Ereğli-i Karaman

Ereğli stands on the southern edge of the Anatolian plateau, at an approach to the passes leading toward Cilicia. Its name recalls Heraclea Cybistra, the ancient city that occupied this site. Nearby, the waters of the İvriz stream flow past a rock relief showing a ruler before a great weather god bearing grain and grapes. The monument belongs to the late Hittite kingdom of Tuwana and testifies to a much older history of cultivation in the district.