Area:

931 km2

Population:

44.541 (2000)

Gazipasa is a town on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey in Antalya Province, 180km east of the city of Antalya.

The old name of Gazipasa is Selinus, which mutated to Selinti in the early Turkish period.

The district of Gazipaşa stands on a narrow strip of coast between the Mediterranean Sea and the high Taurus Mountains rising steeply behind (highest point the 2253m "Deliktaş".

The coast road is narrow and winding beyond Alanya, making Gazipaşa remote and hard to access from Antalya and even more so from further east (it is 80km to the next town Anamur but it takes two hours to drive). The remote rocky hillsides are reputedly home to large quantities of snakes, scorpions and other dangerous wildlife. There is 50km of coastline, about half of which is sandy beaches and even the rocky stretches have small coves that are also used for swimming. The beaches of Gazipaşa are used as nesting grounds by the sea turtles caretta caretta.

The local economy depends on agriculture; the land on the coastal strip is used for growing fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits and bananas, and in recent years a large number of glasshouses have been built to produce crops such as cucumbers, strawberries and artichokes all year round. Some grain is also grown and animals are grazed higher in the mountains. There is also some forestry and fishing but no industry.

ANTIOCHEIA AD CRAGUM: It is on east Gazipasha, in a village, which is called "south village (Guney Koy)", which is 18 kilometers distant from the city. The range has its name of the king of comma genes, 4. Antiochus taken. The ruins of the city seized on three hills. On the first hill from the west to the east, lain a lock of the center, on the second hill gives it ages to A colonnaded road, a Agora, a bath, a victory elbow and a church gives it last a Necropolis on the third hill. The buildings of the old city dated periods to the Roman and Byzanz. At the Necropolis of the city, the outstanding graves with photograph device curvatures are well conserved and precourtyards. The handle within the range must have been established for the God "Zeus Lamotes".

ADANDA - LAMOS: This old city is to 15. Kilometer to the northeast of Gazipasa. At the point of a mountain, 2 kilometers were established. too east Adanda. The city is surrounded with city walls. There is a large essay at the east gate of the city. We can mention two other handles and a well, which are carved in the rock at the other ruins of the city. Also at the Necropolis there is very important carving stone of piece of in Sarcophagi. Perhaps the city was the capital of the range, which was called "Lamotis". The ruins reflect the culture and the art of Clycia. The point time of the city must have been during the rule of Gallianus.

NEPHELIS: It sits 12 kilometers far away from Gazipasha, in a village, which is called "Bananacity village (Muzkent Koy)". The south of the city surround with sea and rocky hills. The old city is on the east west Akropolise and the ruin lie. The buildings of the ruins are a lock of the middle age, odeon, a handle, the water way and a Necropolis, which were dated to the Roman and Byzanz periods. The descriptions of the city are indicated at the Alanya museum. It consists of praise speeches for the Byzanz emperor xenon. Also we can see the names of the mayor von Clycia Cornelius to Dexter, in another description. This description was written by the people of the city and by the advice of the condition. The small Odeon in the city represents the cultural activities of those times.

SELINUS: The old city is near at Gazipasa. The Acropol was established on a hill. In this city there is a middle age lock. The walls and the essays of the lock are well conserved. There is also a church and a cistern on the Akropolise. The ruins of the city consist of baths, a Agora, a kiosk, hydrodynamic tanks, elbows and a Necropolis. Selinus is one of the most important cities of the mountain range of Clickya. The city is called after the Roman emperor Traian, who died in this city.