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A municipal leisure complex opened on Menderes Street in Mahmutlar on 29 October, Republic Day. It can host 450 guests at a time. The complex has a garden with sea views, a children’s playground, ornamental pools and a café with an affordable menu. The day before, Alanya Mayor Osman Tarık Özçelik inspected the site.
The complex was built in the centre of the district on land that belonged to the former Mahmutlar municipality; work began in June 2026. According to the mayor, the plot had been neglected for a long time: it gave off an unpleasant smell, and the buildings on it were at risk of collapse. The municipality opened the first complex of this kind at İskele, by the harbour, and residents have taken to it. The second has now been built in Mahmutlar, Alanya’s most populous district. At the city council meeting on 3 November, Deputy Mayor Murat Levent Koçak confirmed that the Mahmutlar complex is already open, while a similar project for Avsallar is awaiting an opinion from the Antalya Governor’s Office.
Since the first days, both local residents and foreigners have been coming to the complex. Families with children and people who spend the winter in Mahmutlar now have somewhere to go close to home. For owners of flats built by a developer in Turkey in Mahmutlar, the new garden will be a place for walks all year round. If you are choosing among complexes under construction or looking through apartment listings, it is worth checking how many minutes it takes to walk from home to the nearest parks and playgrounds.
