the midst of the waters surrounding the peninsula towards the Mediterranean, is that it has remained lively with people. A similar weight stone dating back to the antiqity and hanging on the loom of the old woman weaving a piece of cloth in the garden of her house in the citadel has been exhibited in the museum. There are four museum in Alanya. Alanya is surrounded by some cities of antiqity that will take a long time to be visited. Alanya is an important center of the Mediterranean when its history is considered.
Its history dates back to the pre-historical times when human beings didn't invent a way of writing. It was the home of pirates that couldn't be controlled even by Rome, a world empire in the antiqity. It experienced the Byzantine Empire Era during the medieval times and welcomed some feudal lords. It was the capital of Anatolian Selcuks and the Sultan admired the city so much that he gave his name to the city when it was under reconstruction. Alanya, today, is a nominee for Unesco Cultural Heritage of the world, thanks to its history of thousands of years .
What would you like to eat in Alanya? Let us remind you: it's not possible to find such a variety of choices from all favourite kitchens of the world even in the best holiday resorts. Turkish, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanees and Russian restaurants are in your service for day and night in Alanya.
What does ‘fun' mean? It means having a good time. One can have fun alone or with a group of friends. Alanya provides endless opportunities in any time of day to those who are looking for fun. You can have a good time during the day and night. You can also have fun in wild parties or be on your own. You will feel complete freedom in Alanya. That's why once you come to Alanya you will have the time of your life and never forget your holiday. People who have worked hard during the year prefers Alanya to have fun and relax in Alanya. Our European friends buy or rent houses in Alanya. You can have the privilege to have fun and relax in Alanya.
There are four general hospitals in Alanya-one belonging to the state, one to the university, and two to private sector-which are open 24 hours a day and where any kind of operation can be performed. Insurance's in European countries as well as international health insurance are valid in these hospital. When needed, the patient can be transferred abroad on an ambulance plane. In Alanya, there are also dialysis centers for patients of nephrosis. Besides, in the medical centers in towns and in the touristic facilities to give first aid when needed.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN ALANYA
When we talk about sports in Alanya, triathlon race which has an important place in the world sports rating is the first thing that comes to our mind. However, Alanya hosts a great number of international sports such as swimming marathon, mountain cycle, beach volleyball and beach football. In a way, Alanya is like a capital of alternative sports in Mediterranean. From spring to autumn, there's an international sports activity in Alanya. On international level, Alanya sports club struggles with the professional football team in Turkey second league and woman basketball team struggles in Turkey first league.
1-TRIATHLON
In 1978, American naval officer John collins formed a competition to test the endurance of human body in Hawai. First step is swimming on 3800 metres racecourse. Second step is mountain cycle race which will last 180 kilometres and the last part of it is the marathon running for 195 metres. Triathlon first came to Europe in 1983 and in 1991, this sports was done for the first time in Alanya, Turkey. Alanya Triathlon and Tennis Club was the initiator of founding Turkey Triathlon Federation. International Alanya Triathlon is a part of man and women European Championship. It consists of swimming for 1.5 kilometres, cycling for 40 kilometres and marathon race for 10 kilometres. Furthermore, there are some categories consisting of over 40 and 50 year-old men except European Championship
2-BEACH VOLLEYBALL
The first Beach Volley tournaments started in 1993 in Alanya as GAPS Alanya Beach Volleyball Tournaments by the support of Alanya Municipality. In 1996 part of world championship was held in Alanya. Following years Beach Volleyball organizations in Alanya have drawn the attention of FIVB. European Championship Finals was agreed to be held in 27 – 31 August in Alanya by the contribution of Mr. Dünya Baltacýoðlu. The prize for this finals was 100.000 € for men and was 100.000 € for women. A total of 24 men and 24 women participated from 24 different countries. Men's' class N. Berger / C.Doppler from Austria and women's' S. Pohl / O. Rau from Germany won the cup. There were a lot of press members and both national and international TVs and it was live broadcasted.
3-BEACH FOOTBALL
Alanya, as a city which is known where the Sports Organizations are held, has become the first one by organizing International Beach Football Championship on 14 – 16 July 2000. As a part of the World Championship, it lasted 3 days and national teams from 4 countries joined. Among Turkey, Germany, Brazil, Spain, Brazil won the cup in 2000. National teams from Turkey, Austria, Switzerland and England joined the cup for 12 – 14 July 2002 and Switzerland won the cup. Preparations to organize this event, which has a very high interest, have been running for the future years.
4-MOUNTAIN BIKE
International Alanya Mountainbike Competition has been organized since 1997. The Competition, which takes place in Alanya Castle, is a journey to the history both for the racers and watchers.
About 200 racers from 15 countries join the competition. It is in the E1 category of Union Cycliste International. The competition, which is organized with the observation of Turkey Cycling Federation, the coordination of Alanya Nature Sports Club and the support of Alanya Municipality, is 7 kilometers. The total reward is USD 12.000.
5-SKY BALL
Urban Ball or so called Sky Ball was first created by French footballer Dean G. Ildefonse as a combination of dance figures with football, basketball, handball and jym. Following France, this sport branch has become popular among USA, Germany, Austria, and Haiti. Urban Ball was first played in Alanya on 23 April 2002. More than 400 players participated at the first Sky Ball Championship. Second one was organized on 23 April 2003 with the name of Urban Ball.
6-STREET HANDBALL
Street Handball Championship has been organized since 1995. However after 2001 it has been organized to the name of Ramazan Demirci, the National Turkish Handball team player. The Championship lasts 5 days under the observation of Turkish Handball Federation. It is played in Damlataþ Beach and the categories are: Senior Men's, Junior men's, Senior Women's, Junior Women's, Elite Women's and Masters. Up to this year players from Bulgaria, Sweden, Denmark, Turkmenistan, Hungary, Romania, Azerbaijan, North Cyprus, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Israel and Austria have participated to the championship. Last year the 9th was organized on 24 – 29 June and 40 teams and 1000 players. Children championship placed in the Federation's calendar is organized on the same date.
7-BEACH HANDBALL
Alanya is not only a tourism centre but also is a city where many sports organisations are held.
International organisations supply important support to our town's promotion. Alanya Municipality besides Beach Volley and Beach Football has accepted idea of organising Beach Volley by the Turkish Handball Federation and the first Beach Volley Championship was held in 2002. Following this successful event in 2003 second one was organised and European Beach Valley Federation decided to organise the 2004 European Championship in Alanya. European Handball Federation (EHF) General Secretary Michael Wiederer, EHF Beach Handball Coordinator Peter Fröschl, Turkish Handball Federation (THF) President Günal Ensari, THF European Championship Coordinator Burak Tezcan, had a meeting and they observed the facilities were convenient and signed the contract for Europe Beach Handball Championship to be held in Alanya. It has been announced that more than 1000 players from 20 different countries would participate so travel agencies have preparations for the hotel reservations. Many newspaper and TV journalists have been invited for this event which will support the both Alanya and Turkey's promotion.
During their visit Wiederer and Fröschl looked very happy and also stated that they are sure that result of this cooperation of Alanya Municipality and THF would bring satisfactory benefits.
8-SWIMMING MARATHON RACE
International Alanya Swimming marathone has been organized since 1992. It is in October a few days before or after International Alanya Triathlon. It has various categories such as young men, young women, men and women over 40 years old. The marathone starts from Cleopatra Beach crosses Cilvarda on the edge of the Peninsula and finishes at the port. It is 5 kilometers. About 100 swimmers from 15 countries join the marathone. The reward is a wek holiday in Alanya. Applications to join the swimming marathone are accepted at Alanya Triathlon and Tennis Club.
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