Cilician Gates
The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass is a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.- Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,050 metres (3,445 feet)
- Description: mountain pass in southern Turkey
- Also known as“Gülek Boğazı”“Kilikia pylai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gülek Castle.
Gülek Castle
Gülek Castle is a medieval castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gülek and Akçatekir.
Gülek
Village
Gülek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Akçatekir
Village
Akçatekir is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Pozantı, Adana Province, Turkey.
Çukurbağ
Village
Çukurbağ is a village in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Cilician Gates
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Latitude
37.2854° or 37° 17′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.7859° or 34° 47′ 9″ east
Open location code
8G9P7QPP+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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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”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nohutluk Yaylası (Kandil Karboğazı) and Cilician Gate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gülek Seyir Noktası and Gülek Kalesi.
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