Beşparmak Mountains

When you leave behind the sparkling blue of Lake Bafa, stuck in Milas plain north of Bodrum, the pungent smell of the sunbaked earth will sting your nostrils. The asphalt road climbs continuously into the foothills of the Beşparmak Mountains, where the Çomakdağ villages nestle amidst endless groves of giant olive trees.

Two new inns and a rock shelter have been discovered on Mount Latmos (Beşparmak), located between the western provinces of Aydın and Muğla. The wall of the inns are decorated with paintings, dating back to 8,000 years ago, and the rock shelter is decorated with frescoes. 

Heraclia Latmos was one of the beautiful coastal cities of Karia, resting against the Latmos (Beşparmak) mountains and facing the Aegean. 

While the alluvial silt carried by the Greater Menderes River resulted in coastal towns like Miletus and Pyrenees being left 30 kilometers from the sea, they turned Latmos into a lake city called Bafa. (A) 

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Clocking in at just eight minutes, Yavuz Pullukçu's film, "Latmos Documentary," isn't particularly long, but the 27-year-old İzmirian director is hoping his short film makes a big impact at a Spanish film festival come April to help save the ancient city of Latmos and its surrounding nature.

Environmental campaigners are celebrating after an ancient temple on Mount Be?parmak (Latmos) in western Turkey was taken under protection, while noting that more needs to be done to save the area as a whole.

At an annual conference organized by the Antalya Chamber of Industrialists and Businessmen (ANS?AD), archaeologist Professor Havva ??kan I??k said stone quarries have been given permission to mine Mount Latmos and workers are trying to erase historical paintings dating back 6,000 years in order to facilitate mining. 

A second sacred area on Mount Latmos is raising excitement among archaeologists working on the area, which was of great importance in antiquityArchaeologists have expressed excitement about the discovery about a site on the ancient Mount Latmos (Be?parmak) in the southwestern province of Mu?la that is believed to have been used for religious purposes.

A second sacred area on Mount Latmos is raising excitement among archaeologists working on the area, which was of great importance in antiquityArchaeologists have expressed excitement about the discovery about a site on the ancient Mount Latmos (Be?parmak) in the southwestern province of Mu?la that is believed to have been used for religious purposes.

A group of travelers who spray-painted their names on rocks in the vicinity of 8,000-year-old paintings on Be?parmak (Latmos) mountain near Lake Bafa have aroused anger from archaeologists and historians over the damage to the ancient site.