Akdeniz is a municipality and

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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, A ...

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. Its area is 265 km², and its population is 255,946 (2022). It covers the central and eastern part of the city of

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

and the adjacent countryside.

History

The municipality of Akdeniz was established in 1993 as a secondary level municipality. In 2008 the district Akdeniz was created from part of the former central district of Mersin, along with the districts

Mezitli Mezitli is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 371 km2, and its population is 225,824 (2024). It covers the westernmost part of the city of Mersin and the adjacent countryside. The Mayor of Mezitli is Ahmet Ser ...

Toroslar Toroslar is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,075 km2, and its population is 319,711 (2022). It covers the northern part of the city of Mersin and the adjacent countryside. Geography The district of Akd ...

and Yenişehir. At the same time, the former municipalities Adanalıoğlu, Bahçeli, Dikilitaş, Karacailyas,

Kazanlı Kazanlı is a former municipality in Mersin Province, Turkey. In 2008 the municipality was abolished and absorbed into the municipality Akdeniz within the new district Akdeniz, which was created from part of the former central district of Mersin. ...

, Yenitaşkent, Bağcılar and Huzurkent were absorbed into the municipality of Akdeniz. At the

2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asi ...

, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.

Location

Akdeniz borders the other districts

to the north and Yenişehir to the west. The south is bounded by the

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and the west is bounded by

Müftü River The Efrenk River (also called Suntras or Arslanlöy River in the upper reaches and Müftü River in the lower reaches) is a short river in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was originally called the Efrenk River. After a mosque named Müftü Mosque was ...

Business

Most of government offices as well as the seats of Mersin governor and the mayor of Greater Mersin are in Akdeniz. Akdeniz also hosts most of the business quarters of the city. Mersin railway station,

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and maritime authority, as well as, shipping and

customs Customs is an authority or Government agency, agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling International trade, the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out ...

agencies are in Akdeniz. The

port of Mersin The Port of Mersin (), is a major seaport located on the north-eastern coast of Mediterranean Sea in Mersin, southern Turkey. As one of the largest harbors in the country, it is Turkey's main gateway to the Mediterranean Sea. It was constructed d ...

is the biggest in Turkey. It is especially used for export. In the port area there is a 100,000 tonnes grain

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and a fertiliser factory. East of Akdeniz is industrial region, with a

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and factories of

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ferrochrome Ferrochrome or ferrochromium (FeCr) is a type of ferroalloy, that is, an alloy of chromium and iron, generally containing 50 to 70% chromium by weight. Ferrochrome is produced by electric arc carbothermic reduction of chromite. Most of the glo ...

and soda.

Composition

There are 65

neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in Akdeniz District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Abdullahşahutoğlu * Adanalıoğlu * Adnan Menderes * Akdam * Akdeniz * Anadolu * Aşağı Burhan * Bağcılar-Ihsaniye * Bağlarbaşı * Bahçe * Bahşiş * Barış * Bekirde * Camili * Camişerif * Çankaya * Çay * Çilek * Civanyaylağı * Cumhuriyet * Demirhisar * Dikilitaş * Emek *

Esenli Esenli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Akdeniz, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 398 (2022). It is a neighbourhood in Çukurova Çukurova (), or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large ...

* Evci * Evren * Gazi * Gündoğdu * Güneş * Hal * Hamidiye * Hebilli * Hürriyet *

Iğdır Iğdır (; or ; ; or ) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Iğdır Province and Iğdır District.

* İhsaniye * Karacailyas * Karaduvar * Kazanlı * Kiremithane * Köselerli * Kulak * Kültür * Kürkçü * Limonlu * Mahmudiye * Mesudiye * Mitatpaşa * Müfide Ilhan * Nacarlı * Nusratiye * Özgürlük * Parmakkurdu * Puğkaracadağ * Şakirgülmen * Sarıibrahimli * Şevket Sümer * Siteler * Toroslar * Turgut Reis * Üçocak * Yanpar * Yenimahalle * Yeşilçimen *

Yeşilova Yeşilova is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of 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 E ...

* Yukarı Burhan

Sites of interest

* Mersin Atatürk Museum *

Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum () is a museum in Mersin, Turkey. The museum is in the centrum at . It is in a neighborhood known for galleries and İçel Sanat Kulübü, Art Club of İçel. The construction date of the building is not kn ...

Mersin Urban History Museum Mersin Urban History Museum () is a private museum in Mersin, Turkey. Location and the History The museum at is in Akdeniz secondary municipality of Mersin, ant it lies about from the Mediterranean Sea. It is a restored 150 year-old house w ...

Gallery

File:Mersin Urban History Museum II, Turkey.jpg,

File:Mersin harbor from the west.jpg,

Mersin Harbor The Port of Mersin (), is a major seaport located on the north-eastern coast of Mediterranean Sea in Mersin, southern Turkey. As one of the largest harbors in the country, it is Turkey's main gateway to the Mediterranean Sea. It was constructed d ...

File:Mersin Atatürk Museum.jpg, Mersin Atatürk Museum File:Mersin Grandmosque.jpg,

Mersin Grand Mosque Mersin Grand Mosque () is a Grand Mosque in Mersin, Turkey. History The original mosque, then named Yeni Cami (), was built in 1898 by the leading people (like Abdülkadir Seydavi) of Mersin. In the 1970s, the mosque has been rebuilt and was r ...

File:Refah monument from the south, Mersin.JPG, Refah Monument File:Catholic Church of Mersin.jpg, Mersin Catholic Church File:Akdeniz, Mersin.jpg, Street scene

References and notes

External links

{{Akdeniz District Populated places in Akdeniz District Districts of Mersin Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey