Anamur

Anamur is a town and district of the province of Mersin, on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey, between Antalya and the city of Mersin. Anamur is Turkey's southernmost point, a coastal resort famous for its bananas and peanuts. Anamur has mutated from the Greek "Anemourion" (Ανεμούριον) meaning "windmill". Founded by the Phoenicians, the city was then occupied by the Assyrians and Hittites. During the Hittite period in the twelfth century B.C., the ruler Tuthalia IV, granted Anemorium to Mattuvata who had taken refuge in his kingdom. Mattuvata took advantage of the Hittites’ weakness, establishing his own kingdom with Anemorium as its capital. His rule extended as far as Afyon, in central Anatolia.At the end of the 12th century...