Syca or Syce or Syke (), also called Sycae or Sykai (Συκαί), possibly also called Setos, was a town of

ancient Cilicia Cilicia () is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region inclu ...

and later of

Isauria Isauria ( or ; ), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya P ...

, between Arsinoë and Celenderis. It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...

of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

. Syce is located near Softa Kalesi in Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in ancient Cilicia Populated places in ancient Isauria Roman towns and cities in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Catholic titular sees in Asia Former populated places in Turkey History of Mersin Province {{Mersin-geo-stub