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Bozyazı
Bozyazı is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 642 km2, and its population is 26,812 (2022). It is on the Mediterranean coast, west of the city of Mersin. Geography Bozyazı is a remote coastal district with the Taurus Mountains as a backdrop; The roads over the mountains or along the coast from either direction are very difficult to drive making Bozyazı too far from large cities or the established centres of tourism to attract many visitors, so the district is quiet and unspoilt. However there are developments of holiday flats in some places, mainly owned by people from Konya and Ankara as well as foreigners. The sea is clean and Bozyazı is home to an important colony of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal. The narrow coastal strip has a temperate climate and is used to grow bananas along with strawberries, citrus fruits, ground-nuts, and a variety vegetables and fruits. The higher land (over 50% of the district) meanwhile is used for ...
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Elmakuzu
Elmakuzu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 287 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus Mountains to the north of Bozyazı. The village is far from the main roads. The distance to Bozyazı is and the distance to Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ... is . References Neighbourhoods in Bozyazı District {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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Dereköy, Bozyazı
Dereköy (literally "creekville") is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 231 (2022). It is a mountain village in the Taurus Mountains. The distance to Bozyazı is about . The population of the village is composed of Turkmens. Dereköy was once a part of İshaklar village situated to the south; but it was eventually issued from İshaklar. The main economic activities in the village are animal breeding and agriculture. But some residents also work in services either in Anamur Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,430 km2, and its population is 66,846 (2022). It is the westernmost district of that province, bordering on Antalya Province. Anamur contains Anatolia's southernm ... or Bozyazı and only spend the summers in Dereköy. References Neighbourhoods in Bozyazı District {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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Derebaşı, Bozyazı
Derebaşı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 86 (2022). It is situated to the northeast of Bozyazı. The distance to Bozyazı is and to Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ... is . References Neighbourhoods in Bozyazı District {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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Bahçekoyağı
Bahçekoyağı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 114 (2022). It is situated to the northeast of Bozyazı. The distance to Bozyazı is and the distance to Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ... is . The village is inhabited by Tahtacı. References Neighbourhoods in Bozyazı District Turkoman settlements in Mersin Province {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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Ardıçlıtaş
Ardıçlıtaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 136 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus Mountains to the north of Bozyazı. The distance to Bozyazı is and the distance to Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ... is . References Neighbourhoods in Bozyazı District {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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Akcami, Bozyazı
Akcami is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 63 (2022). It is situated to the northwest of Bozyazı. The distance to Bozyazı is , and the distance to Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ... is . References Neighbourhoods in Bozyazı District {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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Tekeli, Bozyazı
Tekeli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,127 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Geography Tekeli is situated on a small coastal plain surrounded by the Toros Mountains. It lies on the Datça Mersin highway which runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast. Tekeli is away from Bozyazı and away from Mersin. History The territory around Tekeli was ruled in turn by Hittites, Lydians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Armenians. In 1225, it was annexed by the Seljuks and after the disintegration of Seljuks, it fell to the Karamanids. Finally in 1466 it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire. According to the municipality, the name of the town refers to historical Turkmen tribe of Teke which is also known as the founder of Teke Beylik. The Teke Turkmens migrated from Turkestan to South West Anatolia (Antalya region) in the 13th century. Between the 16th and 18 ...
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Mersin Province
Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, Antalya and Adana Province, Adana. Its area is 16,010 km2, and its population is 1,916,432 (2022). The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mersin, Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, Mersin, Yenişehir. Next largest is Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. The province is considered to be a part of the geographical, economical and cultural region of Çukurova, which covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye Province, Osmaniye and Hatay Province, Hatay. The capital of the province is the city of Mersin. Etymology The province is named after its biggest city Mersin. Mersin was named after the a ...
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Tekmen, Bozyazı
Tekmen is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,913 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Geography Tekmen is a Mediterranean coastal town. The Toros mountains are just north of the town and the coastal plain of the town is a narrow strip between the sea and the mountains. The Mountains are covered by maquis shrubland and red pine forests. Tekmen is east of Bozyazı and west of Mersin on the Mersin Antalya highway D.400. People The residents of Tekmen are members of a Turkmen tribe named Teke, which is known to be the founder of Teke Beylik in southeastern Anatolia in the 13th and 14th centuries. They were originally nomad Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pa .. ...
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Nagidos
Nagidos (; ) was an ancient city of Cilicia. In ancient times it was located between Anemurion to the west and Arsinoe to the east. Today its ruins are found on the hill named ''Paşabeleni'' at the mouth of the Sini Cay (Bozyazı Dere) near Bozyazı in Mersin Province, Turkey. It lies at a distance of ca. 20 km to the east of Anamur. Like its eastern neighbor Kelenderis, it was a colony of Samos. The small island of Nagidoussa is opposite Nagidos; on it are the ruins of an Ottoman fortress. History According to Pomponius Mela it was a Samian colony. Stephanus of Byzantium adds that the city named after its founder Nagidos (Νάγιδος), but this Nagidos was most probably the mythical founder and not the name of the actual founder. From the end of the fifth century BC, the town minted staters that had both Greek and Aramaic inscriptions, one of which bears the name of the Persian satrap Pharnabazus. The Nagidos mint used a grape cluster as a symbol on the reverse. ...
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Mersin Archaeological Museum 3
Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates, each having its own municipality: Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir. Mersin lies on the western side of Çukurova, a geographical, economic and cultural region of Turkey. It is an important hub for Turkey's economy, with Turkey's largest seaport located here. The city hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games. As urbanisation continues eastward, a larger metropolitan region combining Mersin with Tarsus and Adana (the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area) is in the making with more than 3.3 million inhabitants. Çukurova International Airport (COV), 74 kilometres (46mi) from Mersin city center, is the nearest international airport. There are ferry services from Mersin to Famagusta (Mağusa) in Northern Cyprus. Mersin is linked to Adana via Tarsus by way of TCDD trains. The urban popu ...
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Districts Of Turkey
The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital (political), capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as the provincial capital of Ankara Province, Ankara province, Ankara, The City of Ankara, comprising nine separate districts. Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively. A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, one district of a province is designated the central district (''merkez ilçe'') from which the district is administered. The central district is administered by an appointed pr ...
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