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Gökbelen
Gökbelen is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 181 (2022). Its distance to Silifke is and to Mersin is . In summers the population increases for the village is used as a summer resort by some Silifke and Taşucu Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It had obtained the status of ''belde'' after the local el ... residents (see Yayla). References External links Silifke Municipality's website Taşucu Municipality's website Neighbourhoods in Silifke District {{Mersin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silifke
Silifke is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Mersin Province, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,692 km2, and its population is 132,665 (2022). It is west of the city of Mersin, on the west end of the Çukurova plain. Silifke lies on the Göksu River, the ancient Calycadnus, near its outlet into the Mediterranean. The river flows from the nearby Taurus Mountains and the city is surrounded by attractive countryside along its banks. Names Turkish language, Turkish () derives from Byzantine Greek language, Greek ''Seléfkeia'' (, ), the late medieval and modern form of ancient Greek language, ancient Greek ''Seleúkeia'' (; ), named for its founder Seleucus I Nicator, kings of the Seleucid Empire, king of the Seleucid Empire. It was distinguished from the Seleucia (other), many other places of that name as Seleucia on the Calycadnus (), Seleucia in Cilicia, Seleucia in Isauria, Seleucia Cilicia Trachea, Trachea, and Seleucia Cilicia Trachea, Tr ... [...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] |
Taşucu
Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It had obtained the status of ''belde'' after the local elections in Turkey, 1955. In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built south-west of the town. During the Syrian Civil War the pier was used to ship weapons to Syrian rebel groups as part of the U.S. Timber Sycamore program. Transportation Taşucu is the main ferry terminal to Kyrenia (Girne), the main port of Northern Cyprus. Culture The collections of amphora An amphora (; ; English ) is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and packages, tied together with rope and delivered by land ...s donated by Arslan Eyce were gathered in Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum of Taşucu ( Turkish: ''Taşucu Amfora Müzesi'') b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayla (resort)
Yayla is a Turkic peoples, Turkic name given to settlements or areas which are suitable for mountain resort, summer mountain resorts and Alpine transhumance, summer highland transhumance. The term is also cognate with the related Turkic term yaylak. Since in Oghuz languages the last ''-k'' or ''-ı(g)'' sounds generally drop as in examples such as ''wikt:yazı, yazı(g)'', ''wikt:dizi, dizi(g)'', ''wikt:dolu, dolu(g)'', ''wikt:ölü, ölü(g)'', with the last letter dropped as yayla (opposing to yaylak or ''yaylag''), it is only in use in Turkish language, Turkish and other closely related languages such as Crimean Tatar language, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz language, Gagauz, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Balkan Turkish and Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani. Etymology Since the antiquity, Turkic peoples, Turks used to call their transhumance locations by different names depending on the season. '' Yazlak'' (for spring), ''yaylak'' (for summer), ''güzlek'' (for autumn) and ''kışlak'' (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
