Anamur

Anamur
Anamur
District and municipality
	Map showing Anamur District in Mersin Province
	Anamur Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 36°04′48″N 32°49′52″E / 36.08000°N 32.83111°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Mersin
Government
• Mayor	Durmuş Deniz (CHP)
Area	1,430 km2 (550 sq mi)
Population (2022)	66,846
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0324
Website	www.anamur.bel.tr

Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 1,430 km²,^[3] and its population is 66,846 (2022).^[1] It is the westernmost district of that province, bordering on Antalya Province. Anamur contains Anatolia's southernmost point,^[4] It is a coastal resort known for its bananas and peanuts.

Etymology

Anamur has mutated from the Ancient Greek "Anemourion" (Ἀνεμούριον), Latinized as "Anemurium", meaning "windmill".^[5]

History

Ancient Romans. The coast was given by Mark Anthony to Cleopatra

as a wedding present and Roman coins have been discovered in the course of excavation, dating to the years between Emperors Titus (AD 79–81) and Valerian (AD 253–259). The Romans were succeeded by the Byzantines.

The city was first occupied by an

Umar ibn al-Khattab

.

In XI - XIII centuries it was a part of

Cilician Kingdom

.

Turkish people reached the city in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. In the thirteenth century, the Karamanids, a clan in Central Anatolia, expanded their borders towards the city, building the Alaköprü bridge (which can still be seen on the road to Ankara) and conquering the city in 1290 from Cilicia Armenians. It was also ruled by Sultanate of Rum between 1075 and 1099 and again between 1228 and 1246.

Climate

Anamur has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification

Csa) with long, hot and dry summers and cool and rainy winters.

Climate data for Anamur
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.5 (70.7)	23.2 (73.8)	26.4 (79.5)	31.2 (88.2)	37.0 (98.6)	41.0 (105.8)	42.0 (107.6)	40.0 (104.0)	38.2 (100.8)	34.6 (94.3)	30.3 (86.5)	25.9 (78.6)	42.0 (107.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	15.7 (60.3)	15.9 (60.6)	18.2 (64.8)	21.4 (70.5)	25.3 (77.5)	29.6 (85.3)	32.8 (91.0)	33.0 (91.4)	30.9 (87.6)	26.9 (80.4)	21.6 (70.9)	17.3 (63.1)	24.1 (75.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	8.1 (46.6)	8.1 (46.6)	9.6 (49.3)	12.3 (54.1)	15.8 (60.4)	19.8 (67.6)	23.0 (73.4)	23.0 (73.4)	20.1 (68.2)	16.8 (62.2)	12.8 (55.0)	9.6 (49.3)	14.9 (58.8)
Record low °C (°F)	0.3 (32.5)	−0.8 (30.6)	−0.7 (30.7)	3.6 (38.5)	8.6 (47.5)	12.2 (54.0)	16.2 (61.2)	15.8 (60.4)	10.8 (51.4)	8.2 (46.8)	2.3 (36.1)	1.2 (34.2)	−0.8 (30.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	186.0 (7.32)	140.9 (5.55)	87.7 (3.45)	52.7 (2.07)	22.6 (0.89)	5.6 (0.22)	0.9 (0.04)	3.7 (0.15)	13.7 (0.54)	72.6 (2.86)	138.1 (5.44)	199.4 (7.85)	923.9 (36.38)
Average rainy days	13.2	11.5	9.5	7.4	4.1	1.9	1.0	1.1	2.5	5.5	8.4	12.5	78.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours	145.7	154	213.9	246	303.8	327	344.1	337.9	306	251.1	192	145.7	2,967.2
Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü ^[6]

Anamur today

The local economy depends on agriculture, especially bananas and strawberries. The summers are hot and this is the only part of Turkey that can sustain the growing of bananas. Greenhouses for growing bananas are found everywhere; other tropical fruits such as papaya, pineapple and avocado are grown here now too. Anamur produces 40% of Turkey's strawberries. A traditional local specialty is taro (known locally as gölevez).

Although there are places of historical interest, long beaches and a clean sea, there is no large scale tourism on this part of the coast, as the coast road in both directions is winding and really slow to drive. But there are major road works now into the direction of Mersin and Antalya. Many kilometers have four lanes now. It takes 5 hours to get here by bus from either

Girne anymore. The Taşucu Ferryboat companies blocked it.^{[citation needed]} Now Taşucu

, 2 hours east from Anamur by car, is the closest ferry terminal offering ferry service to Cyprus. The silhouette of the island of Cyprus is visible if there is no sea fog. It is just 40 miles away from Anamur.

Sites to visit

`Ala' ad-Din Kay-Qubad captured the castle in 1221, he had it rebuilt in its present form. It consists of three courtyards with 39 towers, surrounded by a moat. In one courtyard there is an ancient mosque with a minaret – built by Mahmud Bey of Karaman
in 1300-1308 – which is still open for prayer. There are the ruins of a bathhouse on the opposite side. The castle is in two sections with two lines of ramparts between them, a walkway along the ramparts links the two sides.

Anemurium, the remains of the ancient city, built between c. 100 BC and AD 600 6 km (4 mi) southwest of Anamur, on the coast. The stone walls of the city are still partly intact and there are many mosaics. The small theatre or odeion is still largely intact across from the more poorly preserved large theatre and there are several bath buildings. Enough left of the city's two-storey Roman bathhouse to give a good impression of what it was in its heyday, with changing rooms, a hot section, a warm section, and a hall with a pool. On the entrance gate a sign written Latin says “Welcome to the baths, have a good bath.” The city had an elaborate water supply system, as illustrated by the remains of the aqueducts. There is also an acropolis containing the ruins of a palace, which had its own private water supply. Around the city walls there are many Roman built tombs, which even have small entrance halls for visitors. The site has been excavated by Canadian teams from the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia.
Many caves including Çukurpınar, one of the longest in the world, (1420 m) and Köşekbükü (the air is said to be treatment for asthma or malaria).

Composition

There are 56

neighbourhoods in Anamur District:^[7]

Akarca

Akdeniz

Akine
Alataş
Anıtlı
Aşağıkükür
Bahçe
Bahçelievler
Boğuntu
Bozdoğan
Çaltıbükü
Çamlıpınar
Çamlıpınaralanı
Çarıklar
Çataloluk
Çeltikçi
Çukurabanoz
Demirören
Emirşah
Esentepe
Evciler
Fatih
Gercebahşiş
Göktaş
Güleç
Güneybahşiş
Güngören
Güzelyurt
İskele
Kalınören
Karaağa
Karaçukur
Karadere
Karalarbahşiş
Kaşdişlen
Kılıç
Kızılaliler
Köprübaşı
Korucuk
Kükür
Lale
Malaklar
Ören
Ormancık
Ovabaşı
Sağlık
Saray
Sarıağaç
Sarıdana
Sugözü
Sultan Alaattin
Toroslar
Uçarı
Yalıevleri
Yeşilyurt
Yıldırımbeyazıt

International relations

References

^
TÜİK
. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ The southernmost point of Turkey's Hatay Province is slightly more to the south.
^ ἀνεμούριον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus project
^ "İl ve İlçelerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler- Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü". Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[tuik-1] 
TÜİK
. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[2] Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[3] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[4] The southernmost point of Turkey's Hatay Province is slightly more to the south.

[5] ἀνεμούριον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus project

[6] "İl ve İlçelerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler- Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü". Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

[7] Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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