Cilician Plains Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Cilician Plains
Çukurova isTurkishfor "hollow plains", describing itsgeographyin relation with the soaring Taurus Mountains that surround it fairly well. It is the largest lowland of Turkey with muchagricultural production, especially of cotton, peanuts and citrus. In modern geopolitical terms, the region extends over all of Adana and Osmaniye Provinces, and the eastern third of Mersin Province.Bordered bytheCilician Mountainsto the west,Central Anatoliaacross the Taurus Mountains to the north,Southeastern Anatoliato the east, andHatayto the southeast, the region has ashoreline on the Mediterraneanto the south, but unlike its neighbours to the west, the extensive beaches of this part of the coast are not well known to the outside world, although fairly popular with the locals. In addition to its tradition
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