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Cultural assets in ancient Heracleia are unearth

Photo: Erkan Tabakoğlu Excavation, restoration and conservation work continue with great care in the ancient city of Heracleia, a southwestern city in Türkiye, which attracts thousands of tourists from around the globe. To preserve the natural and historical beauties of Muğla and pass them on to future generations, work continues with great care in ancient cities and ruins with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Muğla Governorship and the Investment Monitoring Coordination Presidency (YIKOB). The ancient city of Heraclea on the shores of Lake Bafa, one of the rare places where cultural assets are intertwined with natural beauty, has attracted the attention of the whole world in recent years and has become one of the critical centers of nature and cultural tourism. After the visit of Muğla Governor Orhan Tavlı to the Milas Kapıkırı region in 2021, excavation and conservation work for the protection of the ancient city of Heracleia started. The works, which started as a rescue excavation, were transferred to the status of a 12-month excavation within one year with the presidential decree. Under this project, critical archaeological data and findings were discovered in the ancient city of Heracleia, the Endymion Sanctuary and the Lake Castle. Among the items were artifacts dating to the Menteşe Principality and early Ottoman period. The researchers were also able to determine that the castle was used until the middle of the 15th century. Heracleia City The ancient city of Heracleia, located within the borders of the Kapıkırı quarter of the Milas district, was a Carian city founded in the late Classical-early Hellenistic period. Located on the southwestern outskirts of Latmos Mountain and the northeastern coast of Bafa Lake, it is one of the few places in the world that can be described as a "sea of rocks" with its extraordinary geological formations, considered sacred in the ancient period when Heracleia was founded. Bafa Lake was once a gulf and turned into a lake with the alluvium carried by the Menderes River. Heracleia has been exceptionally well conserved. The site is a typical Hellenistic town, with a rectilinear street grid dividing residential zones, public squares and shrines, all of the elements and spaces that define Greek urbanism. Heracleia is a remarkable marvel situated in a magnificent environment as a one-of-a-kind and sizable open-air museum. More public buildings from various times can be seen in the ancient city area, including the ruins of the theater, Roman baths, a spring house and a gymnasium (an athletic training ground surrounded by porticoes). A little further south, a remarkable edifice with a curving back wall and a columned porch is considered the sanctuary of Endymion, the shepherd demigod who was supposed to originate from the area. Endymion, the myth It is said that Endymion is a young and handsome shepherd living on Mount Latmos who has been considered sacred since prehistoric times. According to the ancient myth, Endymion used to graze his herds on Latmos Mountain, with its slopes surrounded by lush green grass and fragrant flowers, cheer up nature with the melodies pouring from his pipe. In the evening, he would go to rest in his cave by Lake Bafa. No one could see Endymion in these desolate mountains except the moon goddess Selene. The shepherd Endymion fell in love with this beauty, watching Selene rising toward the sky from the sparkling waters of Lake Bafa and enveloping Latmos Mountain with its lights every evening. Selene also fell in love with this handsome young man. It is said that since that day, Selene, the goddess of the moon, has touched Latmos Mountain with love and made Bafa Lake shine like a silver tray with its radiance. For this reason, it is rumored that Heracleia is one of the most beautiful places on earth where the moonlight reflects. Source: IHA

Famous 'Cyclist' magazine wrote about Muğla cycling routes

The world's most prestigious cycling magazine 'Cyclist', headquartered in England and published in many languages, featured Muğla and Muğla cycling routes in its December issue. Describing the route from Marmaris to Ula Akyaka and Hinge Sarnıç, Kıran as 'Turkish Delight', the magazine announced the 12-13 km climbing route from Akbük to Sarnıç as Turkey's Alps. . The sports tourism activity started by Muğla Governor Orhan Tavlı 2 years ago began to bear fruit in a short time. Muğla, which has made great strides especially in cycling sports and events, hosts many national and international races, events and tours, and is now one of the indispensable choices of European cycling enthusiasts with the bicycle routes created within its structure. Sea, sun, bike city The International Cyclist Magazine referred to Muğla as 'Sea Sun and a Cycling', that is, the City of Sea, Sun and Cycling. The magazine, which is out of the sea, sun and beach trilogy, wrote that Muğla has started to spread tourism to 12 months with the recent studies and regulations, and that it has managed to make a name for itself in terms of sports tourism in Europe with the bicycle routes created. The magazine also played a major role in the promotion of the region by sharing the food culture and accommodation opportunities in the region with its readers. Referring to the importance of Bicycle Tourism in Europe, Ilker Cömert, Representative of the Bicycle Federation Muğla, said, “Muğla is working to have a share in bicycle tourism, which has a size of approximately 52 billion Euros in the world. We have come a long way in the works we started with the instructions of our Governor. This news, and finally, the fact that Muğla is featured in Europe's and even the world's most prestigious Cycling Magazine is the most important indicator of this. Our governor has important plans and projects in this regard, if the necessary infrastructure is provided, Muğla can have a bigger cake than Europe in 5-6 years.” Stating that bicycle tourism has a bigger potential than ship tourism, Cömert said, “There is an annual turnover of 52 billion Euros in Europe. It is now known that this issue is an important and qualified tourist resource. We are making great efforts to increase the number of bicycle support points and routes in Muğla. In the meantime, we should also try to increase the number of bike-friendly hotels,” he said. Giving information about the bicycle routes, Cömert said, “Tourists who want to travel by bicycle download the routes in the region to their phones. We also have important work in this regard. Our governor also opened our horizons on the routes of historical regions. We had the chance to explore many routes from Tlos to Herakleia, from Hyllarima to Stratonikeia, from Lagina to Latmos. We mapped out the routes of these areas. Cycling enthusiasts will travel on these routes with their families. In this context, the service and resting places on the routes will also be important. Tourists using bicycles do not stay at the hotel. Cycling enthusiasts use the hotel only for rest and sleep. It is also important to him.”

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Cultural assets in ancient Heracleia are unearth

Famous 'Cyclist' magazine wrote about Muğla cycling routes