Tynada stands on the skirts of Sivri Tepe, a hill commanding the country east of Aksu in Isparta province, and the city extends into the territory of the villages of Karagi and Kocular. The temple and building remains show it to belong to the Hellenistic period.
What can be made out on the ground are the remains of the temple and of buildings, the remains of a round structure, inscriptions, gravestones, and a rock tomb on the southern face of Sivri Tepe; roof tiles and fragments of storage jars, pots and small jugs lie in quantity on the surface. Getting there is the difficulty: the site is eight kilometres east of Aksu at Terziler village, and the graded road from that village is hard going, so the quicker approach is a one-kilometre climb from the Karabogazi area at Kocular.
Getting there
- Access
- The ancient city lies on the skirts of Sivri Tepe at Terziler village, eight kilometres east of Aksu in Isparta. The track from Terziler is stabilised and the going is hard; a one-kilometre climb from Koçular Karaboğazı is quicker.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Isparta as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 1.9 °C in January to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (86 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
