Alanya Stories


Old Couple in the Mountains

One of our attempts at getting away from the tourist areas, in order to meet "real people", became one of our most memorable days during our two-week vacation in Turkey. We decided to ride our rented bikes up into the Taurus mountain range, which is situated in the northern part of Alanya. We had a very basic map with us, but even though it lacked mu...


The Newlyweds

Our travel agent explained to us that the Turkish culture is strong on community, so it's not unusual for Turkish citizens to invite people - even tourist - into their homes for tea and a short social visit. She encouraged us to graciously accept such an invitation if we happened to get one. That explained, I will now tell the story of what was with...


Beautiful, interesting Turkey

My son had already served nearly 6 months of what was to be a year-long tour of duty during the second year of the Iraqi war. His unit was, thank God, stationed about 300 miles south of Baghdag in a relatively calm area. But, just the same, it felt nice to know that we would be geographically closer to my patriotic soldier son when we chose Alanya, Turk...