Art and Culture in Alanya
Jazz time in Alanya
13. International Alanya Jazz Days will start again at Alanya Harbour near by Red Tower. The Jazz Days excitement will be held during 29-30th September and 1-2nd October. Jazz festival is also another traditional activity of Alanya. The concerts starts in the evening at 20:30. Free entry for the concerts 29th September :ECE GÖKSU QUARTET FEAT. GREGOIRE MARET at 20:30 30th September :MELTEM...
Sacrifice Feast – Aid al-Adha – “İyi Bayramlar”
Sacrifice Feast in Turkey is four-day religious festival that Kurban Bayramı (Aid al-Adha) will be celebrated from 11st September to 15th of September in Turkey. 11st September is arefe day which is pre-bayram day. In arefe day, It is tradtion that people goes to cemetery, clean the cemetery, water the flowers ands pray for them. Kurban Bayram is normally for days by Islamic calender. But this yea...
Alanya’s Drink “Karlama”
If you see some people who eats snow at the hottest days at the street of Alanya, do not get surprised. It is time to be introduced to Karlama. Warm summer days could be cool down with local way of drink. It is called Karlama. It was done by frozen snow. You may even find it in the middle of Alanya center at Friday Market. Local Alanya people goes up to Taurus Mountain and pick up the snow which r...