Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization The ancient geographical
region of Lycia situates on the Teke Peninsula on the
Mediterranean region of Turkey. Ancient Lycia was surrounded by
Mediterranean Sea on the south, Caria on the west and Pamphylia
on the east. Lycian Civilization is well-known by many remains
in this area dated to 5th and 4th century B.C. belonging to
Hellenistic and Roman Period. The written Egyptian and Hittite
sources of dated back to the 2th millennium B.C. mentions a
tribe called "Luka" or "Lukka" and Hittite king Suppiluliuma
mentions his conquer the "Lycia Country" in 14th century B.C.
Also, written sources about the Kadesh Battle calls these people
as "Lukkies the sea people". According to the historians "Lukka"
means "Land of the Light". Lycia was ruled by Syrian king
Antiochus III starting from the end of the 2nd century B.C.
until mid 2nd century B.C. In the mid 1st century B.C. "Lycian
League" was established which comprised of 23 cities. This union
was the first known democratic fed