The town of Gülnar is 32 km (20 mi) inland on a plain high in the Taurus Mountains, attractive countryside known for its vineyards and its green meadows used for summer grazing.

Gülnar is a small town providing high schools and other basic amenities to the surrounding villages.

The area has been occupied since the time of the Hittites, and was later settled by the Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Armenians.

The people of Gülnar today are descendants of the Turkmen tribes that came here from Central Asia in the 13th century.

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