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The road to ruins

Francis Russell drives the highways and byways of Rough Cilicia

Not so far from the madding crowd, yet largely ignored, ‘Rough Cilicia’ hides a wealth of Roman and Byzantine ruins for those exploring the eastern stretches of Turkey’s Mediterranean. Francis Russell shows the way

  • The towering granite columns of the Temple of Tyche in ancient Olba, renamed Diocaesarea by Tiberius and known today as Uzuncaburç

Many sightseers follow the road along the south coast of Turkey and pause at Kızkalesi, the ancient Corycos, with its splendid Land Castle incorporating a Roman gate, and the beautiful eponymous “Maiden’s Castle” on its island, best seen from the mainland. Few linger. This is a mistake, as Kızkalesi is a convenient base for exploring the region known as Rough Cilicia, and visiting a remarkable number of Hellenistic and Byzantine sites…

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  • The Oldest Temple on Earth?

    Six millennia before Stonehenge, the dawn of the agrarian revolution came to the now arid Anatolian steppe – and with it came Göbekli Tepe, perhaps the first place of worship built by man. With its T-shaped columns and menacing animal carvings, it is an unacknowledged wonder of the ancient world. But who built it? And what went on here? By Barnaby Rogerson

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    As the Topkapi prepares to open up parts of the palace long kept hidden, we recall the time Cornucopia was granted rare access to what remains the most secret section of all – the quarters of the Black Agas. These powerful African eunuchs guarded the Harem and controlled the finances of the hugely wealthy Queen Mother. Text by Berrin Torolsan. Photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg


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