have also been connected to the triathlon since 1992. Building on the triathlon's success, Alanya hosted a modern pentathlon in 2009. Alanya is also the regular host of The Turkish Open, part of the Nestea European Beach Volleyball championship tour, which takes place in May. In 2007, the Turkish Volleyball Federation persuaded the European Volleyball Confederation to build a beach volleyball training facility in Alanya, and make it the exclusive "center of beach volleyball in Europe". The city is also a frequent host to national events, such as the annual beach handball tournament. Alanya is the traditional finish site of the seven-day Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, though organizers reversed the route in 2012, and started the event in Alanya instead. Other cycling events include the Alanya International Mountain Bike Race. Additionally, the European Cycling Union had its 2010 European road cycling championship and 2010 ordinary congress meeting in Alanya. Neighbourhoods Akdam Akçatı Alacami Aliefendi Asmaca Bademağacı Basırlı Bayır Bayırkozağacı Bayırköy Başköy Beldibi Beyreli Bucakköy Burçaklar Büyükpınar Bıçakçı Cikcilli Demirtaş Dereköy Deretürbelinas Değirmendere Elikesik Emişbeleni Esentepe Fakırcalı Gözübüyük Gözüküçüklü Gümüşgöze Gümüşkavak Güneyköy Güzelbağ Hacıkerimler Hacımehmetli Hocalar Karakocalı Karamanlar Karapınar Kargıcak Kayabaşı Kestel Keşefli Kocaoğlanlı Kuzyaka Kızılcaşehir Mahmutlar Mahmutseydi Obaalacami Payallar Paşaköy Saburlar Sapadere Seki Soğukpınar Süleymanlar Taşbaşı Toslak Tosmur Türkler Türktaş Tırılar Ulugüney Uzunöz Uğrak Uğurlu Yalçı Yaylakonak Yaylalı Yenice Yeniköy Çakallar Çamlıca Çıplaklı Öteköy Özvadi Üzümü İmamlı İncekum İshaklı İspatlı Şıhlar International relations Twin towns - sister cities The most significant tie is with the city of Nea Ionia, where many of Alanya's Christians were resettled in 1923 after the Treaty of Lausanne. Alanya is twinned with: Dergachyovsky District, Russia Fushun, China Geoagiu, Romania Gladbeck, Germany Goa, India Keszthely, Hungary Mahdia, Tunisia Ankara, Turkey Nea Ionia, Greece Murmansk, Russia Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany Rovaniemi, Finland Šilutė, Lithuania South-Eastern AO (Moscow), Russia Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Talsi, Latvia Trakai, Lithuania Wodzisław Śląski, Poland Wronki, Poland Zelenogorsk, Russia Borås, Sweden Friendly cities Nowy Sącz, Poland Turek, Poland Notable residents Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish diplomat and politician; current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey See also List of governors of Alanya List of mayors of Alanya References Further reading Redford, Scott. Landscape and the state in medieval Anatolia: Seljuk gardens and pavilions of Alanya, Turkey. Oxford: Archaeopress; 2000. External links Alanya Map Life in Alanya-Mahmutlar, Turkey Alanya Guide Cleopatra Beach Mediterranean port cities and towns in Turkey Turkish Riviera Populated places in Antalya Province Populated