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 God
created this place by looking at it from the sea, he took
his palette brush in hand and first created the steep rocks
which are going in and out, like monuments, from the feet
of Babada? which is at the back, he let water fall as fountainheads,
he painted the plateau which goes down to the sea step by
step in green, he raised pine tress over the red steep rocks.
He plaeced the SANDALWOOD tree with red husks,LAUREL with
bright leaves, VALONIA and all MEDITERNANEAN plant cover side
by side and one inside the other. He said, 'KABAK will be
such a beatiful place that all of my subjects will learn what
nature and natural life mean as long as the universe exists.'
 And
GOD looked at its work of art and can not prevent the tears
of delight from failing.Just at that time the picture came
to life and water started to splash from the rocks,SHORT-TOED
EAGLE started to glide along swiftly in the air,the GOAT started
to eat thethyme on the rocks, the MEDITERNANEAN SEAL started
to hunt at the coast.CARETTA CARETTAS came to the sandy beach
of golden colour to lay eggs,RED FOX began to chase the ROCK
PARTRIDGES and RABBITS.JESSEY TIGER deciced to settle its
home in the promises. This is how KABAK was created; and this
story continued thus.  People
learned how to take out the oil of the nettle tree berry and
bay and how to raise onion and garlic by digging up by the
roots. B.C. 3000... Years followed years and people caught
goats and sacrificed them as well as taming them. They mixed
the manure in ground and raised barley and wheat. They built
up a mill on fountainhead of the waterfall that is within
the depths of the canyon. They brought down the wild olive
trees which they uprooted from the hills to the gardens of
their houses made of stone. They planted them together with
the pomegranate tree which is known as the tree of heaven.
Year B.C. 2000... People of Kabak burried their dead together
with their belongings that they loved best under monument
graves (one piece of stone block) consisting of one piece.
They opened a window over the grave so that Harpyas of the
mythology, creatures with  a
woman head and bird body, could enter the grave and take the
spirit of the dead and take them to the world of dead, Hades.
In those days native inhabitants in Kabak were called Lykians.
Year A.D. 100... The good news of Jesus Christ reached the
small bays GAVUR ALI, SANCAKLI, INSUYU BALARTLI and KABAK,
from PATARA. Churches were built on the hills and lace like
coasts . Even the small bays which have no water received
their share of trade. People of Kabak took the water of the
mill that reaches the sea, through a second mill into ships.
They filled the barrels with olive oil and made wine from
the grapes that tasted like honey. A.D. 1300...  Byzantium
Period started and it was about to end. Althogh Kabak could
not carry out sea trade as it used to do in the past, it was
self-sufficient unlike the other small bays. And they heard
abaut our last prophet; after that, there appears a Muslim
graveyard on the most beautiful area of Kabak where stream
and sea unite and where the most beautiful pine trees grow
and golden sands come to an end. Year A.D. 1998 Nothing much
changed within 5000 years in Kabak. Villagers make a living
out of apiculture; they raise enough amount of wheat and barley,
they produce molasses instead of wine from the grapes that
taste like honey. They are squeezing their excellent olive
oils just like their ancestors. Did They are still raising
the goats which were tamed thousands of years ago, at mountains.
We are also taking our water from the natural spring, performing
our transportation using mules on land and using ships at
sea. We cook our meal by burning firewood and we do our fishing,
everyday we cook our bread using the flour we ourselves produce
by grinding the wheat that is raised at the plateau of Kabak,
and in the  mornings
we eat it together with honey and olive oil produced at Kabak
as well. While having a holiday at Kabak you will meet the
life itself. It is possible to do various natural sports at
KABAK CAMPING. Trekking at Kabak is one of sports branches
that you can practice, and each day you can use a different
course. At the end of each trekking course cultural heritage
of Kabak is waiting for you. You can perform “parachute jump
from slope” each day at BABA DAGI which is one of the best
jump points of the world. Mountain climbing is a sports which
has not been discovered here yet, at the canyon the nature
is very much convenient for rock climbing. KABAK is a way
of life, KABAK is an exemplary landscape, KABAK is the natural
life. We do not offer you a Holiday Village with 5 stars,
rather we offer you a sky with thousands of stars.
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