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Mersin - All About Turkey The road between Anamur and Silifke passes through the pine clad mountains which descend to the sea offering splendid views of cliffs, coves and the brilliant turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. Outside Silifke, on the road to Tasucu is the archaeological museum, while further on AyaTekla is the tomb and church of St. Thecla who was the first female martyr. The road from Silifke to Mersin is very enjoyable along the coast; the ancient basilicas, tombs and ruins are on one side of the road and beautiful coves with sandy beaches on the other side. www.allaboutturkey.com /mersin.htm   (810 words)

Silifke Photo Album 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) The most prominent ruin in Silifke is that of the Temple of Jupiter or Zeus which dates from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. Silifke is about half an hour by dolmus from Kızkalesi. As we visited Silifke itself only between buses, we didn't have time to pay a visit to the hilltop castle that dominates the town. www.anatolia.luwo.be /Silifke.htm   (216 words)

Silifke Town in south-central Turkey with 60,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate) along Göksu River, on the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Taurus Mountains. Silifke is a very successful industrial town, producing beverages, textiles, footwear, clothes, chemicals, plastics, glass, pottery and canned fruit and vegetables. Silifke is well-connected with other urban centres by road. lexicorient.com /e.o/silifke.htm   (149 words)

Icel, Mersin, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) The road between Anamur and Silifke passes through the pineclad mountains which descend to the sea offering splendid views of cliffs, coves and the brilliant turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. Outside Silifke, on the road to Tasucu is the archeological museum, while further on AyaTekla is the tomb and church of St. Thecla who is the first female martyr. The road from Silifke to Mersin is very enjoyable along the coast; the ancient basilicas, tombs and ruins are on one side of the road and lie beautiful coves with sandy beaches on the other. www.adiyamanli.org /icel.html   (916 words)

Silifke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Silifke (Selefke; Greek: Σελεύκεια, Seleucia or Seleukeia) is a town in south-central Mersin Province, Turkey, on the banks of the Göksu River near the Taurus Mountains, geographically located at 36°22′N 33°56′E. Silifke is a successful industrial town, producing beverages, chemicals, clothes, footwear, glass, plastics, pottery, and textiles. An irrigation project located at Silifke supplies the fertile Göksu delta. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silifke   (771 words)

T.C. Kultur Bakanligi / Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey Silifke is a region which Atatürk loved, where he established a farm and formed the first agricultural credit cooperative together with the peasants and visited four times on different occasions. The house where Atatürk stayed on his first Silifke visit on January 27, 1925 is a two storey masonary house at Saray section of the city, built on a 329 m² piece of land. The museum is organized to reflect the characteristics of those years as well as the region, and artifacts of ethnographic value obtained from the environs of Silifke and the ethnography section of the Silifke Museum provided the materials used. www.discoverturkey.com /english/bakanlik/b-a-silifke.html   (289 words)

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Silifke is a town, where Atatürk established a farm, formed the first time an Agrarian Credit Cooperative together with farmers and visited four times in various dates. The house belonging to the mayor of Silifke, Hadji Hulusi Effendi, later on was inherited by his heirs. The bedroom furniture and the dinner sets used by Atatürk at his visit on 28 January 1925, the small gun presented by Atatürk to his host Sadik Tasucu with the inscription "Gazi M. Kemal" on it, and the documents and photographs of the farm and the cooperative he had established, are displayed in the museum. www.kultur.gov.tr /EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D3137A2395174CFB32E16FAFB014E5CF915F   (329 words)

Travel Guide To Turkey, Guide de la Turquie, GUIDE MARTINE, Guide to Turkey, Guide de Turquie, Travel, Turkey, Voyage, ... Silifke is reputed for its costumes and folkloric dances. The places of interest in Silifke are the ancient Roman bridge, the medieval castle, the ruins of the ancient city and the museum where findings made in the regions are displayed. The road from Silifke to Mersin is a beautiful coastal road lined with ancient ruins on one side, and with a succession of small gulfs on the other side. www.guide-martine.com /mediterineregion7.asp   (1652 words)

ozgursilifke.sitemynet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Silifke İlçe Örgütü adına İlçe binasında basın toplantısı düzenleyen CHP İlçe Başkanı Taner Çabuk Taşucu nun haklı davasının yanındayız dedi. Gezende Barajı'ndaki 6 kapağının dün saat 10.30 sıralarında kademeli olarak açıldığının bildirilmesi üzerine Silifke Kaymakamlığı'na vekalet eden Mersin Vali Yardımcısı Ahmet Beyoğlu başkanlığında kriz masası kuruldu. Silifke Devlet Hastanesi'ne kaldırılan yaralılardan Uzman Çavuş İsmail Durur ayakta tedavi edilirken, Jandarma Er Yaşar Uzun'un bir süre acil serviste müşahede altında tutulduktan sonra taburcu edileceği öğrenildi. ozgursilifke.sitemynet.com   (5447 words)

9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) In the Silifke area, the hand loom is used in shuttle weaving and the floor loom or çarpana in column weaving. The folk dances of the Silifke area are accompanied by the drums, the violin, the clarinet, kabak kemane and wooden spoons. In this awareness, the handicrafts and folklore of the Silifke area, which display the finest example of reaching from local culture to universal culture, are made known to the world in the International Silifke Culture Week which is held every year on 20-26 May. www.akmb.gov.tr /turkce/books/slifke/Conclusion.htm   (1220 words)

Evliya Çelebi Silifke city, founded by Selefkos Nikator, one of the commanders of Alexander the Great, is preparing for its celebrating its 2300th anniversary. Silifke Goksu Delta and Tarsus Berdan River Salt Lake Delta are wetlands which are protected under international agreements. The oval-shaped castle is built on a hill dominating Silifke and surrounded by ditches. www.mtso.org.tr /mersin_awc/eng/his_tour.htm   (1532 words)

Silifke, Mediterranean Turkey The eastern Mediterranean town of Silifke is at the junction of the coastal highway and the road north up to the Anatolian plateau. Silifke has a few low-budget hotels and restaurants, but nearby Kizkalesi has a better, brighter selection and overall is probably a better place to stay the night. Bus and minibus traffic between Silifke and Adana (via Kizkalesi, Mersin and Tarsus) is fast and furious all day, making it easy to travel the eastern coast by public transport. www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/med/Silifke/index.html   (281 words)

silifke Silifke Belediyesi tarafından şehir içi trafiğinin düzenlenmesi çalışmalarının başında yer alan özürlü vatandaşların otopark sorunu çözüme kavuştu. Silifke Organize Sanayi Bölgesi yönetim kurulu toplantısı Silifke Kaymakamı Ahmet Beyoğlu başkanlığında yapıldı. Silifke Belediye Başkanı Bayram Ali Öngel, Kasım ayı olağan meclis toplantısında yaptığı konuşmada 2007 yılında yeni yatırım projelerini hayata geçireceklerini söyledi. www.silifke-bld.gov.tr   (258 words)

FOCUS on TURKEY - From Mersin to Anamur The Silifke Archaeological Museum, on the way to Tasucu, is filled with relies from all over the area. In Demircili (the ancient Imbriogon), north of Silifke on the way to Uzuncaburc, there are well-preserved monumental tombs of the early Roman period. km from Silifke and a few km inland, the town of Anamur, is nestled in the mountains with banana plantations surrounding it. www.focusmm.com /ant_07a.htm   (750 words)

MEDITERRANEAN REGION, Featuring Mersin, ruins,Silife, Tasucu, Anamur by Turkish Travel The Silifke Archaeology Museum, on the way to Tasucu, is filled with relics from all over the area. Continuing along the coast road south from Silifke you come to Meryemlik (Ayatekla), a Roman necropolis with the tomb and church of St. Thecla, the first female martyr. 138 km from Silifke inland the town of Anamur is nestled in the mountains with banana plantations surrounding it. www.turkishtravel.com /mediterranean03.htm   (972 words)

Iconoclasm » The Archaeology of Temple Conversion II: Silifke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) The Archaeology of Temple Conversion II: Silifke 30 September 2005 Silifke was also home to a large cult of St Thecla. The temple was excavated between 1980 and 1984 by Çelik Topçu, who has published a number of articles (in Turkish) about his work. www.iconoclasm.dk /?p=93   (190 words)

Write Again Soon: Day 9: Silifke Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment. Here in Silifke it is quite hot—a whole 33°C today. We eventually rented a paddleboat and explored the ruins, which were totally unprotected—we walked right over crumbling mosaic tiles. www.writeagainsoon.com /archives/2005/06/day_9_silifke.htm   (273 words)

Architecture by Site with inlines Turkey Silifke Museum funerary sarcophagus lid recumbant lion Turkey Silifke Museum funerary sarcophagus lid recumbant lion: hind quarters Turkey Silifke Museum funerary sarcophagus lid recumbant lion: mane rubens.anu.edu.au /laserdisk/bysite.inlines/Part24.html   (272 words)

Silifke Turkey Photo Gallery by Dick Osseman at pbase.com Silifke was Seleucia at the Kalykadnos (now the Göksu), a river. In 1190 the river cost Barbarossa (Fredric of Swabia, not the Barbary pirate and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet of the sixteenth century) his life, when he drowned in it. Thank you for the photos i have been to Silifke alot of times before and it was a big pleasure to live the history there. www.pbase.com /dosseman/silifke   (782 words)

Kizkalesi Reise Info - Silifke Der heutige Name von Silifke leitet sich aber von Seleukus Nikator her, einem der Diadochen Alexanders des Grossen, dem unter anderem auch Kilikien bei der Teilung des Grossreichs zufiel. Und in einer Höhle etwas ausserhalb von Silifke lebte und wirkte die Heilige Thekla, eine Schülerin des Apostel Paulus. Neben dem Thekla-Heiligtum gibt es in Silifke noch eine gut erhaltenen Zisterne, die alte römische Brücke von Kaiser Vespasian, den Orakeltempel des Apoll mit seiner einzigen, stets von einem Storch bewohnten Säule und die alles überragende Festung zu bewundern. www.kizkalesi-reise.info /47silifke.htm   (231 words)

Silifke hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Turkey, by all-hotels.com Silifke hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Turkey, by all-hotels.com Making a last minute travel reservation with all-hotels is simple: just select your hotel category (luxury, standard, cheap or discount) from above, find your lodging for your Turkey vacation and book a room rate that suits your budget. This is a good value for money property set in the beautiful Kizkalesi district which has its own myth. www.all-hotels.com /europe/turkey/silifke_e1.htm   (449 words)

Museums of Icel, Icel Museums The works that were collected from Silifke were stored in two rooms that were on the ground floor of Cumhuriyet Primary School in Silifke. In Silifke Museum there are almost ten thousand archaeological and ethnographical works. Works include ceramics, statues, metal objects and coins, glass dishes ornaments and clothes etc. dating from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. www.istanbulportal.com /istanbulportal/Icel.aspx   (208 words)

Silifke Atatürk İlköğretim Okulu - Anasayfa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Bu çalışmaların ardından okulun bahçesinde Silifke Belediyesi ekipleri tarafından asfaltlandı ve yeni oyun alanları oluşturuldu. Silifke Atatürk ilköğretim Okulu, Okul Aile Birliği, yıllık olağan toplantısını Silifke Halk Eğitimi Merkezi Salonu'nda gerçekleştirdi. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Okul İçi İzcilik Daire Başkanlığının düzenlediği İlköğretim Okulları Mersin İl birinciliği Silifke grup eleme son maçında Gençlik stadyumunda Göksu İlköğretim Okulu ile karşılaşan Atatürk İlköğretim okulu maçı 2 – 1 kazanarak şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. www.silataioo.k12.tr   (217 words)

[No title] Silifke, Kaşık Oyunları bölgesi içinde bulunmaktadır.Silifke'nin hemen hemen bütün oyunları kaşıkla oynanmaktadır. Çaya Vardım Zeybeği, Keklik, Kıbrıs Zeybeği, Portakal zeybeği, Silifke'nin yoğurdu, Silifke zeybeği, Tek Zeybek, Tımbıllı, Yayla yolları, Gerali, Her yanı elmas, Zeytin dalları, Silifke'nin koşması, Türkmen kızı, Mandilli, Şerif hanım, Köroğlu, Kerem. Portakal Zeybeği: Silifke narenciye bölgesi olduğundan, portakal oyunlara ilham kaynağı olmuştur. www.tufak.org.tr /yorelerimiz-silifke.htm   (948 words)

Silifke, TUR Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Silifke, TUR Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News To use this feature, you must allow the use of Javascript. Get your local forecast with the Windows Live Toolbar and Weather add-in. weather.msn.com /local.aspx?wealocations=wc:TUXX0058   (60 words)

Silifke Transportation - Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com The road is narrow and curvy and the busride takes a bit over three hours. From Mersin to Silifke it took 2 hours and the price was 4 000 000 TL. In Silifke I stayed at Arisan hotel which is just next to the otogar. www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Turkey/Icel_Ili/Silifke-1824673/Transportation-Silifke-R-1.html   (292 words)

Tours You will be driven through the scenic Taurus mountains to reach the old Diocaesarea-Olba, an important center from Hellenistic and Roman times, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of the historical city of Silifke. Visit Silifke Castle, lunch by the Castle and see the picturesque Castle of Corycos built in the 4th century BC. The remainder of the tour will be spent at the Corycian caves, two of which are named "Heaven" and "Hell" based on the legends attached to them and another, the "Wishing and Asthma Cave" 300 meters from the "Heaven" chasm. www.guidetoturkey.com /tours/dailycitytours/mersin/olc111.asp   (210 words)

BBC - Weather Centre - 5 Day Forecast in Celsius for Silifke, Turkey BBC - Weather Centre - 5 Day Forecast in Celsius for Silifke, Turkey Please move your mouse over a symbol to view its description. BBC Weather Centre in association with the Met Office www.bbc.co.uk /weather/5day.shtml?world=4907   (170 words)

Architecture by Site with inlines Turkey Silifke Museum funerary stele with eagle trophy view Turkey Silifke Museum funerary stele with full-length sunken figure torso & head Turkey Silifke Museum funerary stele with full-length sunken figure view rubens.anu.edu.au /laserdisk/bysite.inlines/Part25.html   (236 words)

Terms and Conditions : Silifke, TOLYA HOTEL, Motel Your credit card details will be requested by the Silifke Hotels Reservation department cn-turkey after Your reservation request is confirmed. You can send Your card information via email, fax or telephone for security reasons. Discount reservation service for Silifke hotels and cheap Silifke tours in Turkey www.cn-turkey.com /reservation-conditions.asp?otelid=323   (166 words)

Tahribat Sergisi | 25.38   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) This settlement and castle constitute a site that bears cultural heritage from Chalcolithic to Ottoman Eras. The municipality of Silifke is currently constructing a café/restaurant that occupies almost the entire east section of the castle. Very soon there will be a new and second outer wall surrounding the castle. tayproject.org /Sergi/sourceeng/silifkekale.html   (49 words)

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