Pozanti
General Information
District: Adana, State: Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Area: 793 km²
Languages Spoken: Turkish
Long Distance Code: (+90) 0322
Best Time to Visit: May to August
International Access: Adana Sakirpasa Airport (ADA)Description
History Pozanti has had a number of names. In antiquity it was Pendonsis or Pendosis. To the Arabs El Bedendum and finally Bozanti and Pozanti in Turkish. Standing at the entrance to a pass across the Toros mountains Pendonsis was a city of strategic importance, the gateway between the high plain of Anatolia and the low plain of Cilicia or Cukurova and thus the Middle East. Pozanti has successively passed though the hands of Hittites, Persians, Alexander the Great, Rome and Byzantium. In the period of the Abbasids the armies of Islam moved through. And then following the battle of Malazgirt in 1071 Turks made their appearance. During the Crusades control of the pass was returned to the Byzantines, and was finally brought under Ottoman control by Selim I in his campaign of 1517. Pozanti is windy and bleak and for most of this history was a fort and a road-house, but when the railway was put through in 1917 more people began to live here permanently. But still the place really lives from the passing trade on the road. Pozanti was briefly occupied by French forces at the end of World War I. Pozanti today For many Pozanti is a place to have a break after the hard journey across the Toros. At the spring of Sekerpinar, where there is a plant for bottling the spring water, there are motels and well-known roadside restaurants specialising in barbecued meats. For many stopping here to relax on a carpeted bench grilling large quantities of lambchops or shish kebab is an essential part of the journey to Adana. Especially if you've come all the way over the mountains dodging around slow-moving trucks. (oh and the river trout is delicious too). As the road from the city is a modern motorway Pozanti is the easiest retreat from the city of Adana, residents drive up here to picnic and escape from the summer heat. New investment for 5 stars hotel Pendosis Vacation Club having 84 rooms and many luxury possibilities will enhance the tourism activities during the whole 12 months.Location
Pozanti is a small city and a large district in Adana Province of Turkey, on the main road from the city of Adana up across the Taurus Mountains. Pozanti stands in the foothills, at the bottom of a rare pass through these high mountains.Climate
Typical Mediterranean climate