[1] Mut is a rural district at the foot of the Sertavul Pass on the road over the Taurus Mountains from Ankara and Konya to the Mediterranean coast at Anamur or Silifke.

The summer is hot and the people of Mut retreat to high meadows (so called yayla) even further up the mountainside.

The forests up here are home to wild boar, and the Gezende reservoir on the Ermenek River is a welcome patch of blue in this dry district.

The area has probably been inhabited since the time of the Hittites (2000 BC), and was later part of ancient Cilicia.

The mosque of Lal Pasha, and the Red Minaret (Kızılminare) are among the buildings from the Karamanids that still stand in Mut today.