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🏛️ Syedra-Korakesion

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🏛️ Syedra-Korakesion
Merged Hellenistic and Roman coastal settlements in Cilicia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 07:05
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located on the southern Cilician coast of modern-day Türkiye, approximately 20 km east of Alanya
  • Syedra was a Hellenistic settlement; Korakesion was a nearby Cilician pirate stronghold later integrated into the Roman sphere
  • Site comprises ruins of defensive walls, harbor structures, and scattered architectural fragments from the Hellenistic and Roman periods
  • Accessible by road but remains minimally excavated and largely unexcavated compared to major archaeological sites

Syedra-Korakesion represents a fusion of two ancient coastal settlements on the Cilician coast of southern Anatolia. Syedra functioned ...

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