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We haven't much information about the construction of this City which was called as "Cilicia" or sometimes as "Pamphyila".It was once a home of pirates.Today very few architectural works, belonging to the Seljuk Turks only, survive.The Fortress which soars up in zigzaging , belongs to the Hellenistic Period and a church in the Fortress, decoradet with frescoes.
The most important buildings are 'Kizilkule' (Scarlet-Tower, 29 metres in diameter and 33 metres in height) and shipyard (57 metres in leght and 40 metres in depth)This shipyard is consisted of five entablaturedeparments.The walls were made from finelz-hewn blocks of stones, and arches and entablatures were made from bricks.The roof has windown-like holes in order to let the surays in.Castle-Mosque, Bedesten (Market-place), Aksebe Sultan mescidi (an adjacent building of a mosque), all belong to the Seljuk and Ottoman Periods.The remnants of the Palace of Sultan Kezkubat are over the hill near the Castle.
It Began to be formed in the days of Cilicia. First the City was ruled by Lydia and later was conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th Century B.C. Years later the City was called as "Pamphylia" Sometime later it was captured by crude pirates. When Antonius from Rome had some relations with Cleopatra from Egypt, the City was mastered by the Romans. After rule of Karaman - ogullari. For a time it seems to be a dependent of Egypt and of Cyprus. In the year 1471 it was included into the Ottoman Empire by Fatih, the Conqueror. It is a region of banana, fruits and fish. Along the coastline there are excellent luxuries motels and the water is always warmed by the sun.
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