Cin Kulesi was a watchtower, and its placing says so plainly: it stands on the highest hill between the sea and the Sokullu Mehmet Paşa complex, where an approaching attack could be seen early. It was once ringed by a ditch. Who built it is not settled — the provincial governorate says either the Crusaders or the Genoese — and its date of construction is not known.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Hatay as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.1 °C in January to 27.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (197 mm) and lightest in July (16 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
