Karboğazı is a mountain pass in the vicinity of the borders of

Mersin Province Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, A ...

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and

Niğde Province Niğde Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the southern part of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 7,234 km2, and its population is 365,419 (2022) of which 170,511 live in the city of Niğde. The population was 348,081 in 200 ...

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. It literally means "snow pass (strait)" in Turkish. The pass at is in the rural northern area of Tarsus

ilçe The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the s ...

(district) close to Adana and Niğde borders and the Mount Bolgar. Situated in the middle and northeastern sector of Taurus Mountainous range and to the north of Gülek. It is north west of the Turkish state highway D.750. Its distance to Tarsus is and to

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

is . Karboğazı literally means "snow-pass". It is situated in a high valley around a tributary of

Berdan River The Berdan (also Baradān or Baradā), the ancient Cydnus (), is a river in Mersin Province, south Turkey. The historical city of Tarsus is on the river and it is therefore sometimes called the Tarsus River. Originally the watercourse passed dir ...

. The upper reaches of the valley are usually snow-covered. The location was officially included in the Tourism centers of Mersin Province. With a peak at , the area will be developed as a ski resort. This pass was the scene of one of the critical fights during the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

on 27–28 May 1920, called the

Karboğazı ambush The Karboğazı ambush (), also known as Battle of Karboğazı () was an engagement recorded in Turkish historiography, fought between the Turkish nationalists and the French battalion on Toros Mountains during the Turkish War of Independenc ...

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