Cilician Gates

The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass is a pass through the connecting the low plains of to the , by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.
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  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,050 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in southern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Gülek Boğazı” and “Kilikia pylai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gülek Castle.

Fort
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a medieval castle in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gülek and Akçatekir.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,483. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,622. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Village
is a village in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 370. It is situated in the to the east of Turkish motor way O.21.

Cilician Gates

Latitude
37.2854° or 37° 17′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.7859° or 34° 47′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,050 metres (3,445 feet)
Open location code
8G9P7QPP+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8091683402
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Wiki­data ID
Q128884
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Cilician Gates” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوابات قيليقية”
  • Armenian: “Կիլիկիայի դարպասներ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gülək boğazı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kilikiya qapıları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Külək boğazı”
  • Basque: “Gülek mendatea”
  • Basque: “Ziliziako Ateak”
  • Basque: “Ziliziar Ateak”
  • Bulgarian: “Киликийска порта”
  • Bulgarian: “Киликийски порти”
  • Bulgarian: “Юдейска порта”
  • Catalan: “Porta del Ferro”
  • Chinese: “奇里乞亚山口”
  • Chinese: “奇里乞亞山口”
  • Czech: “Kilikijská brána”
  • Dutch: “Cilician Gates”
  • Esperanto: “Kilikia pordo”
  • French: “Portes ciliciennes”
  • French: “portes de Cilicie”
  • French: “Portes de Cilicie”
  • Galician: “Portas de Cilicia”
  • Georgian: “კილიკიის კარი”
  • German: “Gülek Boğazı”
  • German: “Kilikische Pforte”
  • Greek: “Κιλίκιες Πύλες”
  • Hebrew: “שערי קיליקיה”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Kilikia”
  • Italian: “Passo di Gülek”
  • Italian: “Porte Cilicie”
  • Italian: “Porte della Cilicia”
  • Japanese: “ギュレク峠”
  • Japanese: “キリキアの門”
  • Japanese: “キリキア門”
  • Latin: “Pylae Ciliciae”
  • Lithuanian: “Kilikijos Vartai”
  • Low German: “Kilieksche Port”
  • Macedonian: “Киликиска Врата”
  • Marathi: “सिलिसियाचे द्वार”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De kilikiske portene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilikiske portene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei ciliciske portane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei kilikiske portane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gülek Boğazı”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gülekpasset”
  • Norwegian: “De kilikiske portene”
  • Persian: “دروازه‌های کیلیکیه”
  • Polish: “Brama Cylicyjska”
  • Polish: “Wrota Cylicji”
  • Portuguese: “Portas da Cilícia”
  • Romanian: “Porțile Ciliciene”
  • Russian: “Киликийские Ворота”
  • Slovenian: “Kilikijska vrata”
  • Spanish: “Puertas Cilicias”
  • Tamil: “சிலிசிய வாயில்கள்”
  • Turkish: “Gülek Boğazı”
  • Turkish: “Gülek Geçidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кілікійські ворота”
  • Uzbek: “Kilikiya darvozasi”
  • Uzbek: “Kilikiya Darvozasi”

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