Alanya’s culture is deeply rooted in the city’s location and tourism. Since it is close to the sea there are many annual festivals that make the city unique. These festivals include the Tourism and Art Festival. This one marks the open of the tourism season at the end of May or the beginning of June. The Alanya International Culture and Art Festival starts the last week of May. This is a festival known throughout Turkey. One of the other notable festivals includes Alanya Jazz Days. The city holds this one in September or October and it has been going strong since 2002. Kizil Kule (home of the municipal ethnographic museum) hosts Alanya Jazz Days. Visitors enjoy music from Turkish and international jazz musicians. The festival consists of five free concerts.
Musicians also perform during the Alanya International Culture and Art Festival. Members of the Antalya State Opera and Ballet, and Alanya Chamber Orchestra made its inaugural performance debut back in December of 2007. During November, The International Alanya Stone Sculpture Symposium meet. The Alanya Cinémathèque Society and the Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey founded the Alanya Documentary Festival in 2001. When it comes to Turkish film Alanya is on the map. Onat Kutlar, the Turkish poet and writer was born in Alanya. He was the founder of the Istanbul International Film Festival.
Every February 18th the locals celebrate Ataturk’s visit to Alanya. The party centers around Atatürk’s House and Museum. The Alanya Museum houses archaeology found around the city including ceramics, Roman limestone ossuaries, historic Qur’an copies and a large bronze statue of Hercules.
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