Alanya (Turkish pronunciation: [aˈɫanja]), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a component district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 138 kilometres (86 mi) east of the city of Antalya. As of Turkey's 2010 Census, the city had a population of 98,627, while the district that includes the city and its built-up region had an area of 1,598.51 km2 and 248,286 inhabitants.
Because of its natural strategic position on a small peninsula into the Mediterranean Sea below the Taurus Mountains, Alanya has been a local stronghold for many Mediterranean-based empires, including the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. Alanya's greatest political importance came in the Middle Ages, with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm under the rule of Alaeddin Kayqubad I, from whom the city derives its name. His building campaign resulted in many of the city's landmarks, such as the Kızıl Kule (Red Tower), Tersane (Shipyard), and Alanya Castle.
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It's a new game to play
Then we tell our first lie
And see our love go away
And we find, we're alone
We rush on, you and I
We don't need love at all
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Then we stumble and fall
And we find, we're alone
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To flowers that are dead
We forget how to cry
We save photos instead
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By dawn's early light
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We're alive and secure
But in the bank and the church
We can never feel sure
And we find, we're alone
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We have glory and fame
Yet we never know why
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But what good is that now
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If we only knew how
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We are old, you and I
We beg warmth from the sun
In the dreams that we dream
We ask what have we done