Adnan Menderes Boulevard ( tr, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı) is a major avenue in

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 ...

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 ...

. It is named after

Adnan Menderes Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...

(1899-1961), the prime minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960.

Geography

The eastern end of the boulevard is a junction at on İsmet İnönü Boulevard. While İsmet İnönü Boulevard continues to northwest Adnan Menderes Boulevard runs to west and south east. It is parallel to

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 ...

coast, the distance between the coast and the boulevard is about . The area is used for recreation by residents of Mersin. Many coffeehouses as well as parks designed by various football clubs are situated at this recreational area. The

Mersin Marina Mersin Marina is a marina at the eastern Mediterranean Sea coast situated in Mersin, Turkey Geography The marina is in the Yenişehir district of Mersin, about west of Mersin Harbor. History Before the 1970s, Mersin was used to be a st ...

is also situated within this area. The biggest mosque in Mersin, the

Muğdat Mosque Muğdat Mosque ( tr, Muğdat CamisiCamisif mosque in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after Miqdad ibn Aswad, one of the early Muslims. Geography The mosque was built in 1980s in the Yenişehir second-level district of Mersin. Although the official ...

Mersin Naval Museum Mersin Naval Museum ( tr, Mersin Deniz Müzesi) is a naval museum in Mersin, Turkey. Geography The museum is located in the Yenişehir municipality of Mersin. It is on Adnan Menderes Boulevard and about to the Mediterranean Sea side. It is next ...

, a number of public schools and a part of

Mersin University Mersin University ( tr, Mersin Üniversitesi) is a public university, built in 1992 in Mersin Province, Turkey. It has about 39,000 students, 1,813 academic staff, and a number of foreign and guest academic staff. The university has research and ...

are on the north side of the boulevard.

Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard, abbreviated as GMK Boulevard, is a major avenue in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), the founder of Turkish Republic. Geography The boulevard is a part of the state highway , where ...

runs in parallel to Adnan Menderes Boulevard at a distance of about . The total length of the boulevard is about .

2013 Mediterranean Games

The constant altitude boulevard, without any pronounced curves provides an ideal racecourse for races. At the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...

, both the

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

and the half marathon events were held on Adnan Menderes Boulevard.Official page of the Games

References

External links

Wowturkey page for images
{{Mersin Province Streets in Mersin Sports venues in Mersin Adnan Menderes 2013 Mediterranean Games venues