Geçimli (also called Malya) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

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. Its population is 385 (2022). It is situated to the west of Turkish state highway D.715 and to the northwest of Mut. The distance to Mut is and to

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is .

History

There are two archaeologically important places in the vicinity of the village. Alaoda Cave is a Cave Chapel and it is unearthed by Michael Gouche in 1955.Mut municipality page
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Alahan Monastery Alahan Monastery ()''Some Recent Finds at Alahan (Koja Kalessi)'', Michael Gough, Anatolian Studies, Vol. 5, (1955), 115. JSTOR is a complex of fifth-century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Anatolia, Asia Minor (Mersin Pr ...

(which is in the tentative list of

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) is situated at east of Geçimli.

Economy

The main economic activity of the village is agriculture. Olive and apricot are two of the main crops.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gecimli, Mut Neighbourhoods in Mut District