Red Tower

The Kızıl Kule (Red Tower) is a historical tower in the Turkish city of Alanya. The building is considered to be the symbol of the city, and is even used on the city's flag.

Alaiye (علائیه) is the medieval Seljuq name for Alanya (on the southern coast of Turkey). It refers to the city-state in a specific period and the beylik which developed around there, at times under the Karamanid dynasty. After the 1242 Battle of Köse Dağ, the Seljuqs lost control of the city, and it became semi-autonomous.

The McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is an overseas academic center operated by Georgetown University in Alanya, Turkey. The McGhee Center was founded in 1989 after Ambassador George Crews McGhee, former United States Ambassador to Turkey and West Germany, donated his Mediterranean villa to Georgetown University to create a center for the study of the history and culture of Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Çarşı (spelled Tsharshi [like in bird] = the Market place), is geographically the old center of the municipality of Beşiktaş (beshiktash = the stone on the cradle) a part of central Istanbul, Turkey. The area is composed of a maze of tiny streets. The area of Çarşı is delimited as follow :- south : Bosphorus straight- west : Ortabahçe Caddesi (Middle Garden Av.) continuing as Ihlamur Caddesi (Linden Tea Av.)- north : southern edge of Abbasağa Parkı (park of Abbasagha) known as Şehit Kazım sokak (street of the war martyr Kazım)- east : Barbaros Caddesi (Barbaros Avenue)Nay, the area is quite tiny but it is the very hearth of the municipality of Beşiktaş.