Köseçobanlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of
Gülnar,
Mersin Province,
Turkey. Its population is 2,186 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde'').
Geography
The town is in rural area of
Gülnar district which in turn is a part of Mersin Province. The highway distance to Gülnar 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 . Köseçobanlı is on a high plateau of
Toros Mountains, the average altitude being around
People
Like surrounding villages and towns, origin of Köseçobanlı residents are mostly
Yörüks (nomadic
Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic languages, Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, ''Oγuz'', ota, اوغوز, Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, Turkic language family. In th ...
) who had migrated from
Turkestan during
Mongol invasions.
Economy
The main economic activity is agriculture. The main crops are cereals, apple and chickpea. The traditional livestock was goat. But cattle has replaced goats in order to protect forest around.
Another business is beekeeping.
References
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Neighbourhoods in Gülnar District