New landing at the airport Gazipaşa in Alanya Turkey.

Today at 10:45 the boeing 737-800 of the airline Corendon landed for the first time at the new airport Gazipaşa. The flight from the Netherlands, with 189 passengers has gone smoothly and the aircraft landed safely at the airport. 

The Christmas Market, organized by Alanya Foreigners Committee, will be held on December 11.

Alanya Foreigners Committee started the preparations for the second Christmas Market. The details of the event were discussed on the Committee meeting, which was also joined by the members of local foreign Asso...

A new Migros store, located on Barbaros Street, was opened 23rd of November.

Migros is the largest store in Mahmutlar, offering its customers a wide arrangement of daily goods. This 2-story store is located on Barbaros Street not far from Mahmutlar Cultural Center in front of Ares Hotel and Pepe’...

When Turkey came as a storm into the European holiday housing market in 2003-04, the developers in Spain shrugged their shoulders, and said: "Let them go on! The interest in Turkey is going to die out by itself within a short time ..."

They were wrong, the arrogant developers in Spain! For ce...

On the World Animal Day, the foreign resident of our district have visited the Dog Care Center.

On the World Animal Day, the foreign residents of Alanya have visited Demirtaş Dog Care Center. The group of the foreigners was joined by Alanya Municipality veterinarian Yakup Mecek and An...

Alanya Tour Operators Association (ALTİD) Vice President Hayriye Argun stated that Gazipaşa experiences a serious boom in demands. “If all the demands, made in accordance with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (SHGM) conditions, are approved, 2012 will be the most intense period for Gazipaşa Airport...

Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Holland show great interest in bicycle tours. By 2013, Antalya and Cappadocia regions expect over 100 thousand European cyclists.

European cyclists, who come to Turkey for training, stay an average of 18 days. As part of tour, they cycle about 78 km p...

The beaches of the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, welcoming millions of tourists each year, will be classified by assigning “the stars”.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will classify the beaches of the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts just like the hotels, assigning t...

When driving past at 35 feet road and look towards Tepe is a villa bathed in light. It's TV3 and Nordisk Film has borrowed danish Knud Bjerre's magnificent luxury villa in Tepe to record reality series "Tempted" to Danish and Norwegian TV3. The DK section was recorded from late June until the 6t...

Posters tell of animal rights, protection and to remind people to help stray animals. The campaign is launched at Alanya's many billboards.

The message on the posters is: "All suffering in the same way when they are abandoned," "Do not leave me," "Animals are living beings,...

For the many European owners of apartments and houses in Alanya, good news is on the way: Two maybe three new golf courses are underway, which will attract a whole new audience to the area, and it will extend the season in both spring and autumn. Supposedly one of the projects has one of Alanya's largest hous...

A new project of Alanya Municipality Parks and Gardens Department is going to be opened to young people’s service on Ramadan holidays. Alanya Municipality boasts that such projects can be found only in the modern cities in the United States of America.

The construction works of ...

A bottomless tragedy has hit the Norwegian society.

Our consideration and compassion to all relatives and friends.

Our thoughts are with those affected by this terrible event in Oslo and Utøya.

Turks are happier now than they were five years ago according to the results of the 6th Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) research centre survey published recently.

The Turkey Profile study, which is carried out every five years, includes participants from rural and urban Turkey across 24 provinces and the la...

Turkey goes from strong to stronger and the director of Turkey's central bank said that growth in the last quarter of 2010 will probably prove to be higher than the economic growth that was registered in the previous quarter. The growth in the 3rd quarter of 2010 was 5.5% which wa...

The Ministry of Education will bring in native English-speaking teachers to work with teachers in English language classes across Turkey starting from the next academic year as part of a project aiming to improve the education of foreign languages in the country.

As part of the project, launched due to...

Turkish Prime Minister embarking on a third term, saying Turkey will be the bridge to the West.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan embarking on a third term after the election Sunday, but his party, the AKP - which stands for a mixture of economic liberalism and religious conserv...

 Cats fly every day. Although some unfortunate events occasionally occur, these can be avoided if some simple steps are taken. It is impossible to overemphasize the need to consult with the airline well in advance of your trip. This is essential if you hope to avoid last mi...

Norway's National Day was celebrated in traditional manner in Alanya. Several hundred had showed up for church services and the opening of the new premises of the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Oba. Also according to tradition, the May 17 parade, started from the Ataturk statue, where Norway's ambassado...

"This year it looks like is gonna be the real full force launch and that is with a blast."

Those are the words of Murat Sen, a senior member of TAV staff at the Gazipasa airport near Alanya.

At present, people wishing to visit Alanya must fly in via Antalya, which is 90 minutes awa...

Source: ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

A great number of brands are planning to enter the Turkish market via shopping centers.

Turkey could see a wave of foreign direct investment from 70 international companies seeking growth and profitability in the wake of the glo...

Adnan Ahmed Yousif, chairman of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), has said banks from the Gulf are looking for Turkish banks to acquire.
Speaking at the “Enhancing Shamgen Banking: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan” conference in İstanbul on Tu...

More than 100,000 foreigners, from more than 44 different countries, currently own property in Turkey. 23% of them chose Alanya.
These figures are taken from a report published by the Alanya Chamber of Commerce ( ALTSO ) : 'Property purchase by foreigners' . ALTSO got its data from the Public Regi...

28 million foreign visitors went to Turkey in 2010 representing an increase of over 5 percent over 2009.

In the Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TUROFED) annual tourism report, Mr Ahmet Barut, the President of TUROFED said “The total tourism revenue is expected to reach USD 25 billion in 2011 with 3...