Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

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. ...

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 population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...

''). 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

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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'') by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1997.

International relations

Before the regulation on the constitution of Turkey, the town used to be twinned with: * Bergkamen, Germany

References

External links

Taşucu Municipality's official website

Taşucu's website
Populated coastal places in Turkey Tourist attractions in Mersin Province Fishing communities in Turkey Neighbourhoods in Silifke District {{Mersin-geo-stub