Sökün, Silifke
Sökün is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 517 (2022). It is situated in the Göksu Delta. It is almost merged to Kurtuluş, Silifke, Kurtuluş another village to the southwest of Sökün. The distance to Silifke is and to Mersin is . The main economic activity is farming. The area around the village is fertile. But being a low altitude village, in some years the village suffers flood damage. Almost all crops native to Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean are produced. But strawberry is the most pronounced crop. References

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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 ...
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