Alanya - Seljuk Dockyard

The Seljuk dockyard in Alanya, quarried out of the rock in about 1227 and recently restored, has five vaulted galleries 42.5m/140ft long and 7.7m/25ft wide with linking arched entrances. Here Alaeddin Keykubad built the warships which enabled him to extend his power across the eastern Mediterranean. Timber for the ships came from the Taurus mountains, abundantly wooded at that time. The dockyards remained in use until about 1950.