Cilician

Julius Caesar was captured by Cilician pirates in 75BC.

As they looked down towards the Cilician Gates, standing in the corridor side by side, a sigh came suddenly from the girl.

In 1998, when Turkey’s government banned gambling, the country’s casino operators promptly moved their operations across the Cilician Sea, turning Northern Cyprus into a mecca for Turkish gamblers.

The demands of kidnappers, corsairs and hijackers have shaped the course of history ever since Julius Caesar was attacked by Cilician pirates, dispatched men to raise his ransom, and then sailed back to catch and crucify his captors.

Armenians Fleeing Anew as Syria Erupts in Battle YEREVAN, Armenia — At the newly opened Cilician School in this former Soviet republic, the textbooks are in Arabic, photocopied from a single set flown out of war-torn .