Tapureli (former Tahtalı) is a village in
Erdemli ilçe (district) of
Mersin Province,
Turkey. At it is north west of Erdemli and about west of
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 ...
. The population of the village was 1097 as of 2011. The village was founded in early 1800s by a
Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples Historical ethnonym
* Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
chieftain named Gökali. The name of the village refers to rocky landscape around.
There are ruins of an ancient settlement named
Tapureli ruins just south west of the village.
References
Villages in Erdemli District
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