Category: AlanyaCategory: Alanya | 0 Comments
Category: Alanya, Districts of Antalya | 0 Comments
Alanya is situated to the east of the region we are introducing in here. The magnificent citadel hill, which has a height of 300m. is very impressive. This hill is located on a peninsula, which looks like the southward extension of the mountains which have come very close to the sea. Today, the area considered as one of the foremost centres of Turkish tourism is covered with banana and citrus fruit plantations. It is known that the city was formerly named “Korakassa/Karakassa” meaning “Point/Protruding City” in the Luwian/Etruscan language. It is observed that later this name was adapted to the Hellenic dialect and changed into Korakession.
Alaaddin Keykubat, the Turkish Seljuk Sultan, who besieged the Fortress Korekession in 1221, demanded the city folk to surrender the city. However, the number of the Turkish soldiers was only one fifth of the city’s population.
The Sultan announced to the city folk that if they did not surrender the city, he would attack the city with an army of 100,000 soldiers and ruin and destroy the city. He also granted some time to the Korekession King and rulers.
The night before the last day, Turks gathered before the walls of the fortress in the darkness of night, with torches tied onto the horns of thousands of goats. The Korekession King and rulers of the city, thinking that the Turkish army would attack with substantial force, surrendered the city to the Turks.