Tömük 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 ...

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. Its population is 12,170 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, Tömük was a town (''

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...

''). It is inhabited by

Tahtacı Tahtacı () are a subgroup of ethnic Turkish people living mainly in the forested areas of Aegean Region, Aegean and Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean regions of Turkey. Historically engaged in woodworking since Ottoman Empire, the Ot ...

Geography

Tömük is in the rural area of

district. Although the midtown is north of the seaside, newer quarters of the town are founded at the seaside just to the south of the main highway D.400 connecting

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 ...

to the west. The highway distance to Mersin is and to Erdemli.

History

The earliest settlers were the members of a Turkmen tribe of a certain Elvan Bey in the 14th century. They founded the village of

Elvanlı Elvanlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,337 (2022). It is north of state road D.400 and north of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Its distance to Erdemli is and t ...

a few kilometers east of Tömük. Tömük was a just a

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used occasionally by the Elvanlı residents. But, early in the last years of the 18th century, people from other villages began to populate Tömük. In 1969, Tömük was declared a township. Tömük is home to a large

population.

Economy

The major economic activity is

citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. ''Citrus'' is nativ ...

horticulture.

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and green pepper are among the other important crops. Services for summer houses in the coastal band also contribute to the economy of the town.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomuk Populated coastal places in Turkey Seaside resorts in Turkey Neighbourhoods in Erdemli District Turkoman settlements in Mersin Province