Üçtepe (literally “three hills”) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Erdemli Erdemli is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,279 km2, and its population is 151,928 (2022). It is west of the city of Mersin. Geography Erdemli is located between the districts of Mezitli (to the east) a ...

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, A ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its population is 1,387 (2022). It is situated to the north of

Kocahasanlı Kocahasanlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,495 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Geography The distance to Erdemli is and to Mers ...

, a town in Erdemli district. Distance to

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...

side is , to Erdemli 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 . Up to 1987 the village was a remote quarter of Kocahasanlı and the population is composed of Yörüks who are nomadic

Turkmens Turkmens (, , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan. Sizeable groups of Turkmens are found also in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, ...

just like the residents of Kocahasanlı. The main economic activity of the village is greenhouse agriculture.

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Neighbourhoods in Erdemli District {{Mersin-geo-stub