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Efrenk River
Efrenk River (also called Suntras or Arslanlöy River in the upper reaches and Müftü River in the lower reaches) is a short river in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was originally called Efrenk River. After a mosque named Müftü Mosque was built by the river in Mersin, it was popularly renamed Müftü River. Geography The headwaters are in the Toros Mountains, near the town of Arslanköy and the village of Atlılar (Sadiye). The river runs east and then south, flowing to the Mediterranean Sea within the city of Mersin at . In fact the river is the borderline between the second level municipalities of Mersin; Yenişehir is to the west and Akdeniz and Toroslar are to the east of the river. There are five bridges within Mersin and one on the Çukurova motorway just north of the city. Hydrology The drainage basin is only in area. But the altitudes of the headwaters are about . Thus the river flows fast. Like the other locations of the Mediterranean Region In biogeograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mersin Province
Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir. Next largest is 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 and 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 aromatic plant genus ''Myrsine'' ( el, Μυρσίνη, tr, mersin) in the family Primulaceae, a myrtle that grows in abundance in the area. The 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi has recorded in his ''Seyahatnâme'' that there was also a clan named Mersinoğulları in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toros Mountains
The Taurus Mountains (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain range, mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolia#Anatolian plateau, Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the east. It is a part of the Alpide belt in Eurasia. Etymology The mountain range under the current name was mentioned in The Histories (Polybius), ''The Histories'' by Polybius as Ταῦρος (''Taûros''). Heinrich Kiepert writes in ''Lehrbuch der alten Geographie'' that the name was borrowed into Ancient Greek from the Semitic languages, Semitic (Old Aramaic) root טורא ''ṭūrā'', meaning "mountain". Geography The Taurus mountains are divided into three chains from west to east as follows; * Western Taurus (Batı Toroslar) *Central Taurus (Orta Toroslar) *Southeaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arslanköy
Arslanköy (also called Efrenk) is a town in Mersin Province, Turkey, with a population of 1,873 as of 2019. Geography Arslanköy is a mountain town situated in the Toros Mountains at an altitude of approximately . The distance by road to Mersin is . History Located about 3 kilometers south from the town is a small garrison fort that consists of several walls and a gate that block access to the summit of a limestone outcrop. The masonry indicates that it dates from the early Byzantine period with additions in the 12th or 13th century during the period of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. It is located in the Taurus Mountains near the junction of several strategic roads which lead from both Çandır Castle (Papeṙōn) and the Mediterranean Sea to Cappadocia. The fortification was surveyed in 1979. Among the early settlers were nomadic Oghuz Turks (Turkmens) who began to use the vicinity as a summer camp ( tr, yayla) in the 14th century. Later a village was establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlılar, Mersin
Atlılar (formerly ''Sadiye'') is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 155 (2022). It is a high-altitude village in the Taurus Mountains. Distance to Mersin is . The village inhabitants are mostly of Circassian (Adyghe) origin. Following Russian–Circassian War in 1864, Adyghe people were expelled from Caucasus, their homeland, to the Ottoman Empire where they were settled in various regions in the Ottoman Empire. The earlier settlement of Circassians in Mersin was Mezitli at the 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 north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ... side. But they asked for cooler and high-altitude places and finally they were settled in this village. They named the village after Sadiye, a Circassian born female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The Sea has played a central role in the history of Western civilization. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. The Mediterranean Sea e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenişehir, Mersin
Yenişehir is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of the 30 metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. In Mersin there are four second-level municipalities in addition to Greater Mersin (''büyükşehir'') municipality. History Originally a part of Mersin municipality, the municipality of Yenişehir was established in 1993 as a secondary level municipality of Mersin. The corresponding district governorate was established in 2008. Location Yenişehir at is located between Akdeniz (east) and Mezitli (west) municipalities, both of which are intracity municipalities of Mersin. In the east Yenişehir is bounded by Efrenk River and in the south by Mediterranean Sea. Population According to 2020 figures, the population of Yenişehir was 268,776 (129,859 male and 138,917 female citizens),. Approximately 25% of Mersin citizens live in Yenişehir. The annual population growth is over 3.7% which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akdeniz, Mersin
Akdeniz is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of the 30 Metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four second-level municipalities in addition to Greater Mersin (''büyükşehir'') municipality. History Mersin was declared metropolitan centre in 1993. In the first phase the city was divided into three parts (later four parts). The municipality of Akdeniz was established in 1993 as a secondary level municipality and the corresponding district governorate was established in 2008. Location Akdeniz compose the centre and east of Greater Mersin at about . Among the other second level municipalities Toroslar is in the north and Yenişehir, Mersin, Yenişehir is in the west of Akdeniz. The south is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the west is bounded by Müftü River. Population According to 2020 figures the population of Akdeniz was 259,381. (131,889 male and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toroslar
Toroslar is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of 30 metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four second-level municipalities in addition to Greater Mersin (''büyükşehir'') municipality. The mayor of Toroslar is Atsız Afşin Yılmaz (member of MHP, elected in 2019)). Geography Toroslar composes the northern quarters of Mersin at about . The sister municipality of Akdeniz lies in the southeast. Müftü River and the sister municipality of Yenişehir lie in the south west. Southern slopes of Toros mountains lie in the north. Mersin intrafaith cemetery is in Toroslar. History Yumuktepe, the ruins of one of the earliest human settlements in Anatolia 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. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çukurova Motorway
Çukurova motorway ( tr, Çukurova otoyolu) is the unofficial name of the motorway ( tr, otoyol) of Çukurova (ancient Cilicia) in Turkey. It is actually composed of the motorways (from Mersin to Adana), (from Ceyhan to İskenderun) and a part of (between O-51 and O-53). The list of junctions The total distance between the two ends is . Connections The main junctions of the motorway are as follows; *At junction K2; (east of Tarsus), it merges to another motorway; to north . *At junction K4; (east of Ceyhan), it continues as to east. *At junction K9; (Çeşmeli) it is connected to highway (Datça Mersin highway D.400 is an east–west trunk road, state road in southern Turkey. The road starts at Datça in the southwest corner of the Anatolian peninsula. The road ends at the Iranian border at Esendere. D.400 runs through the cities of Marmaris, Fe ...) to west. *At junction K3; (Çamtepe) it is connected to highway to north. *At junction K8; (Belen) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Region, Turkey
The Mediterranean Region ( tr, Akdeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Antalya. Other big cities are Adana, Mersin, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş. It is bordered by the Aegean Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the north, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the northeast, the Southeastern Anatolia Region to the east, Syria to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Subdivision * Adana Section ( tr, Adana Bölümü) **Çukurova - Taurus Mountains Area ( tr, Çukurova - Toros Yöresi) **Antakya - Kahramanmaraş Area ( tr, Antakya - Kahramanmaraş Yöresi) * Antalya Section ( tr, Antalya Bölümü) **Antalya Area ( tr, Antalya Yöresi) **Göller Area ( tr, Göller Yöresi) **Taşeli - Mut Area ( tr, Taşeli - Mut Yöresi) **Teke Area ( tr, Teke Yöresi) Ecoregions Terrestrial Palearctic = Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands = * Central Anatolian steppe = Mediterranean forests, woodland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
