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Anamur

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'''Anamur''' is a town in [[Turkey]]. It's located on the southernmost point of Anatolian landmass.
Unless you plan to hitch the winding (and likely, little-trafficed) mountain road north to the village of [[Ermenek]] over the Taurus Mountains (which goes further on to [[Karaman]] and [[Konya]] on the Central Anatolian plateau), there is only one way out of Anamur: the highway [[:Category:D400 (Turkey)|D400]], which traverses the town and connects it with destinations west ([[Alanya]], [[Manavgat]], [[Antalya]]) and east ([[Taşucu]], [[Silifke]], [[Mersin]]). However, Anamur is one of the blackspots for hitchhikers along the Turkish Mediterranean coast: while there is a constant traffic to both directions (although not as much as the rest of the major highways in the country), drivers choose to largely ignore the hitchhikers — expect to wait up to two hours there no matter the direction, season, or the time of the day. And should you have any chance to plan your trip, try to coincide your thumbing in Anamur to either early morning or late afternoon/evening, especially in summer, as it's '''extremely hot and sticky''' during the wicked hours of the noon due to the location (about the same latitude with [[Morocco]]!) and none of the convenient hitching spots offer even a dim shade.
Located in the centre of a region with extensive greenhouse operations which supply northern Turkey with fresh vegetables in any season other than summer, there is a constant traffic of trucks loaded with vegetables in the late evenings (starting from around 20:00-21:00) through the night originating from the town. These trucks are locally called ''roket'' — a fitting name as they rush their way to [[Istanbul]] (more or less 1000 km north) via [[Antalya]] and inland western Turkey ([[Afyon]], [[Adapazarı]]) overnight, lest the vegetables spoil. The ''roket'' drivers tend to have a more favourable view of hitchers according to locals.

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