Toroslar is a municipality and
district
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of
Mersin Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,075 km
2, and its population is 319,711 (2022).
It covers the northern part of the city of
Mersin
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and the adjacent countryside.
Geography
The district of
Akdeniz lies in the southeast.
Müftü River and the district of
YeniÅŸehir lie in the southwest. Southern slopes of
Toros mountains lie in the north. Mersin intrafaith cemetery is in Toroslar.
History
Yumuktepe
Yumuktepe, also known as Yümüktepe, is a tell (ruin mound) within the city borders of Mersin, Turkey. In 1936, the mound was on the outskirts of Mersin, but after a rapid increase of population, the mound was surrounded by the Toroslar munic ...
, the ruins of one of the earliest human settlements in
Anatolia
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is in Toroslar. Excavations by
John Garstang and
Seton Lloyd both of which were directors of the
British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, revealed 23 levels of occupation, the earliest dating from c. 6300 BC. The site however was abandoned during
Byzantine Empire
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period. Modern settlement began in the 19th century.
Originally a part of Mersin municipality, the municipality of Toroslar was established in 1993. In 2008 the district Toroslar was created from part of the former central district of Mersin, along with the districts
Mezitli,
Akdeniz and
Yenişehir. At the same time, the former municipalities Dorukkent, Arpaçsakarlar and Yalınayak were absorbed into the municipality of Toroslar. At the
2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey
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, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.
Population
As of 2022, the population of Toroslar is 319,711, which makes it the second-most populous district of Mersin Province after Tarsus.
[
Approximately 30% of Mersin citizens live in Toroslar. The majority of residents are blue-collar workers who work at factories or in the fields.
]
Composition
There are 67 neighbourhoods in Toroslar District:
* Akbelen
* AladaÄŸ
* Alanyalı
* Alsancak
* Arpaçsakarlar
* Arslanköy
* Atlılar
* AyvagediÄŸi
* Bekiralanı
* Buluklu
* Çağdaşkent
* Çağlarca
* Çamlıdere
* Çandır
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* Çavuşlu
* Çelebili
* Çopurlu
* Çukurova
* Dalakdere
* Darısekisi
* DeÄŸirmendere
* DeÄŸnek
* DemirtaÅŸ
* Doruklu
* Düğdüören
* Evrenli
* Gözne
* Güneykent
* Güzelyayla
* H. Okan Merzeci
* Halkkent
* Hamzabeyli
* Horozlu
* Işıktepe
* Karaisalı
* Kaşlı
* Kavaklıpınar
* KayrakkeÅŸli
* Kepirli
* Kerimler
* Kızılkaya
* Korucular
* Korukent
* Kurdali
* Kurudere
* Mevlana
* Mithat ToroÄŸlu
* Musalı
* Mustafa Kemal
* Osmaniye
* Portakal
* Resulköy
* Sağlık
* Şahinpınarı
* Selçuklar
* SoÄŸucak
* Tırtar
* Toroslar
* Tozkoparan
* Turgut Türkalp
* Turunçlu
* Yalınayak
* Yavca
* Yeniköy
* Yüksekoluk
* Yusuf Kılıç
* Zeki Ayan
Sport
Sports venues in the district are the 325-seat multi-sport venue, Mersin District 7 Sports Hall, and new-built Toroslar Bocce Facility, both used during the 2013 Mediterranean Games.
International relations
Toroslar is twinned with:
* Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan
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References
{{Toroslar District
Populated places in Toroslar District
Districts of Mersin Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey