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37-634: 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". Prehistoric animal remains (shelled sea animals) can be found at many locations in the mountains. Before these were the Taurus Mountains ( Paleozoic Age) these peaks were below the sea. The coast road is winding Alanya , but good with four lanes in places making Gazipaşa easy to access from Antalya and Alanya. From Gazipaşa east

74-580: A constellation, a single feather fell to Earth near the city of Tarsus . The pegasus became a common element in British heraldry, appearing chiefly as a supporter or a crest . Pegasi may also appear upon escutcheons , although this is rare. A pegasus rampant is featured on the arms of the Inner Temple , while those of the Richardson family contain a rare depiction of a pegasus sejant. During World War II ,

111-544: A well-kept mosque on the seafront along with a jetty for boats to Cyprus, and green mountains behind. Archaeological research continues and in 2004 a team from Florida State University found a small bronze statue of Pegasus dating back to 300 BC in the waters off Gazipaşa; it is now in the Museum of Alanya. We can list the castles in Gazipaşa as Selinus , Iotape , Lamos (Adanda), Nephelis and Antiochia ad Cragum . Gazipaşa

148-599: A yacht marina and an international airport. Tourist attractions include some sites from antiquity, caves, beaches, the opportunity to appreciate the marvellous Taurus Mountain scenery with mountain walking or motor touring. The Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport , opened in 2010, serves the tourist economies of Alanya , Anamur and Yeşilöz . Gazipaşa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen : Csa ), with very hot, dry summers, and mild winters with heavy rain. There are 53 neighbourhoods in Gazipaşa District: This

185-510: Is twinned with: Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish : Toros Dağları or Toroslar, Greek : Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey , separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau . The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the east. It

222-571: Is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) railway bridge constructed in the 1910s by Germans . Pegasus Pegasus ( Ancient Greek : Πήγασος , romanized :  Pḗgasos ; Latin : Pegasus, Pegasos ) is a winged horse in Greek mythology , usually depicted as a white stallion. He was sired by Poseidon , in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa . Pegasus was the brother of Chrysaor , both born from Medusa's blood when their mother

259-628: Is a natural frontier: west is Cilicia , east is Syria. There are several passes, like the Amanian Gate (Bahçe Pass) , which are of great strategical importance. In 333 BC at the Battle of Issus , Alexander the Great defeated Darius III in the foothills along the coast between these two passes. In the Second Temple period, Jewish authors seeking to establish with greater precision the geographical definition of

296-730: Is a part of the Alpide belt in Eurasia . The mountain range under the current name was mentioned in The Histories by Polybius as Ταῦρος ( Taûros ). Heinrich Kiepert writes in Lehrbuch der alten Geographie that the name was borrowed into Ancient Greek from the Semitic ( Old Aramaic ) root טורא ( ṭūrā ), meaning "mountain". The Taurus Mountains are divided into three chains from west to east as follows; The Western Taurus Mountains form an arc around

333-513: Is a part of the world with a long history, and there is evidence of Hittite settlement going back to 2000 BC, and it is assumed that this coast was settled long before that. The Ancient Greek city of Selinus was established here on the River Kestros (today called Hacımusa ) by 628 BC, as part of the kingdom of Cilicia . In 197 BC the area passed into the hands of the Ancient Romans , and in

370-419: Is forbidden in these sea turtle areas. The local economy depends on agriculture and the land of the coastal strip is used for growing fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits and bananas. The mountainous areas have many fruit orchards and in recent years a large number of glasshouses have been built to produce crops such as cucumbers, strawberries and artichokes all year round in both locations. Some grain

407-422: Is grown and there is also much animal husbandry animals in the summer these animals are grazed higher in the mountains. Gazipasa has a dam (Gökçeler Barajı). There is also some forestry and fishing but only small industry. Its current mayor is Mehmet Ali Yılmaz. Gazipaşa has not experienced the tourist boom of neighbouring Alanya but there are now efforts being made to attract tourists to the district by building

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444-564: The Hippocrene ("horse spring"). Antoninus Liberalis has suggested, that it was opened at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain from swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses. Another spring associated with Pegasus was at Troezen . Hesiod relates how Pegasus was peacefully drinking from a spring when the hero Bellerophon captured him. Hesiod wrote that Pegasus carried thunderbolts for Zeus . There are several versions of

481-876: The Gulf of Antalya . It includes the Akdağlar, Bey Mountains, Katrancık Mountain, Kuyucak Mountains, and Geyik Mountains. The East Taşeli Plateau and Goksu River divide it from the Central Taurus Mountains. It has many peaks rising above 3,000–3,700 m (9,800–12,100 ft). Mt. Kizlarsivrisi , 3,086 m (10,125 ft), in the Bey Mountains is the highest peak in the Western Taurus. The Central Taurus Mountains are roughly defined to include northern Mersin Province and northwestern Adana Province . The highest point in

518-500: The Pierian spring, caught him, and eventually tamed him. Michaud's Biographie universelle relates that when Pegasus was born, he flew to where thunder and lightning are released. Then, according to certain versions of the myth, Athena tamed him and gave him to Perseus, who flew to Ethiopia to help Andromeda . After Bellerophon fell off Pegasus while trying to reach Olympus, Pegasus and Athena left him and continued to Olympus where he

555-666: The Promised Land , began to construe Mount Hor as a reference to the Amanus range of the Taurus Mountains, which marked the northern limit of the Syrian plain . During World War I , the German and Turkish railway system through the Taurus Mountains proved to be a major strategic objective of the Allies. This region was specifically mentioned as a strategically controlled objective slated for surrender to

592-817: The Southeastern Anatolia Region and North Mesopotamia . They include the Nurhak Mountains, Malatya Mountains, Maden Mountains, Genç Mountains, and Bitlis Mountains. They are in the watershed of the Euphrates River and Tigris River . The Taurus Mountains were formed by the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates . The predominant underlying rock is limestone . In the Aladaglar and Bolkar mountains, limestone has eroded to form karstic landscapes of waterfalls , underground rivers , and some of

629-770: The 2nd century AD the Emperor Trajan died here after falling ill while journeying along the Mediterranean coast. His body was taken by his successor Hadrian for burial in Rome and for a period the town was named Traianapolis . The later Roman Empire ( Byzantine Empire ) continued to rule the area until it was taken by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia who lost the area to the Seljuk Turks of `Ala' ad-Din Kay-Qubad in 1225. Selinus

666-610: The Airborne Forces when they adopted the famous maroon beret in Summer 1942. The beret was the origin of the German nickname for British airborne troops, the Red Devils . Today's Parachute Regiment carries on the maroon beret tradition. The selection process for the elite Parachute Regiment is called Pegasus Company (often abbreviated to "P Company"). In 2015 it was announced that the units of 16 Air Assault Brigade would once again use

703-636: The Allies in the Armistice , which ended hostilities against the Ottoman Empire . In addition to hiking and mountain climbing, there are two ski resorts on the mountain range, one at Davras about 25 km (16 mi) from the two nearest towns of Egirdir and Isparta , the second is Saklıkent 40 km (25 mi) from the city of Antalya . The Varda Viaduct , situated on the railway lines Konya - Adana at Hacıkırı village in Adana Province ,

740-517: The Central Taurus is Mt. Demirkazık (3,756m). The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass has been the principal pass through the Eastern Taurus since ancient times, connecting the coastal plain of Cilicia with Central Anatolia . The Tarsus-Ankara Highway ( E90 , O-21 ) passes through it. Mountain ranges in the Central Taurus include: The Southeastern Taurus Mountains form the northern boundary of

777-574: The German occupation of Italy also had a Pegasus as its emblem. The winged horse is still featured on the Tuscan flag and coat of arms. The winged horse has provided an instantly recognizable corporate logo or emblem of inspiration. Ecuador launched its weather satellite, named Pegaso ( pronounced [peˈɣaso] , Pegasus in Spanish), on 26 April 2013 but it was damaged by Russian space debris. Pegasus Airlines (Turkish: Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş.)

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814-631: The Pegasus insignia after a 15-year hiatus. During the airborne phase of the Normandy invasion on the night of 5–6 June 1944, British 6th Airborne Division captured all its key objectives in advance of the seaborne assault, including the capture and holding at all costs of a vital bridge over the Caen Canal , near Ouistreham . In memory of their tenacity, the bridge has been known ever since as Pegasus Bridge . The Tuscan National Liberation Committee during

851-496: The Renaissance. The poet Hesiod presents a folk etymology of the name Pegasus as derived from πηγή pēgē 'spring, well', referring to "the pegai of Okeanos , where he was born". A proposed etymology of the name is Luwian pihassas 'lightning', and Pihassassi , a local Luwian- Hittite name in southern Cilicia of a weather deity associated with thunder and lightning. The proponents of this etymology adduce

888-471: The birth of the winged stallion and his brother Chrysaor in the far distant place at the edge of Earth, Hesiod's "springs of Oceanus", which encircles the inhabited earth, where Perseus found Medusa : One is that they sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa's neck as Perseus was beheading her, similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus after he swallowed her pregnant mother. In another version, when Perseus beheaded Medusa,

925-502: The brothers were born of the Earth, when the Gorgon's blood fell upon her. A variation of this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa's blood, pain, and sea foam, implying that Poseidon had involvement in their making. The last version bears resemblance to Hesiod 's account of the birth of Aphrodite from the foam created when the severed genitals of Uranus were cast into

962-529: The insignia was designed by famous English novelist Daphne du Maurier , who was wife of the commander of the 1st Airborne Division (and later the expanded British Airborne Forces), General Frederick "Boy" Browning . According to the British Army Website, the insignia was designed by the celebrated East Anglian painter Major Edward Seago in May 1942. The maroon background on the insignia was later used again by

999-785: The largest caves of Asia . The Manavgat River originates on the southern slopes of the Beydaglari range. The mountains have a Mediterranean climate , with dry summers and rainy winters. Temperatures vary with elevation, with warm winters on the lower coastal slopes and cold winters in the high mountains and in the interior. At lower elevations, the predominant vegetation forest and woodland of evergreen oaks and Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), and areas of maquis shrubland . Above 1200 meters elevation are montane forests of black pine ( Pinus nigra ), Lebanon cedar ( Cedrus libani ), Taurus fir ( Abies cilicica ), and juniper ( Juniperus spp.). The high peaks are home to alpine meadows. The bull

1036-480: The monster Chimera , which led to many more exploits. Bellerophon later fell from Pegasus's back while trying to reach Mount Olympus . Both Pegasus and Bellerophon were said to have died at the hands of Zeus for trying to reach Olympus. Other tales have Zeus bring Pegasus to Olympus to carry his thunderbolts. Long honored as a constellation , Pegasus is a subject of very rich iconography, especially through ancient Greek pottery as well as paintings and sculptures of

1073-498: The road is two lanes but in the process of being improved to four. It is 80 km to the next town Anamur which takes two hours to drive). The remote rocky hillsides are home to snakes, scorpions and other wildlife such as deer, rabbits, wild boar, wild sheep and badgers. There is 50 km of coastline, half of which is sandy beach and rocky stretches with small coves that can be used for swimming. The beaches of Gazipaşa are used as nesting grounds by loggerhead sea turtles . Construction

1110-515: The role of Pegasus, reported as early as Hesiod , as the bringer of thunderbolts to Zeus. That interpretation was first suggested in 1952 and remains widely accepted, but Robin Lane Fox (2009) has criticized it as implausible. According to early myths, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, an inspiring water spring burst forth. One of these springs was upon the Muses ' Mount Helicon ,

1147-469: The sea by Cronus . Pegasus aided the hero Bellerophon in his fight against the Chimera . There are varying tales about how Bellerophon found Pegasus; the most common being that the hero was told by Polyeidos to sleep in the temple of Athena , where the goddess visited him in the night and presented him with a golden bridle. The next morning, still clutching the bridle, Bellerophon found Pegasus drinking at

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1184-482: The silhouetted image of Bellerophon the warrior, mounted on the winged Pegasus, was adopted by the United Kingdom 's newly raised parachute troops in 1941 as their upper sleeve insignia. The image clearly symbolized a warrior arriving at a battle by air, the same tactics used by paratroopers . The square upper-sleeve insignia comprised Bellerophon/Pegasus in light blue on a maroon background. One source suggests that

1221-534: The various storm-gods of the ancient Near East, were a people whom modern scholars place in the Taurus Mountains at their probable earliest origins. A Bronze Age archaeological site, where early evidence of tin mining was found, is at Kestel . The pass known in antiquity as the Cilician Gates crosses the range north of Tarsus . The Amanus range in southern Turkey is where the Taurus Mountains are pushed up as three tectonic plates come together. The Amanus

1258-499: Was commonly the symbol and depiction of ancient Near Eastern storm gods , hence Taurus the bull, and hence the name of the mountains. The mountains are a place of many ancient storm-god temples. Torrential thunderstorms in these mountains were deemed by the ancient Syrians to be the work of the storm-god Adad to make the Tigris and Euphrates rivers rise and flood and thereby fertilise their land. The Hurrians , probably originators of

1295-540: Was decapitated by Perseus . Greco-Roman poets wrote about his ascent to heaven after his birth and his obeisance to Zeus , who instructed him to bring lightning and thunder from Olympus . Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene , the fountain on Mount Helicon . He was captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon , near the fountain Peirene , with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allowed Bellerophon to ride him in order to defeat

1332-525: Was retaken briefly by Armenians before the conquest of Karamanids in the end of the 13th century. During the area of the Anatolian beyliks the coast including Selinti was controlled by the Karamanid clan of Konya and was brought into the Ottoman Empire in 1472 by Gedik Ahmet Pasha , naval commander of Sultan Mehmet II . The 17th century traveller Evliya Çelebi records Selinti as a group of 26 villages, with

1369-428: Was stabled with other steeds belonging to Zeus , and was given the task of carrying Zeus ' thunderbolts, along with other members of his entourage, his attendants / handmaidens / shield bearers / shieldmaidens , Astrape and Bronte . Because of his years of faithful service to Zeus, Pegasus was later honoured with transformation into a constellation . On the day of his catasterism , when Zeus transformed him into

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