Marmaris is located in the region of the connection of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas in the South-West coast of Turkey. This pearl of the Aegean coast from the earliest times attracted the attention of ancient peoples - the Carians and Lydians. The Foundation of the city dates from the sixth century BC.

In the modern surroundings of Marmaris in the sixteenth century lived Sariana, or, as it is called, White mother - a wise Oracle, which received great acclaim for his prophecies.

The tomb of Sariana in Marmaris recalls the early days of the sixteenth century and the battles of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent with enemies from the island of Rhodes. As the legend says, prophecy wise Cariani helped the Sultan to win.

Sultan Suleiman before go to Rhodes with a military campaign, appealed to Sariana to see him the outcome of the upcoming battle for the island. When the Sultan received a favorable reply, he gave the order to besiege Rhodes. As the historians say, during the siege of the island the hungry soldiers of the troops of the Sultan delivered for Breakfast a large number of jugs of milk, which gave the least well-known fortune teller cow. The prophecies of Sariana came true, and the crusaders were pushed back to Malta.

The tomb of Sariana is located in the North-East of Marmaris, city on the hill behind the newly built mosque. It was built in the Ottoman style in memory of the famous fortune-teller.