Alanya - Red Tower

(Local Name: Kizil Kule) A road runs south through the Old Town of Alanya along the shore of the promontory to the Kizil Kule (Red Tower; restored in 1948), a 46m/150ft-high octagonal structure with sides 12.5m/40ft in length. The massive corner bastion was built for Alaeddin Keykubad in 1225 by the Aleppo architect Ebu Ali, who was also responsible for the castle at Sinop. The purpose of the tower was to protect the Seljuk dockyard immediately to the south.