Korucuk is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Gülnar Gülnar is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,416 km2, and its population is 27,889 (2022). It is south-west of the city of Mersin. Geography The town of Gülnar is inland on a plain high in the Taurus Mo ...

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. Its population is 172 (2022). The village is situated in

Toros Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a ...

. Its distance to Gülnar is and to

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 ...

is . Although there are several theories about the origin of the village name, the most plausible is that it refers to forests around the village (''Koru'' means a "small forest") Personal page of Saadet Bilir
/ref> There are ancient rock tombs around the village and the ruins of an ancient church in the village. The ancestors of the present residents however were migrants from

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.Gülnarlılar page
/ref> Major economic activity is agriculture. There is no shortage in irrigation water and the village produces fresh vegetables.

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