Alanya Kilisesi

It was established on a small peninsula where the Mediterranean Sea is located in the South of the Taurus Mountains in the North of Alanya. Since it was located on the line between Pamfilya and Klikya in ancient times, it was sometimes called Pamfilya and sometimes Klikya.nnThere is no definite information about the first settlement of Alanya. The researches carried out by Prof. Dr. Kılınç KÖKTEN in Kadıini Cave, which is 12 km away from the city center in 1957, show that the history of the region dates back to the Upper Paleolithic (20,000, -17,000 BC) period.nnIt is not yet known when and by whom Alanya was founded for the first time. The oldest known name of the city is Korakesium. In the Byzantine period, it was named Kalanoros. In the 13th century, one of the Anatolian Seljuk rulers, Allaaddin Keykubat (1200-1237), changed the name of the city to Alaiye. Atatürk, who visited the city in 1935, named it Alanya. (The first mention of Korekesium is Scylax, one of the 4th century BC ancient geographers. During this period, the region was under the rule of the Persians who invaded a significant part of Anatolia. Batuta and Evliya Çelebi are travelers who travel the region and mention the city in their works.nnWe do not have much information about the early ages of the region and the Byzantine period. During the Arab invasions in the 7th century, city defense gained more importance and priority was given to castle constructions in order to protect against raids. is dated.nnAlaaddin Keykubad I, one of the rulers of the Anatolian Seljuks, defeated Kyr Vart, who ruled in the Alanya castle and one of the Christian dynasties, in 1221 and captured the castle. The ruler built a palace here in his name. The Seljuks, besides the capital Konya, carried out construction activities by using Alanya as a second capital and winter center.nnThe Mongol attacks in 1243 and the entry of the Egyptian Mamluks into Anatolia in 1277 destroyed the Seljuks, the Seljuk State was disintegrated in 1300 and the region was sold to the Mamluk Sultan for five thousand gold by the Karamanids, and then in 1471, during the reign of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, it was included within the borders of the Ottoman Empire.nnufffcnnAlanya, together with Tarsus, was attached to the state of Cyprus in 1571, and in 1864 it became the flag of Konya province. It was attached to Antalya in 1868 and became the district of this province in 1871.

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Place of His servants