Karaisali
General Information
District: Adana, State: Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Area: 1526 km²
Languages Spoken: Turkish
Long Distance Code: (+90) 0322
Best Time to Visit: May to August
International Access: Adana Sakirpasa Airport (ADA)Description
Karaisali is a small city and a district in Adana Province of Turkey, administratively a part of the Metropolitan Municipality of Adana. The area contains the reservoirs of Catalan and Nergizlik. There is a wrestling tournament in the late-April to early-May at Salbas and a countryside festival in the last week of August at Kizildag. History In Greek and Roman times there was a city here named Midelle. Following the arrival of the Turks in the area the name was changed to Ceceli and inhabited by the Yüregir and Menemenciogullari and Ramazanogullari tribes. Between 1481 and 1496 the city was controlled by the Mameluks and once these had been defeated by Ottoman sultan Selim I he passed control to the Ramazanogullari dynasty. The current name Karaisali was later given in memory of a Ramazanogullari lord. The city was not occupied during the Turkish War of Independence in the early 1920s and became a centre of Turkish resistance for the Cukurova area.Location
Karaisali is a small city and a district in Adana Province of Turkey, administratively a part of the Metropolitan Municipality of Adana. The area contains the reservoirs of Catalan and Nergizlik.Climate
Typical Mediterranean climate
Roman built Milvan Castle in the village of Karakilic
Roman castle Keci Kalesi 40 km north-east of Karaisali in the village of Etekli
The attractive remote village of Kalaycilar. 7 km from the
The Varda Viaduct (Turkish: Varda Köprüsü), aka Giaour Dere Viaduct, locally known as "Alman Köprüsü" or "Koca Köprü" (literally: German Viaduct or Big Viaduct), is a railway viaduct situated at Hacıkırı (Kıralan) village in Karaisalı district of Adana Province in southern Turkey. Designed and built by Imperial German engineers as part of the Baghdad Railway (Haydarpaşa Terminal, Istanbul-Baghdad), the stone arch structure is 63 km (39 mi) from Adana Central Station and 306 km (190 mi) from Konya.