"In antiquity, Cilicia (/s\u026A\u02C8l\u026A\u0283i\u0259/) or less often Kilikia (Armenian: \u053F\u056B\u056C\u056B\u056F\u056B\u0561; Greek: \u039A\u03B9\u03BB\u03B9\u03BA\u03AF\u03B1; Middle Persian: Klikiy\u0101, Parthian: Kilikiy\u0101, Turkish: Kilikya), was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine Empire. Cilicia extends inland from the southeastern coast of modern Turkey, due north and northeast of the island of Cyprus."@en . . . . . . . .