The villa itself, built over four levels, is finished to a high standard and has its own swimming pool. There are excellent views across the valley and a large garden for relaxing in after a strenuous day of meetings or a few hours spent telecommuting.

Turkey and other EU citizens can now hold Turkish mortgages. So there has been much interest in buying homes in Turkey, Turkish villas, investment properties in Turkey, and golf villas in Turkey.

The McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is an overseas academic center operated by Georgetown University in Alanya, Turkey. The McGhee Center was founded in 1989 after Ambassador George Crews McGhee, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and West Germany, donated his Mediterranean villa to Georgetown University to create a center for the study of the history and culture of Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean. The McGhee Center is academically affiliated in Turkey with Koç University and presently offers three types of programming:Semester Abroad in Turkey: The McGhee Center offers a semester-abroad program open to all university undergraduate students. The semester-abroad program emphasizes broad-based exposure to the history and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as to the culture and politics of contemporary Turkey. The semester abroad program has operated since 1990 and has more than 200 alumni.Summer Institute in Intensive Turkish Language: Since 2007 the McGhee Center has hosted a summer language program in intensive accelerated beginning Turkish. This program is offered in conjunction with the Critical Languages Scholarships program, which is coordinated by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and funded by the U.S. Department of State.Study Tours and Short Programs: The McGhee Center occasionally hosts archaeological study tours, Georgetown University programs, workshops, meetings, alumni tours, and other short-duration programs.