Anamur contains Anatolia's southernmost point,[4] It is a coastal resort known for its bananas and peanuts.

Anamur has mutated from the Ancient Greek "Anemourion" (Ἀνεμούριον), Latinized as "Anemurium", meaning "windmill".

During the Hittite period in the twelfth century BC, the ruler Tuthalia IV, granted Anemurium to Mattuvata who had taken refuge in his kingdom.

At the end of the twelfth century the area was occupied by a nomadic tribe that had come from across the Caucasus mountains.

The tribe was called by the ancient Greeks the "Wind people" (Ἀνέμου γένος) after whom the city was named.

The most probable explanation however, is that they worshiped a god of wind, perhaps similar to the Greek Aeolus, as their main deity.

In 333 BC Alexander the Great brought this coast within his Macedonian Empire, and he was succeeded by Seleucids and then Ancient Romans.

Greenhouses for growing bananas are found everywhere; other tropical fruits such as papaya, pineapple and avocado are grown here now too.

Gazipasa Airport (near Alanya) opened in mid-2011 with Direct charter flights from Amsterdam (Netherlands) take place twice a week.