Gözlükule Mound

Guzelkul Hill, the first settlement in Tarsus and located in the center of the region today, was excavated by an American team between (1935-1949) as a project of Bryn Mawr College under the supervision of Hetty Goldman. It is known that this settlement, which is understood to have been established about 9,000 years ago in the Neolithic era, was inhabited for a long time and without interruption until the early Islamic era, as the remains of rocks and fossils indicate that, and today the hill is one of the most important archaeological areas that history lovers visit. and effects.