The town Phaselis was founded by Rhodians around 700 BC. Quickly became the most important harbor city of western Lycia thanks to its three separating ports.
- Lycian Monuments https://www.lycianmonuments.com/phaselis/
- Phaselis. By Murat Arslan, Nihal Tüner Önen. https://www.academia.edu/36547477/Phaselis
- 2016 Survey of Phaselis and its Territorium / Phaselis ve Teritoryumu Yüzey Araştırması 2016, ANMED 15 2017, 213-223. Nihal Tüner Önen. https://www.academia.edu/35416268/2016_Survey_of_Phaselis_and_its_Territorium_Phaselis_ve_Teritoryumu_Y%C3%BCzey_Ara%C5%9Ft%C4%B1rmas%C4%B1_2016_ANMED_15_2017_213_223
- Karamania. 1811 & 1812. By Sir Francis Beaufort. p.53 - 65 (INTERNET ARCHIVE) https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6c4GAAAAQAAJ
- George E. Bean, Turkey`s Southern Shore 2nd ed., John Murray Ltd, London 1989, p. 121-133.
- AN INVENTORY OF ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL POLEIS. Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine Nielsen. p.1140 https://www.ancientportsantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/AUTHORS/Hansen&Nielsen2004-LexiquePoleis.pdf