Bays

GOBUN  BAY

THIS  ANCHORAGE,  WHICH  IS  SURROUNDED  BY  PINE  WOODS AND OLIVE  GROVES,  PROVIDES  SHELTER  FROM  WINDS  IN  ALL  DIRECTIONS  WHEREBY  UP  TO  50  VESSELS  CAN  MOOR  HERE CONCURRENTLY.  IF  YOU  VISIT  HERE  IN  THE  SUMMER,  BE  PREPARED  TO  PUT  UP  WITH  THE  MARITIME  TRAFFIC AS  IT  IS  A  POPULAR  SPOT.  THERE  IS  A  COZY  LITTLE  BAY  BETWEEN  GOBUN BAY  AND YAVANSU  BAY,  SANDWICHED  BETWEEN  TWO  MOUNTAINS,  CALLED ‘MERDIVENLI  BAY’ BY  THE  LOCAL  VILLAGERS.  THE  SMALL  BEACH  INSIDE  THE  STEEP  ROCKS  ON   EITHER  SIDE  OF THE  BAY  IS  VERY  IMPRESSIVE.  THE  CAVE  SITUATED  BEHIND  THE  BEACH  CAN  BE  REACHED  BY CLIMBING  OVER  SOME  HIGH  STEPS.  IT  MUST  BE  BECAUSE  OF   THESE  STEPS  THAT  THE  BAY WAS  CALLED ‘MERDIVENLI BAY.’

MANASTIR BAY

THERE  IS  A  FABULOUS  BAY  SHADED  BY  PINES  JUST  ONE  NAUTICAL  MILE  TO  THE  BOZBURUN CALLED  MANASTIR  BAY.  IN  THE  QUADRANT  OF  MANASTIR  BAY,  ONE  CAN  SEE  RUINS  IN  THE  SEA  THAT  HAVE  BEEN  NAMED  BY  THE  LOCAL  FOLKS  AS  CLEOPATRA’S  HAMAM.  HOWEVER, THIS  IS  A  FALLACY  AS  THESE  RUINS  DO  NOT  DATE  BACK  TO  THE  TIME  OF  THE  EGYPTIAN  QUEEN,  BUT  RATHER  TO  THAT  OF  THE  BYZANTINE  EMPIRE. THE  PINES  LEAN  INTO  THE  SEA  AS  IF  THEY  ARE  KISSING  IT  WHEREAS  THEY  STRETCH  FROM  WATER’S  EDGE  TO  THE  TOP  OF  THE  HILLS,  ADDING  DISTINCT  BEAUTY  TO  THE  BAY.  THE  QUADRANT  OF  THE  BAY,  WHERE  THERE  IS  AN  ISLAND  AS  WELL  AS  REMNANTS  OF  A  ROMAN  BATH,  IS  CONSIDERED  TO  BE  AN  IDEAL  SPOT  TO  ANCHOR  AS  IT  REMAINS  CALM  IN  STORMY  WEATHER.  IT  IS  A  COMFORTABLY  NICE  PLACE  TO  SPEND  THE  NIGHT  AS  LONG  AS,  THERE  IS  NO  WIND  BLOWING.  IN  THE   PART  OF MANASTIR  KOYU  IS  AN  OLD,  LONG  WALL  THAT  RUNS  BY  A  RESTAURANT  CALLED  WALLBAY. THIS  WALL  WAS  BUILT  TO  PROTECT  LYDAE  AT  THE  TOP  OF  THE  ISTHMUS  AND  ITS  VILLAGE ARYMAXA.  FROM  HERE  IT  EXTENDS  UP  TO  THE  HILL  AND  THEN  BACK  DOWN  TO  THE  SEA  AGAIN.  THUSLY,  THE  PENINSULA  WAS  SECURELY  CUT  OFF  FROM  THE  MAINLAND. WHEN  YOU GET  TO  THE  TOP  OF  THE  HILL  THE  BEAUTIFUL  VIEW  OF  GOKGEMILE  KOYU  IS  GOING  TO AMAZE  YOU. THE  SHOALS  OFF  THE  COAST  ARE  LIKE  A  MOTIF  OF  THE  PANORAMIC  VIEW.

SARSALA – SIRALI BUK

RUINS  OF  AN  OLD  DWELLING  AS  WELL   AS  THAT  OF  AN  ANCIENT  PIER  CAN  BE  SEEN  IN  THE  WATER  TO  THE  W  OF  THE  PENINSULA. THERE  IS  A  ROAD  FROM  LAND  TO  THIS  BAY,  WHICH  IS  COMPRISED  OF  TWO  COVES   KNOWN  AS  BUYUK  AND  KUCUK  SARSALA. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SMALL COVES IN THIS BAY, WHICH IS EXPOSED TO THE 5, WHEREAS SOME VESSELS DROP ANCHOR IN THESE COVES. THERE IS A MOUNTAIN PATH BEHIND THESE ON WHICH ONE CAN TREK UP TO ERENTEPE AND KOCAGOL. KOCAGOL IS 2 – 3 KM. BEYOND SARSALA. HERE THE ANCIENT CITY OF LYSSA IS SITUATED AT KIZILAGAC MEVKII. THE ONLY AUTHOR OF ANTIQUITY TO HAVE EVER MENTIONED THIS CITY WAS PLINY. IT IS KNOWN THAT THE CITY DID NOT MINT ANY COINS BUT IT WAS MENTIONED IN INSCRIPTIONS. A PART OF THE ACROPOLIS WALLS REMAINS STANDING, WHEREAS THERE ARE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE S SIDE OF THE WALLS. THESE ARE HONOR INSCRIPTIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN THE 3RD CENTURY B.C. DURING THE PERIOD OF PTOLEMIAC DYNASTY. NOTHING MUCH REMAINS OF THE ANCIENT CITY SAVE FOR TOMBS THAT ARE SEEN BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SEA. HOWEVER, AS WITH OTHER CITIES OF ANTIQUITY, THERE MOST CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUINS OF SOME PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL. THE OTHER NAME OF SIRALI BUKU, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE INLET OF MARTIN BURNU TO THE N OF SARSALA PIER, IS MARTIN KOYU. THE BAY IS SURROUNDED BY TALL MOUNTAINS AND UNITES WITH THE PINE TREES GROWING ON THE PEAKS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO MOOR ANYWHERE ALONG THE CAPE, WHICH HAS FIVE BEACHES.

BEDRI RAHMI COVE

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BAYS IN THE GULF IS BEDRI RAHMI KOYU, KNOWN BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE AS TASKAYA. SITUATED OPPOSITE TERSANE ADASI, THIS BAY WAS NAMED AFTER THE TURKISH WRITER AND ARTIST BEDRI RAHMI EYUPOGLU, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE A ‘BLUE VOYAGE’ BACK IN 1973. DURING THIS PIONEER JOURNEY, HE PAINTED A PICTURE OF A FISH ON A BOULDER BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN HERE. A NUMBER OF TURKISH INTELLECTS AND ARTISTS SUCH AS BEDRI RAHMI, HIS BROTHER SELAHATTIN EYUPOGLU AND AZRA ERHAT PARTICIPATED ON THE FIRST ‘BLUE VOYAGE’ AND DISCOVERED ALL THIS NATURAL BEAUTY. IN DESCRIBING THESE INCREDIBLE BAYS IN SUBSEQUENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND BOOKS, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT EVERYONE EXPERIENCE WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME KNOWN AS THE ‘BLUE VOYAGE.’ THERE IS A FRESHWATER FOUNTAIN UNDER SOME IMMENSE PINE TREES AT THE NE END OF THIS WIDE BAY, WHICH POSES NO PROBLEMS AS FAR AS ENTERING IT IS CONCERNED. YOU CAN DROP ANCHOR AT A DEPTH OF 2 —2.5 M. AT THE SPOT WHERE A RESTAURANT AND A PIER ARE LOCATED, AND REPLENISH YOUR WATER SUPPLY AT THE FOUNTAIN AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN SEE BEDRI RAHMI’S PICTURE OF A FISH RIGHT BEHIND THIS FOUNTAIN AND JUST BEHIND IT IS A LYCIAN ROCK TOMB SEEMINGLY LURKING AMONGST THE TREES. IN ADDITION TO THIS TOMB, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LYCIAN PIGEON-HOLE TOMBS CARVED INTO THE FACE OF A [ARGE ROCK. IN ADDITION, ONE CAN ENCOUNTER A ROCK TOMB WITH AN EMBROIDERED GATE AS WELL AS THREE TOMBS LYING NEXT TO EACH OTHER FURTHER ON AHEAD. THESE ROCK TOMBS ARE PECULIAR TO THE LYCIANS IN THAT THEY REFLECT EXAMPLES OF THEIR WOODEN EDIFICES. THESE ROCK TOMBS, OF WHICH WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL EXAMPLES IN CAUNOS, WITH MORE TO BE SEEN IN FETHIYE AND MYRA, DATE TO THE 4TH-5TH CENTURIES B.C. AND BELONG TO THE ANCIENT CITY OF CRYA, LOCATED UP ON THE HILL.

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