Pınarbaşı is a village in the
Erdemli
Erdemli is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, west of the city of Mersin.
Geography
Erdemli is located between the districts of Mezitli (to the east) and Silifke (to the west). In the north, Erdemli i ...
district of
Mersin Province,
Turkey
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. It is located at . It is almost merged with
Elvanlı, another village to the south. The distance to Erdemli 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 . The population of Pınarbaşı is 997 as of 2012.
The village was founded in 1865 as a result of
Ottoman policy of
Turkmen
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Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
emplacement. The former name of the village was Çakalkeşli. In 1954, a neighbourhood was issued from the village and the village was named as Pınarbaşı, referring to water resources of the village. The village's economy depends on fresh water fishing and citrus farming.
References
Villages in Erdemli District
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