North of the district town of Haymana, in Haymana-Kurd territory about 60km/37mi southwest of Ankara, the remains of a Hittite shrine (death cult) are to be found at Gavur Kalesi (Fortress of the Infidels) near Derköy. The site, on a 60m/200ft rock plateau further fortified with cyclopean walls, was occupied also in Phrygian and Roman times
Among the features dating from the Hittite period is a huge tomb, the underground burial chamber of which retains its false vaulting. It is known from textual sources that the ashes of the dead were interred in tombs like these following cremation. The site is approached along a paved processional route above which there is a rock relief, carved at the height of the New Kingdom, depicting the weather god Teshub and his son Sharma in the presence of an enthroned goddess.
Haymana itself has a thermal bath (the ancient Myrica Therma) beneficial for rheumatic and gynaecological complaints.