Bozkır and Its Surroundings in Historical Antiquity from Early Periods to Alexander the Great 

Bozkır and its surroundings are located in a region called Isauria in ancient sources. Geographically the Isauria region was the northern part of the Central Taurus Mountains, politically, when it was a Roman province, in the III century CE, it covered a wide area extending to Çukurova, which also included Mountainous Cilicia. The center of the region was Zengibar Castle in Bozkır-Ulupınar village, known as Isauria before, the capital fo the province became Calycadnus Seleucia (Silifke). The ancient Isauria region, which today corresponds to the Central Taurus Mountains, had a strategic...