Via Tauri was a stone road built in the 1st century AD by the Romans. The exact course of the road is not certain. It is known the trac...

     Gülek Castle is an Armenian castle built in the 12th century on a mountain top some 2 km southwest of the Cilician Gates. Its function ...

     Kanytelis is an ancient settlement that came to life in the 3rd century BC, during the Hellenistic period. Interestingly, it never turn...

     Cennet (Heaven) and Cehennem (Hell) are two limestone sinkholes located 1 km south of Narlıkuyu in Mersin Province. Hell is the smaller...

    T hecla was born in Ikonion (Konya) in the 1st century AD. She was a follower of Paul the Apostle, known as Saint Paul, and became a sai...

     Alahan is a complex of sacral buildings erected in the 5th century AD. The ancient name of the site could be Apadnas. It is located in ...

    A yas Castle is located in Yumurtalık on the western shore of Iskenderun Bay, approx. 60 km southeast of Adana. The place served as a si...

    Almost e verything worth seeing at Misis is clustered around the 4th century AD Roman bridge on the Pyramos river (Ceyhan). Only the Rom...

     I spotted a small brown plaque while driving through Tarsus. The name on it, 'Donuktaş Roman Temple', was completely strange to...

     The Grand Mosque was erected in 1579 by Ibrahim Bey, a member of the Ramazanoğlu family. It was built with blocks of limestone on the p...

     Tumlu Castle is an Armenian castle built in the 12th century. The handsome structure sits on a limestone outcrop ca. 150 m high. The Ar...

     Snake Castle is a medieval Armenian castle erected on a limestone outcrop near the Ceyhan river and not far away from the modern city o...

    In 1996, Professor Sayar of Istanbul University was shown the vast ruins atop Mount Karasis in the Taurus Range. What was considered yet...

    It is not clear when the city was founded. Its Luwian name points to t he Hittite period (c. 1700-1200 BC). The first written reference ...

    After visiting the Lower City in July, I set off to continue my acquaintance with the ancient city of Anazarbos. On this occasion, I foc...

     The city was named after the Magarsia sisters of the Temple of Athena, where the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great, sacrificed an an...

   The ancient city of   Elaiussa was established by the Greeks   in the 2nd century BC, but almost nothing has left from that time. It beca...

    Olba is a Hellenistic settlement with the Roman continuation (Durugönül 2001) situated approx. 85 km west of Mersin.  It sits on a hill ...

     The road came as a great surprise to me.  Prior to my arrival in Diocaeserea I knew  nothing about its existence. I walked a few  hundr...

    Diokaisareia is an ancient city located 90 km west of Mersin and 30 km north of Silifke. The city grew around the temple of Zeus Olbios ...

    Men of Rock are Roman tomb reliefs dated back to the 2nd century AD. They are located in the valley locally known as Şeytan Deresi some ...

    Sis Castle was constructed by the Armenians some time in the 12th century AD, but they were not the first inhabitants of the site. It co...

     We arrived in Kozan on the first day of Bayram.  We were the only guests in this place and we  enjoyed every moment of absolute peace. ...

     Tepebağ is a historical neighbourhood in the old town of Adana. It sits on a hill situated on the western bank of the Seyhan River whic...

     Karatepe is a neo - Hittite fortress located in the district of Kadirli in Osmaniye Province.  The place was shown to archaelogists Hel...

     Flaviopolis was the ancient city founded by Emperor Vespasian in AD 73 (Sayar 2010) Vespasian was a member of the Flavian family which ...

    Anazarbos was an ancient city in Cilicia located on and alongside an isolated range of hills, ca. 220 m high. It is not clear who and wh...