Çelebili is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Toroslar Toroslar is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,075 km2, and its population is 319,711 (2022). It covers the northern part of the city of Mersin and the adjacent countryside. Geography The district of Akd ...

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 304 (2022). It is situated in the lower slopes of the

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and close to an artificial lake. Its distance to Mersin city center is . The village is a relatively recent settlement. Before being declared a village in 1955, it was a

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near Musalı, and the name of the settlement probably refers to a letter writer of the settlement who was called

Çelebi Çelebi (, ) was an Ottoman title of respect, approximately corresponding to "gentleman", "well-mannered" or "courteous". ''Çelebi'' also means "man of God", as an ''i''-suffixed derivative from ''çalab'' (), which means "God" in Ottoman Turki ...

, an Ottoman-era title meaning "gentleman."Village page
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Neighbourhoods in Toroslar District {{Mersin-geo-stub