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Çopurlu
Çopurlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 763 (2022). It is to the north of 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 ... ( O.51) which connects Mersin to Adana and Tarsus. The distance to Mersin is . References Neighbourhoods in Toroslar District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
TÜİK
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; tr, Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It was founded in 1926 and has its headquarters in Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki .... Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the Institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005. References External linksOfficial website of the institute National statistical services Statistical Organizations established in 1926 Organizations based in Ankara {{Sci-org-stub ... [...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] |
Otoyol 51
Otoyol 51 ( en, Motorway 51), abbreviated as O-51, aka Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu ( en, Adana-Erdemli Motorway), is a toll motorway in the Mediterranean Region of 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 ..., connecting the cities Adana and Mersin. The motorway is on its full length of part of international routes as of International E-road network, European routes European route E90, E90 and E982 and Asian Highway 84. The motorway starts from the western terminus of O-52 in Central Adana, runs westward reaching the south terminus of Pozantı-Adana Motorway Otoyol 21, O-21 northeast of Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus, continues southwest to Mersin bypassing it at north and terminates in Erdemli. There are plans to extend the motorway to Silifke. Exit list ''Light blue indic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adana
Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, which was once one of the most important regions of the Classical antiquity, classical world. Home to six million people, Cilicia is an important agricultural area, owing to the large fertile plain of Çukurova. Twenty-first century Adana is a centre for regional trade, healthcare, and public and private services. Agriculture and logistics are important parts of the economy. Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is close to the city centre, and the town is connected to Tarsus and Mersin by TCDD Taşımacılık, TCDD train. Etymology One theory holds that the city name originates from a hypothetical Indo-European languages, Indo-European term; ''a danu'' ( en, on the river). Many river names in Europe were derived from the same Proto- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarsus, Mersin
Tarsus (Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒅈𒊭 ; grc, Ταρσός, label=Ancient Greek, Greek ; xcl, Տարսոն, label=Old Armenian, Armenian ; ar, طَرسُوس ) is a historic city in south-central Turkey, inland from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean. It is part of the Adana-Mersin metropolitan area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 3 million people. Tarsus forms an administrative district in the eastern part of Mersin Province, Mersin province and lies at the heart of the region. With a history going back over 6,000 years, Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders and a focal point of many civilisations. During the Roman Empire, it was the capital of the province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia. It was the scene of the first meeting between Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and the birthplace of Paul the Apostle, St Paul the Apostle. Tarsus is home to one of Turkey's most famous high schools, the Tarsus American College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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