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The Keremali tomb stands on the Keremali yayla, and the stories told about it explain the names in this landscape. As the legend runs, of seven brother saints who did great service in the spread of Islam in Anatolia four died, and the remaining three — Kerem, Ali and Hasan — came by boat to the foot of what is now Keremali hill. Kerem and Ali got out of the boat but Hasan did not; the others called after him to stop — dur Hasan — but he did not stop and was lost in the water, and the place has been called Durhasan ever since.
Kerem and Ali, the story continues, climbed to the top of the hill fighting and wounded, and died there, which is why the hill is called Keremali. The blood and footprints at the places they climbed, and the spots where they sat and wept, are still pointed out. It is also believed that a cannon has been heard firing at Keremali's tomb during wars, and that people saw this during the Cyprus war. The tomb is 36 kilometres from the city centre.
