Sirkeli Höyük is a mound beside the Ceyhan river in the village of Sirkeli, on the old road between Misis and Ceyhan, and right next to it a rock outcrop carries the relief of the Hittite king Muvattali. The story attached to the spot is that Muvattali passed this way on his march to fight Ramses at Kadeş, and that afterwards the Hittites held the place to be sacred.
The mound covers about 20 hectares. The first excavations here were in 1936.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adana as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 9.6 °C in January to 28.8 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
