Cybele monument located at Akpınar on the northern flank of Mount Sipylus, at a distance of 7 kilometers from Manisa on the road to Turgutlu is, along with the King of Mira rock relief at Mount Nif near Kemalpaşa and a number of cuneiform tablet records are among the principal evidence of extension of Hittite control and influence in western Anatolia based on local principalities.