|
Çaltıbükü
Çaltıbükü is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 110 (2022). It is situated in the valley of Dragon creek. The distance to Anamur is . It is planned that a part of the village (along with Akine, Sarıağaç and Ormancık) will be submerged in Alaköprü Dam Alaköprü Dam () is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Anamur (Dragon) Creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The development is backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). The dam w ... reservoir. References Neighbourhoods in Anamur District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anamur
Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,430 km2, and its population is 66,846 (2022). It is the westernmost district of that province, bordering on Antalya Province. Anamur contains Anatolia's southernmost point, It is a coastal resort known for its bananas and peanuts. Etymology Anamur has mutated from the Ancient Greek "Anemourion" (), Latinized as "Anemurium", meaning " windmill". History Anemurium was in an area dominated by the Hittites and the Assyrians. Late Bronze During the Hittite period in the twelfth century BC, the ruler Tuthalia IV, granted Anemurium to Mattuvata who had taken refuge in his kingdom. Mattuvata took advantage of the Hittites’ weakness, establishing his own kingdom with Anemurium as its capital. His rule extended as far as Afyon, in central Anatolia. Iron Age At the end of the twelfth century the area was occupied by a nomadic tribe that had come from across the Caucasus mountains. The tribe was call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akine, Anamur
Akine is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 356 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus Mountains along Dragon Creek. Its distance to Anamur is . It is planned that a part of the village (along with Çaltıbükü, Ormancık and Sarıağaç) will be submerged in Alaköprü Dam Alaköprü Dam () is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Anamur (Dragon) Creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The development is backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). The dam w ... reservoir. References Neighbourhoods in Anamur District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarıağaç
Sarıağaç is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 180 (2022). It is situated in the Toros Mountains, north of Anamur. It is planned that a part of the village (along with Akine, Çaltıbükü and Ormancık) will be submerged in Alaköprü Dam Alaköprü Dam () is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Anamur (Dragon) Creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The development is backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). The dam w ... reservoir. References Neighbourhoods in Anamur District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormancık, Anamur
Ormancık is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 410 (2022). It is situated in the forests of Toros Mountains to the east of Dragon creek. Its distance to Anamur is . It is planned that a part of the village (along with Akine, Çaltıbükü and Sarıağaç) will be submerged in Alaköprü Dam Alaköprü Dam () is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Anamur (Dragon) Creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The development is backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). The dam w ... reservoir. References Neighbourhoods in Anamur District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaköprü Dam
Alaköprü Dam () is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Anamur (Dragon) Creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The development is backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). The dam was primarily built as part of the Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project, to supply water for drinking water, drinking and irrigation to Northern Cyprus. Preliminary construction on the dam began on November 2, 2010 and the official groundbreaking took place on March 7, 2011. After the completion of the long diversion tunnel, construction of the dam started on August 9, 2012 with placement of the foundation. The dam was completed on schedule, on March 7, 2014 but its reservoir did not begin to collect water until February 2015. The dam's 26 MW hydroelectric power station is expected to be commissioned in 2015. Up to water from the dam's reservoir, which makes more than half of its capacity, will be transferred to Geçitköy Dam in Northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Antalya and Adana Province, Adana. Its area is 16,010 km2, and its population is 1,916,432 (2022). The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mersin, Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, Mersin, Yenişehir. Next largest is Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. The province is considered to be a part of the geographical, economical and cultural region of Çukurova, which covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye Province, Osmaniye and Hatay Province, Hatay. The capital of the province is the city of Mersin. Etymology The province is named after its biggest city Mersin. Mersin was named after the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TÜİK
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It was founded in 1926 and headquartered in Ankara. Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005. See also * List of Turkish provinces by life expectancy References External linksOfficial website of the institute National statistical services Statistical Organizations established in 1926 Organizations based in Ankara {{Sci-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
