A mountain pass in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. The pass has served for centuries as a natural highway linking Anatolia with the Mediterranean coast.
Cilician Gates
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A mountain pass in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. The pass has served for centuries as a natural highway linking Anatolia with the Mediterranean coast.
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Cilician Gates (sĭlĭsh'ən), Turk. Külek Boğazi, mountain pass, S Turkey, leading across the Taurus range. Known to the ancients as the Pylae Ciliciae, it follows the gorge of the Gökoluk River. The gates have served for centuries as a natural highway linking Anatolia with the Mediterranean coast.
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"Barbaron" redirects here. For the Armenian noble, see Constantine of Baberon.
| Cilician Gates Gülek Boğazı |
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 Gülek Pass in Turkey |
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| Elevation | 1,050 m (3,400 ft)[1] |
| Location |  Turkey, Mersin Province |
| Range | Taurus Mountains |
| Coordinates | 37°19′40″N 34°47′40″E / 37.32778°N 34.79444°ECoordinates: 37°19′40″N 34°47′40″E / 37.32778°N 34.79444°E |
| Traversed by | O-21 E90 |
The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass (Turkish: Gülek Boğazı) form the main pass through the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey, connecting the low plains of Cilicia and the Mediterranean coast with the high central plateau of Anatolia. Their southern opening is 44 km north of Tarsus. The Gates are the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.
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History
The ancient track was a track for mule caravans, not wheeled vehicles. The Army of the Ten Thousand, Alexander the Great before the Battle of Issus, Paul of Tarsus on his way to the Galatians, and the knights of the First Crusade all passed through the Cilician Gates, the site of the medieval fortress of Baberon (or Barbaron).[2]
When German engineers were working on the railroad link between Haydarpaşa Terminal in Istanbul, at the shore of the Sea of Marmara and Baghdad, they were unable to follow the steep-pitched, narrow, and tightly winding ancient track through the pass. The series of viaducts and tunnels they built are among the marvels of railroad engineering. The route was opened in 1918; the narrow-gauge working line moved Turkish troops and war material to the Mesopotamian front in the closing months of World War I.
References
- ^ "Mersin-Coğrafya" (in Turkish). Mersin Şehir Rehberi. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:XhF5E9JfyLYJ:www.mersin.sehirrehberi.web.tr/Default.asp%3Fid%3D2+g%C3%BClek+ge%C3%A7idi+rak%C4%B1m&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ Ghazarian, Jacob G. (2000), The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins, 1080-1393, Routledge, p. 122, ISBN 0700714189
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