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Mut, Mersin
Mut is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,718 km2, and its population is 62,874 (2022). Mut is a rural district at the foot of the Sertavul Pass on the road over the Taurus Mountains from Ankara and Konya to the Mediterranean coast at Anamur or Silifke. Mut is known for its special apricot variety, ''Mut şekerparesi'', and a statue of a girl carrying a basket of them stands at the entrance to the town. The summer is hot and the people of Mut retreat to high meadows (so called yayla (resort), yayla) even further up the mountainside. The forests up here are home to wild boar, and the Gezende reservoir on the Ermenek River is a welcome patch of blue in this dry district. The dam has a hydro-electric power station built in Romania. History The area has probably been inhabited since the time of the Hittites (2000 BC), and was later part of ancient Cilicia. Under the Roman Empire, the town was called Claudiopolis.''Alahan Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''. Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial 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, The City of Ankara, comprising nine separate districts. Additionally four provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, İçel and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, Mersin 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 provincial deputy governor and other non-central districts b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alahan Monastery
Alahan Monastery ( tr, Koja Kalessi)''Some Recent Finds at Alahan (Koja Kalessi)'', Michael Gough, Anatolian Studies, Vol. 5, (1955), 115. JSTOR is a complex of fifth century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor (Mersin province in modern day Turkey). Located at an altitude of 4,000 ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley and is a one-hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli. Although termed a monastery in many sources, this attribution is contested and more recent scholarship consider it to be a pilgrimage shrine. The complex played a significant role in the development of early Byzantine architecture, and practically everything known about it can be attributed to the excavations of Michael Gough. History Construction took place during two periods. The first occurred in the mid-fifth century under Emperor Leo I, while the second occurred in the last quarter of the fifth century under Emperor Zeno. Gough, Michael. "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozdoğan, Mut
Bozdoğan is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mut, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 351 (2022). It is at to the west of Göksu River valley. The distance to Mut is and to Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ... is . References Neighbourhoods in Mut District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barabanlı
Barabanlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mut, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 860 (2022). It is on the road connecting Mut to Ermenek. The distance to Mut is and to Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ... is . According to the page of the village school the name of the village either refers to a certain Baraban clan or Turkish adverb ''beraber'' ("together") referring to Yayla tradition of Mut residents. References Neighbourhoods in Mut District { ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballı, Mut
Ballı (formerly Eleksi) is a village in Mut district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is at to the northeast of Mut. The distance to Mut is and to Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ... is . Population of Ballı was 462as of 2011. as of 2011. It is a high altitude and rather secluded village with insufficient farming land. Main economic activity is animal breeding. But cereals and apple are also produced. References Villages in Mut District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bağcağız
Bağcağız is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mut, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 162 (2022). It is to the east of Mut. The distance to Mut is and to Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ... is . It is an old village: according to Ensar Köse, the earliest document about the village was an Ottoman document of the 16th century which gave the 16th century population of the village as 82. Its main economic activity is farming, producing fruits like apricots and plums. Recently the village was in the news, because of villagers' objection to a planned quarry around the village. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagcagiz Neighbourhoods in Mut District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aydınoğlu, Mut
Aydınoğlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mut, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 384 (2022). It is in the Taurus Mountains to the north of the road connecting Mut to Ermenek. The distance to Mut is and to Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ... is . References Neighbourhoods in Mut District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
