 Stephanus of Byzantium had mentioned Aulaie as a port of Cilicia between Tarsus and Anchiale, which was a settlement close to Zephyrion (present Mersin centrum).Although Hansgerd Hellenkemper initially proposed a place slightly west of Kazanlı for Aulae, recent findings fixed Kazanlı as the location of Aulae.Up to 2012, the only place of historical importance in Kazanlı was that of Topraktepe tumulus to the north of the settlement.