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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86" title="مرسين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مرسين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Մերսին – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Մերսին" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D3%99%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мәрсин – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Мәрсин" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Мерсін – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мерсін" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Мэрсін – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мэрсін" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercin_(kapital_sa_lalawigan_sa_Turkeya)" title="Mercin (kapital sa lalawigan sa Turkeya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mercin (kapital sa lalawigan sa Turkeya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7" title="Μερσίνη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μερσίνη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مرسین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرسین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86" title="مرسين – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="مرسين" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%EC%8B%A0" title="메르신 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메르신" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Մերսին – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մերսին" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersina" title="Mersina – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mersina" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9F" title="מרסין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מרסין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="მერსინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მერსინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AArs%C3%AEn" title="Mêrsîn – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Mêrsîn" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersina" title="Mersina – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mersina" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersinas" title="Mersinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mersinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin_(telep%C3%BCl%C3%A9s)" title="Mersin (település) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mersin (település)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86" title="مرسين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مرسين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مرسین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مرسین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin_(stad)" title="Mersin (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mersin (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3" title="メルスィン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メルスィン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8" title="ਮਰਸਿਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਰਸਿਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86" title="میرسن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میرسن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مرسین – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مرسین" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersim" title="Mersim – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mersim" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersini" title="Mersini – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Mersini" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مێرسین – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مێرسین" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D3%99%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мәрсин – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Мәрсин" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99" title="แมร์ซิน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แมร์ซิน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мерсин – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Мерсин" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Мерсін – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мерсін" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مرسین – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مرسین" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Mersin" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" 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.infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output 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data-file-height="1152" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div style="height:77px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Korykos_-_K%C4%B1zkalesi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Korykos_-_K%C4%B1zkalesi.jpg/250px-Korykos_-_K%C4%B1zkalesi.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Korykos_-_K%C4%B1zkalesi.jpg/330px-Korykos_-_K%C4%B1zkalesi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1219" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:108px;max-width:108px"><div style="height:77px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg/106px-MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg/159px-MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg/212px-MERS%C4%B0N_YAPRAKLI_KOY.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:128px;max-width:128px"><div style="height:80px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg/126px-Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg/189px-Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg/252px-Ancient_Soli_Pompeipolis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="455" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:110px;max-width:110px"><div style="height:80px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG/120px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG" decoding="async" width="108" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG/250px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:240px;max-width:240px"><div style="height:131px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MERS%C4%B0N-9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/MERS%C4%B0N-9.jpg/250px-MERS%C4%B0N-9.jpg" decoding="async" width="238" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/MERS%C4%B0N-9.jpg/500px-MERS%C4%B0N-9.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1397" data-file-height="773" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><b>Clockwise from top:</b> Mersin Skyline, Yapraklı Koy, <a href="/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_St._Anthony_of_Padua_(Mersin)" title="Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua (Mersin)">St. Anthony Latin Catholic Church of Mersin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeni%C5%9Fehir,_Mersin" title="Yenişehir, Mersin">Yenişehir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soli_(Cilicia)" title="Soli (Cilicia)">Soli Pompeiopolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1zkalesi_(Castle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kızkalesi (Castle)">Kızkalesi</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Mersin.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Mersin"><img alt="Official logo of Mersin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Emblem_of_Mersin.svg/120px-Emblem_of_Mersin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Emblem_of_Mersin.svg/150px-Emblem_of_Mersin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Emblem_of_Mersin.svg/200px-Emblem_of_Mersin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="94" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Emblem of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin is located in Turkey"><img alt="Mersin is located in Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1579" data-file-height="677" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.429%;left:47.107%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mersin"><img alt="Mersin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Mersin</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Mersin within Türkiye</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Turkey</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin is located in Mediterranean"><img alt="Mersin is located in Mediterranean" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png/250px-Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png/375px-Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png/500px-Relief_Map_of_Mediterranean_Sea.png 2x" data-file-width="1754" data-file-height="862" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.947%;left:84.107%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mersin"><img alt="Mersin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Mersin</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Mersin (Mediterranean)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Mediterranean</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin is located in Asia"><img alt="Mersin is located in Asia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.374%;left:10.225%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mersin"><img alt="Mersin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Mersin</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Mersin (Asia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mersin&params=36_48_N_34_38_E_region:TR_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°48′N</span> <span class="longitude">34°38′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.800°N 34.633°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.800; 34.633</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Turkey">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Region,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Region, Turkey">Mediterranean</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akdeniz,_Mersin" title="Akdeniz, Mersin">Akdeniz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mezitli" title="Mezitli">Mezitli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toroslar" title="Toroslar">Toroslar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeni%C5%9Fehir,_Mersin" title="Yenişehir, Mersin">Yenişehir</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Vahap Seçer (<a href="/wiki/Republican_People%27s_Party" title="Republican People's Party">CHP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,708.6 km<sup>2</sup> (659.7 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 m (30 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-citypop_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citypop-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,040,507</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">610/km<sup>2</sup> (1,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">TRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">33XXX</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">(+90) 324 Metropolitan Municipality</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Turkish_car_number_plates" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish car number plates">Licence plate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">33</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mersin.gov.tr/">Mersin</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mersin</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Turkish" title="Help:IPA/Turkish">[ˈmæɾsin]</a></span>) is a large city and port on the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean</a> coast of <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Region,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Region, Turkey">southern</a> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. It is the provincial capital of the <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin Province</a> (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates, each having its own municipality: <a href="/wiki/Akdeniz,_Mersin" title="Akdeniz, Mersin">Akdeniz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mezitli" title="Mezitli">Mezitli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toroslar" title="Toroslar">Toroslar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yeni%C5%9Fehir,_Mersin" title="Yenişehir, Mersin">Yenişehir</a>. </p><p>Mersin lies on the western side of <a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurova" title="Çukurova">Çukurova</a>, a geographical, economic and cultural region of Turkey. It is an important hub for Turkey's economy, with <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Mersin" title="Port of Mersin">Turkey's largest seaport</a> located here. The city hosted the <a href="/wiki/2013_Mediterranean_Games" title="2013 Mediterranean Games">2013 Mediterranean Games</a>. </p><p>As urbanisation continues eastward, a larger metropolitan region combining Mersin with <a href="/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin" title="Tarsus, Mersin">Tarsus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a> (the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area) is in the making with more than 3.3 million inhabitants. </p><p><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurova_International_Airport" title="Çukurova International Airport">Çukurova International Airport</a> (COV), 74 kilometres (46mi) from Mersin city center, is the nearest international airport. There are ferry services from Mersin to <a href="/wiki/Famagusta" title="Famagusta">Famagusta</a> (Mağusa) in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mersin is linked to Adana via Tarsus by way of <a href="/wiki/TCDD_Ta%C5%9F%C4%B1mac%C4%B1l%C4%B1k" class="mw-redirect" title="TCDD Taşımacılık">TCDD</a> trains. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city was named after the aromatic plant genus <i><a href="/wiki/Myrsine" title="Myrsine">Myrsine</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Mersin</i>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Μυρσίνη</span>) in the family <a href="/wiki/Primulaceae" title="Primulaceae">Primulaceae</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Myrtaceae" title="Myrtaceae">myrtle</a> that grows in abundance in the area. The 17th-century Ottoman traveler <a href="/wiki/Evliya_%C3%87elebi" title="Evliya Çelebi">Evliya Çelebi</a> also recorded in his <i><a href="/wiki/Seyahatn%C3%A2me" title="Seyahatnâme">Seyahatnâme</a></i> that there was a clan named the Mersinoğulları (Sons of Mersin) living in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 19th century Mersin was also referred to as Mersina. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This coast has been inhabited since the <a href="/wiki/9th_millennium_BC" title="9th millennium BC">9th millennium BC</a>. Excavations by <a href="/wiki/John_Garstang" title="John Garstang">John Garstang</a> of the hill of <a href="/wiki/Yumuktepe" title="Yumuktepe">Yumuktepe</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have revealed 23 levels of occupation, the earliest dating from ca. 6300 BC. Fortifications were put up around 4500 BC, but the site appears to have been abandoned between 350 BC and 300 BC. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_era">Classical era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Classical era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the centuries, the city was ruled by many states and civilisations including the <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Assyrians" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Assyrians">Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urartians" class="mw-redirect" title="Urartians">Urartians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seleucid" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid">Seleucids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lagids" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagids">Lagids</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greek</a> period, the city bore the name <b>Zephyrion</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: Ζεφύριον<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and was mentioned by numerous ancient authors. Apart from its natural harbour and strategic position along the trade routes of southern <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>, the city profited from trade in <a href="/wiki/Molybdenum" title="Molybdenum">molybdenum</a> (white lead) from the neighbouring mines of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coreyra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coreyra (page does not exist)">Coreyra</a>. Ancient sources attributed the best molybdenum to the city, which also minted its own coins.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_Archaeological_Museum,_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_2.jpg/250px-Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_2.jpg/330px-Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_2.jpg/500px-Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a><figcaption>Hellenistic sculpture in <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum" title="Mersin Archaeological Museum">Mersin Archaeological Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The area later became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a>, which had its capital at <a href="/wiki/Tarsus_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarsus (city)">Tarsus</a>, while nearby Mersin was the major port.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Corycus and Ayas were the two ports of Cilicia. Zephyrion was a fishing village. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The city, whose name was <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latinised</a> to <b>Zephyrium</b>, was renamed as <b>Hadrianopolis</b> in honour of the Roman emperor <a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After the death of the emperor <a href="/wiki/Theodosius_I" title="Theodosius I">Theodosius I</a> in 395 and the subsequent permanent division of the Roman Empire, Mersin fell into what became the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The city was an <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">episcopal see</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Antioch" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarchate of Antioch">Patriarchate of Antioch</a>. <a href="/wiki/Le_Quien" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Quien">Le Quien</a> names four bishops of Zephyrium:<sup id="cite_ref-Le_Quien_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Le_Quien-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aerius, present at the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople" title="First Council of Constantinople">First Council of Constantinople</a> in 381; Zenobius, a <a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Nestorian</a>, the writer of a letter protesting the removal of Bishop Meletius of <a href="/wiki/Mopsuestia" title="Mopsuestia">Mopsuestia</a> by Patriarch <a href="/wiki/John_I_of_Antioch" title="John I of Antioch">John of Antioch</a> (429–441); Hypatius, present at the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> in 451; and Peter, present at the <a href="/wiki/Council_in_Trullo" class="mw-redirect" title="Council in Trullo">Council in Trullo</a> in 692. The bishopric is included in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>'s list of <a href="/wiki/Titular_see" title="Titular see">titular sees</a>, but since the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a> no new <a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">titular bishop</a> of this Eastern see has been appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cilicia was conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> in the early 7th century, by which time it appears Mersin was a deserted site. The Arabs were followed by the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Tulunids" title="Tulunids">Tulunids</a>, then by the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantines</a> between 965 and c.1080 and then by the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Cilicia">Armenian Cilicia</a>, the region of Mersin served as the powerbase for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lampron" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Lampron">House of Lampron</a>. From 1362 to 1513 the region was captured and governed by the <a href="/wiki/Ramadanid_Emirate" title="Ramadanid Emirate">Ramadanid Emirate</a>, first as a protectorate of the <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate" title="Mamluk Sultanate">Mamluk Sultanate</a>, then as an independent state for roughly a century and then as a protectorate of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> from 1513 until 1518 when it was annexed into the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and turned into an imperial province.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ottoman Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vilayet_of_Adana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vilayet of Adana">Vilayet of Adana</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_Archaeological_Museum,_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_1.jpg/250px-Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_1.jpg/330px-Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_1.jpg/500px-Mersin_Archaeological_Museum%2C_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a><figcaption>From <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum" title="Mersin Archaeological Museum">Mersin Archaeological Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b> with: the city's history between 16th and 19th century. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, the region became a major supplier of <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> to make up for the high demand due to shortage. Railroads were extended to Mersin in 1866 from where cotton was exported by sea, and the city developed into a major trade centre.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1909, Mersin's port hosted 645 <a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">steamships</a> and 797,433 tons of goods. Before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Mersin exported mainly <a href="/wiki/Sesame_seed" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesame seed">sesame seeds</a>, cotton, <a href="/wiki/Cottonseed" title="Cottonseed">cottonseed</a>, cakes and cereals, and livestock. Cotton was exported to Europe, grain to Turkey and livestock to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. Coal was the main import into Mersin at this time. <a href="/wiki/Messageries_Maritimes" title="Messageries Maritimes">Messageries Maritimes</a> was the largest shipping line to use the port at Mersin.<sup id="cite_ref-Prothero82_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prothero82-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1918, the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> collapsed and Mersin was occupied by French and British troops in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_S%C3%A8vres" title="Treaty of Sèvres">Treaty of Sèvres</a>. It was recovered by the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Army">Turkish Army</a> in 1921 at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Turkish_War" title="Franco-Turkish War">Franco-Turkish War</a>. In 1924, Mersin was made a province, and in 1933 Mersin and İçel provinces were merged to form the (greater Mersin) İçel Province. The capital of the province was Mersin. In 2002 the name of the province was changed to Mersin Province.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 1920, Mersin had five piers at its port, with one privately owned by a railroad company serving Mersin, <a href="/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin" title="Tarsus, Mersin">Tarsus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prothero81_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prothero81-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Mersin">Modern Mersin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern Mersin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MERS%C4%B0N-20.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/MERS%C4%B0N-20.png/220px-MERS%C4%B0N-20.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/MERS%C4%B0N-20.png/330px-MERS%C4%B0N-20.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/MERS%C4%B0N-20.png/440px-MERS%C4%B0N-20.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1125" /></a><figcaption>Limonluk neighbourhood</figcaption></figure> <p>Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast. It has the longest seashore in Turkey as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Mediterranean" title="Eastern Mediterranean">Eastern Mediterranean</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Metropolitan Municipality has rescued long stretches of the seafront with walkways, parks and statues, and there are still palm trees on the roadsides. </p><p>Since the start of the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian War in 2011</a> Mersin has acquired a large population of Syrian refugees. </p><p>On 6 February 2023 Mersin was shaken by the twin <a href="/wiki/2023_Turkey%E2%80%93Syria_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake">Turkish-Syrian earthquakes</a>. Citizens made homeless in cities further to the east also flocked to Mersin in search of shelter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Attractions">Local Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are six museums within the Mersin urban area; <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum" title="Mersin Archaeological Museum">Mersin Archaeological Museum</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Atat%C3%BCrk_Museum" title="Mersin Atatürk Museum">Mersin Atatürk Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Naval_Museum" title="Mersin Naval Museum">Mersin Naval Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_State_Art_and_Sculpture_Museum" title="Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum">Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Urban_History_Museum" title="Mersin Urban History Museum">Mersin Urban History Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Water_Museum" title="Mersin Water Museum">Mersin Water Museum</a>. </p><p>In the western suburb of Viranşehir (Ruined City) the remains of the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Soli_(Cilicia)" title="Soli (Cilicia)">Soli/Pompeiiopolis</a> stand close to the sea. Only two colonnades dating from the 2nd or 3rd century are obvious although the outline of the agora and of a mole from the harbour can just about be made out.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cennet_and_Cehennem" title="Cennet and Cehennem">Chasms of Heaven and Hell</a> are located in the rural region of <a href="/wiki/Silifke" title="Silifke">Silifke</a>, a district in Mersin.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chasms are two <a href="/wiki/Sinkhole" title="Sinkhole">sinkholes</a> that were naturally formed from underground waters melting the layer of limestone above.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The heaven sinkhole has a small monastery located in the corner of the entrance.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deepest point of the sinkhole is 135 meters deep.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hell sinkhole is 128 meters deep.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mythology, there is a story of <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> temporarily trapping <a href="/wiki/Typhon" title="Typhon">Typhon</a> in the sinkhole.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city has a total of three modern shopping malls, from which the Forum Mersin is the largest one. <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Marina" title="Mersin Marina">Mersin Marina</a> can also be considered a shopping center with over 40 shops, apart from its main function as a <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marina</a>. In the old city center you will find further shopping opportunities and bazaar-like shopping areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noresize thumb tright" style=";"> <div class="thumbinner" style="overflow:hidden;width:302px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="height:152px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; background-color:white;"> <div style=";left:-705px; top:-760px; width:2500px; position:absolute;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Köppen map of Mersin Province and surrounding regions:[15]   Csa   Csb   Dsa   Dsb   Dsc"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg/2500px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2500" height="1170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg/3750px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg/5000px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1816" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align:left; background-color:transparent; line-height:110%;"> </div> <div style="visibility:hidden"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg/2500px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2500" height="1170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg/3750px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg/5000px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1816" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_TUR_present_with_provinces.svg" title="File:Koppen-Geiger Map TUR present with provinces.svg"> </a></div>Köppen map of Mersin Province and surrounding regions:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256394559">.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key>ol{margin-left:1.3em;margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key>ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media(min-width:300px){.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key,.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-wide{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-narrow{column-count:1}}@media(min-width:450px){.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-wide{column-count:3}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist image-key image-key-wide"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFF00; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer Mediterranean climate">Csa</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C6C700; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Warm-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Warm-summer Mediterranean climate">Csb</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF00FE; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">Dsa</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C600C7; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">Dsb</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#963295; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Subarctic_climate" title="Subarctic climate">Dsc</a></div></li></ul></div></div> </div></div><p>Unlike the mountainous rugged terrain of the whole province Mersin is located at the western edge of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurova" title="Çukurova">Çukurova</a> plain. Earthquake risk of the city is relatively low especially compared to other regions of Turkey, but due to its closeness to several other <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">fault lines</a> in Anatolia, the city center, which was built on an <a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvial deposit</a> is considered to be a risk region.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mersin has a <a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer Mediterranean climate">hot-summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>: <i>Csa</i>, <a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha climate classification</a>: <i>Cs</i>), a type of <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical climate">subtropical climate</a> with hot, humid summers and mild, wet winters. Mersin has its highest rainfall in winter. The driest months are in summer with hardly any rainfall at all. The highest temperature of Mersin was recorded on 3 September 2020 at 41.5 °C (106.7 °F), and the lowest was recorded on 6 February 1950 at −6.6 °C (20.1 °F). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Mersin (1991–2020, extremes 1940–2025) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(94.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(104.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.1<br />(100.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF0B00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(103.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.5<br />(106.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.5<br />(106.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.3<br />(20.7) </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.6<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.2<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−6.6<br />(20.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #52FF52; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115.9<br />(4.56) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.0<br />(3.11) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.1<br />(2.21) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.36) </td> <td style="background: #D7FFD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(1.05) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(0.47) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(0.29) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(0.53) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(1.41) </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.2<br />(3.16) </td> <td style="background: #0CFF0C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.7<br />(6.41) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">632.9<br />(24.92) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.07 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.07 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.37 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.27 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.07 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.70 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.00 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.03 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.13 </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.27 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.37 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.83 </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.19 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.06 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.25 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0F0FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.5 </td> <td style="background: #0F0FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.5 </td> <td style="background: #0B0BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000FE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000ED; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000F3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.7 </td> <td style="background: #0D0DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.2 </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">57.6 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56.7 </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.9 </td> <td style="background: #0707FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.8 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158.2 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">210.8 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">231.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">263.5 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">294.0 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">313.1 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">303.8 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">273.0 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">235.6 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177.0 </td> <td style="background: #C0C022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.6 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,751.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C4C40B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #F0F010; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F215; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #F0F010; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Turkish_State_Meteorological_Service" title="Turkish State Meteorological Service">Turkish State Meteorological Service</a><sup id="cite_ref-TSMS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSMS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (humidity, 1991-2020),<sup id="cite_ref-WMOCLINO_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMOCLINO-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meteomanz(snow days 2008-2023)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of the city was 1,040,507 according to 2022 estimates.<sup id="cite_ref-citypop_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citypop-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This figure refers to the urban part of the four districts <a href="/wiki/Akdeniz,_Mersin" title="Akdeniz, Mersin">Akdeniz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mezitli" title="Mezitli">Mezitli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toroslar" title="Toroslar">Toroslar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yeni%C5%9Fehir,_Mersin" title="Yenişehir, Mersin">Yenişehir</a>, that had a total population of 1,077,054 at the end of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of a 2021 estimation, the population of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area was 3,300,000 inhabitants, making it the 4th most populous area of Turkey.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Interfaith_Cemetery" title="Mersin Interfaith Cemetery">Mersin Interfaith Cemetery</a>, in the Yusuf Kılıç district, serves as a cemetery for all religions with graves of <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua"><img alt="Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG/120px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG/250px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_St._Anthony_of_Padua_(Mersin)" title="Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua (Mersin)">Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mu%C4%9Fdat_Camii.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Muğdat Mosque in Yenişehir was built in the 1980s"><img alt="Muğdat Mosque in Yenişehir was built in the 1980s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Mu%C4%9Fdat_Camii.JPG/120px-Mu%C4%9Fdat_Camii.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Mu%C4%9Fdat_Camii.JPG/250px-Mu%C4%9Fdat_Camii.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fdat_Mosque" title="Muğdat Mosque">Muğdat Mosque</a> in Yenişehir was built in the 1980s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MersinCemevi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin Cemevi, an Alevi place of worship"><img alt="Mersin Cemevi, an Alevi place of worship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MersinCemevi.jpg/120px-MersinCemevi.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MersinCemevi.jpg/250px-MersinCemevi.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="722" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cemevi" title="Cemevi">Mersin Cemevi</a>, an Alevi place of worship</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_transportation">Economy and transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy and transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg/220px-Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg/330px-Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg/440px-Mersin_gar_giri%C5%9F.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Mersin Train Station</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Mersin" title="Port of Mersin">Port of Mersin</a> is the mainstay of city's economy. It is an international hub for many vessels routing to <a href="/wiki/European_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="European countries">European countries</a>, with a capacity of 6,000 ships per year. </p><p>Next to the port is the <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Free_Zone" title="Mersin Free Zone">Mersin Free Zone</a>, established in 1986 as <a href="/wiki/List_of_free_zones_of_Turkey" title="List of free zones of Turkey">the first free zone in Turkey</a>, the zone is a publicly owned centre for foreign investors, close to major markets in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Russia and <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>. In 2002 the free zone's trading volume was US$51.8 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, Mersin was a major producer of <a href="/wiki/Cottonseed" title="Cottonseed">cottonseed</a> oil.<sup id="cite_ref-Prothero113_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prothero113-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area around Mersin is famous for citrus and cotton production. Bananas, olives and assorted other fruits are also produced. </p><p>Mersin has <a href="/wiki/Highway" title="Highway">highway</a> connections to the north, east and west. It is also connected to the southern railroad. <a href="/wiki/Mersin_railway_station" title="Mersin railway station">Mersin railway station</a> in the district of <a href="/wiki/Akdeniz,_Mersin" title="Akdeniz, Mersin">Akdeniz</a> has been in use since 1886. Opened on 28 February 2015, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Bus_Terminus" title="Mersin Bus Terminus">Mersin Bus Terminus</a> is the terminus for <a href="/wiki/Intercity_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercity bus">intercity bus</a> services, replacing the bus station that had been in the city centre since 1986. A <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Metro" title="Mersin Metro">metro system</a> with 11 stations and a length of 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) is scheduled to open at the end of 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since August 2024, the city is served by <a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurova_International_Airport" title="Çukurova International Airport">Çukurova International Airport</a>. </p><p>Work is underway<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (August 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> to complete the <a href="/wiki/Akkuyu_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant">Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant</a>, Turkey's first nuclear power plant, some 80 miles west of Mersin.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Environmental groups, such as <a href="/wiki/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a>, have opposed the construction.<sup id="cite_ref-Demonstration_against_nuclear_power_in_Mersin_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Demonstration_against_nuclear_power_in_Mersin-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_Halkevi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mersin_Halkevi.jpg/250px-Mersin_Halkevi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mersin_Halkevi.jpg/330px-Mersin_Halkevi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mersin_Halkevi.jpg/500px-Mersin_Halkevi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1247" data-file-height="935" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Halkevi" title="Mersin Halkevi">Mersin Opera and Ballet House</a></figcaption></figure><p>Mersin is home to a State Opera and Ballet, the fourth in Turkey after <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mersin_International_Music_Festival" title="Mersin International Music Festival">Mersin International Music Festival</a> was established in 2001 and takes place every October. </p><p>The photography associations Mersin Fotoğraf Derneği (MFD) and Mersin Olba Fotoğraf Derneği (MOF) are amongst the city's most popular and active cultural organisations. Some cultural activities are sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0%C3%A7el_sanat_kul%C3%BCb%C3%BC" class="mw-redirect" title="İçel sanat kulübü">İçel Sanat Kulübü</a> (Art Club of Mersin) and <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Opera_and_Ballet_Club" title="Mediterranean Opera and Ballet Club">Mediterranean Opera and Ballet Club</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Citrus_Festival" title="Mersin Citrus Festival">Mersin Citrus Festival</a> is a festival organized to promote the citrus produced in Mersin.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The festival typically includes folk dancers from different traditions and sculptures constructed from different types of citrus.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first festival was held in 2010. The festival is held annually on a weekend in November.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mersin is best known in Turkey for its <a href="/wiki/Tantuni" title="Tantuni">tantuni</a>, and restaurants serving it can be found all over the country. The provincial cuisine includes specialties such as: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ci%C4%9Fer_kebab%C4%B1" title="Ciğer kebabı">Ciğer kebap</a>, (liver on <a href="/wiki/Mangal_(barbecue)" title="Mangal (barbecue)">mangal</a>), typically served on <a href="/wiki/Lavash" title="Lavash">lavaş</a> with an assortment of <a href="/wiki/Meze" title="Meze">meze</a> at 12 skewers at a time,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantuni" title="Tantuni">Tantuni</a>, a hot <a href="/wiki/Lavash" title="Lavash">lavaş</a> wrap consisting of <a href="/wiki/Julienning" title="Julienning">julienned</a> lamb stir-fried on a <a href="/wiki/Saj_(utensil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saj (utensil)">sac</a> on a hint of <a href="/wiki/Cottonseed_oil" title="Cottonseed oil">cottonseed oil</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbar_(food)" title="Mumbar (food)">Bumbar</a> or mumbar, lamb <a href="/wiki/Intestines" class="mw-redirect" title="Intestines">intestines</a> filled with a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meat" title="Meat">meat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pistachio" title="Pistachio">pistachios</a>, that are served either grilled or steamed, famous throughout the <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levant</a> ,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cezerye" title="Cezerye">Cezerye</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Lokum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lokum">lokum</a>-like delight made of caramelized <a href="/wiki/Carrot" title="Carrot">carrot</a> paste, covered in (sometimes sliced) <a href="/wiki/Pistachio" title="Pistachio">pistachios</a> and often also sprinkled with ground <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a>,</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karsamba%C3%A7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karsambaç (page does not exist)">Karsambaç</a>, a variety of <a href="/wiki/Shaved_ice" title="Shaved ice">shaved ice</a> served with <a href="/wiki/Pekmez" title="Pekmez">pekmez</a> or <a href="/wiki/Honey" title="Honey">honey</a> as toppings,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadaif#Kun.C4.81fah.2FK.C3.BCnefe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadaif">Künefe</a>, a wood-oven baked dessert based on a mixture of cheese and pastry; known all throughout the <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levant</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27amoul" title="Ma'amoul">Kerebiç</a>, a shortbread filled with pistachio paste, also famous throughout the <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levant</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Ealgam" class="mw-redirect" title="Şalgam">Şalgam suyu</a>, a beverage made of <a href="/wiki/Fermentation_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fermentation (food)">fermented</a> <a href="/wiki/Carrot" title="Carrot">red carrots</a>, very popular in Southern Turkey.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Local TV channels</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kanal33.com.tr/">Kanal 33</a></li> <li>İçel TV</li> <li>Sun RTV</li> <li>Güney TV</li></ul> <dl><dt>Local radio channels</dt></dl> <ul><li>Radyo Metropol (101.8)</li> <li>Tarsus Süper FM (91.1)</li> <li>Tempo 94 FM (94.3)</li> <li>Örgün FM (94.7)</li> <li>Tarsus Star FM (95.5)</li> <li>Tarsus Radyo Time (97.7)</li> <li>Flaş FM (98.3)</li> <li>Mix FM (91.6) (sadece yabancı müzik, 1993-günümüz)</li> <li>Kent Radyo (98.5)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sports_venues_in_Mersin" title="Sports venues in Mersin">Sports venues in Mersin</a></div> <p>The city was formerly home to <a href="/wiki/Mersin_%C4%B0dman_Yurdu" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin İdman Yurdu">Mersin İdman Yurdu</a>, a football club that played in the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Süper Lig</a> as recently as the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="2015–16 Süper Lig">2015–16 season</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mersin_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C5%9Fehir_Belediyesi_S.K." title="Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.">men's basketball team</a> of the Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. plays in the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Basketball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Basketball League">Turkish Basketball League</a> while its <a href="/wiki/Mersin_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C5%9Fehir_Belediyesi_(women%27s_basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi (women's basketball)">women's basketball team</a> plays in the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Women%27s_Basketball_League" title="Turkish Women's Basketball League">Turkish Women's Basketball League</a>. </p><p>The city has one football stadium, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin Arena">Mersin Arena</a>, with a seating capacity of 25,534. There was another stadium, <a href="/wiki/Tevfik_S%C4%B1rr%C4%B1_G%C3%BCr_Stadium" title="Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium">Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium</a>, which had a capacity of 10,128 and is now demolished and turned into a park. The men's and women's basketball teams of the Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. play their home matches at the <a href="/wiki/Edip_Buran_Sport_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Edip Buran Sport Hall">Edip Buran Sport Hall</a>, which has a seating capacity of 2,700. </p><p>Eleven new sports venues were built for Mersin to host the <a href="/wiki/2013_Mediterranean_Games" title="2013 Mediterranean Games">2013 Mediterranean Games</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Servet_Tazeg%C3%BCl_Arena" title="Servet Tazegül Arena">Servet Tazegül Arena</a>, the fourth biggest indoor arena of Turkey with its 7,500 seating capacity, hosted the men's basketball events and the volleyball finals of the Games.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics (sport)">athletics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralympic athletics">paralympic athletics</a> events were held at the <a href="/wiki/Nevin_Yan%C4%B1t_Athletics_Complex" title="Nevin Yanıt Athletics Complex">Nevin Yanıt Athletics Complex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall,_Turkey.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin Gymnastics Hall"><img alt="Mersin Gymnastics Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall%2C_Turkey.JPG/250px-Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall%2C_Turkey.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall%2C_Turkey.JPG/500px-Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall%2C_Turkey.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall" title="Mersin Gymnastics Hall">Mersin Gymnastics Hall</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool,_Turkey.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool"><img alt="Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool%2C_Turkey.jpg/240px-Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool%2C_Turkey.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool%2C_Turkey.jpg/360px-Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool%2C_Turkey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool%2C_Turkey.jpg/480px-Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool%2C_Turkey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3061" data-file-height="2296" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool" title="Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool">Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mersin_Olympic_Stadium.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mersin Arena"><img alt="Mersin Arena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Mersin_Olympic_Stadium.JPG/250px-Mersin_Olympic_Stadium.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Mersin_Olympic_Stadium.JPG/500px-Mersin_Olympic_Stadium.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3175" data-file-height="2381" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin Arena">Mersin Arena</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sportshall_in_Mersin,_Turkey.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sporthall in Mersin"><img alt="Sporthall in Mersin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sportshall_in_Mersin%2C_Turkey.JPG/250px-Sportshall_in_Mersin%2C_Turkey.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sportshall_in_Mersin%2C_Turkey.JPG/500px-Sportshall_in_Mersin%2C_Turkey.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sporthall in Mersin</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Universities">Universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG/250px-Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG/330px-Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG/500px-Yurtkur_Ta%C5%9Fucu_K%C4%B1z_%C3%96%C4%9Frenci_Yurdu.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Mersin University Dorms</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mersin_University" title="Mersin University">Mersin University</a> was founded in 1992 and started teaching in 1993–1994, with eleven faculties, six schools and nine vocational schools. The university has had about 10,000 graduates, has broadened its current academic staff to more than 2,100 academicians. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Toros_University" title="Toros University">Toros University</a> is a non-profit private foundation established in Mersin in 2009. </p><p><a href="/wiki/%C3%87a%C4%9F_University" title="Çağ University">Çağ University</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_University" title="Tarsus University">Tarsus University</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mersin is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a>, South Africa</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus"><img alt="Northern Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gazi_Ma%C4%9Fusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gazi Mağusa">Gazi Mağusa</a>, Northern Cyprus <sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kherson" title="Kherson">Kherson</a>, Ukraine</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/40px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/60px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da" title="Klaipėda">Klaipėda</a>, Lithuania</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kushimoto,_Wakayama" title="Kushimoto, Wakayama">Kushimoto</a>, Japan, where there is a <a href="/wiki/Kushimoto_Turkish_Memorial_and_Museum" title="Kushimoto Turkish Memorial and Museum">Turkish Memorial and Museum</a> in commemoration of the 1890-sunken <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_frigate_Ertu%C4%9Frul" title="Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul">Ottoman frigate <i>Ertuğrul</i></a>. A street in Mersin is named after the Japanese town.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nizhnekamsk" title="Nizhnekamsk">Nizhnekamsk</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oberhausen" title="Oberhausen">Oberhausen</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia"><img alt="Mongolia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%96lgii_(city)" title="Ölgii (city)">Ölgii</a>, Mongolia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ufa" title="Ufa">Ufa</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/40px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gazi Mağusa, also known as Famagusta is <i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> a part of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a>, but the city is <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> administrated by the self declared <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus">Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus" title="Turkish invasion of Cyprus">Turkish invasion of Cyprus</a>. The twinning is between Northern Cypriot and Turkish administration.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nevin_Yan%C4%B1t" title="Nevin Yanıt">Nevin Yanıt</a> – <a href="/wiki/Athlete" title="Athlete">athlete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_%C3%9Cst%C3%BCnda%C4%9F_(actor)" title="Mustafa Üstündağ (actor)">Mustafa Üstündağ</a> – <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erman_Toro%C4%9Flu" title="Erman Toroğlu">Erman Toroğlu</a> – <a href="/wiki/Footballer" class="mw-redirect" title="Footballer">footballer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldun_Dormen" title="Haldun Dormen">Haldun Dormen</a> – <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatre</a> & <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a> <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Ero%C4%9Flu" title="Musa Eroğlu">Musa Eroğlu</a> – <a href="/wiki/Turkish_folk_music" title="Turkish folk music">Turkish folk music</a> <a href="/wiki/Artist" title="Artist">artist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folk_poetry" title="Folk poetry">folk poetry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">musician</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_(singer)" title="Bergen (singer)">Bergen</a> – <a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turkish</a> <a href="/wiki/Arabesque_(Turkish_music)" title="Arabesque (Turkish music)">Arabesque</a> <a href="/wiki/Singer" class="mw-redirect" title="Singer">singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Emin_Karamehmet" title="Mehmet Emin Karamehmet">Mehmet Emin Karamehmet</a> - <a href="/wiki/Businessman" class="mw-redirect" title="Businessman">businessman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">founder</a> of <a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurova_Holding" title="Çukurova Holding">Çukurova Holding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Mete_I%C5%9F%C4%B1kara" title="Ahmet Mete Işıkara">Ahmet Mete Işıkara</a> – <a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCfide_%C4%B0lhan" title="Müfide İlhan">Müfide İlhan</a> – first woman mayor in Turkey in the 1950s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gencay_Kasap%C3%A7%C4%B1" title="Gencay Kasapçı">Gencay Kasapçı</a> – painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96zgecan_Aslan" class="mw-redirect" title="Özgecan Aslan">Özgecan Aslan</a> - <a href="/wiki/Mersin_University" title="Mersin University">Mersin University</a> <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">Psychology</a> <a href="/wiki/Student" title="Student">student</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konca_Kuri%C5%9F" title="Konca Kuriş">Konca Kuriş</a> - <a href="/wiki/Islamism" title="Islamism">Islamic</a> <a href="/wiki/Feminist" class="mw-redirect" title="Feminist">feminist</a> <a href="/wiki/Writer" title="Writer">writer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Activist">activist</a></li> <li><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metin_%C3%96z%C3%BClk%C3%BC" class="extiw" title="tr:Metin Özülkü">Metin Özülkü</a> - <a href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">musician</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singer-songwriter" title="Singer-songwriter">singer-songwriter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Arranger">arranger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Kire%C3%A7%C3%A7i" title="Ahmet Kireççi">Ahmet Kireççi</a> (aka Mersinli Ahmet) – Olympic medalist wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevit_Kodall%C4%B1" title="Nevit Kodallı">Nevit Kodallı</a> – composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seyhan_Kurt" title="Seyhan Kurt">Seyhan Kurt</a> – poet, writer, sociologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cemal_Mersinli" title="Cemal Mersinli">Cemal Mersinli</a> – a pasha of the Ottoman Empire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olga_Nakkas" title="Olga Nakkas">Olga Nakkas</a> – film director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0pek_Ongun" title="İpek Ongun">İpek Ongun</a> – writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macit_%C3%96zcan" title="Macit Özcan">Macit Özcan</a> – former mayor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suna_Tanaltay" title="Suna Tanaltay">Suna Tanaltay</a> – writer and psychologist.</li> <li><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eda_%C3%96z%C3%BClk%C3%BC" class="extiw" title="tr:Eda Özülkü">Eda Özülkü</a> - <a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turkish</a> <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> <a href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">musician</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At%C4%B1f_Y%C4%B1lmaz" title="Atıf Yılmaz">Atıf Yılmaz</a> – film director and producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabel_Matiz" title="Mabel Matiz">Mabel Matiz</a> – <a href="/wiki/Turkish_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish music">Turkish pop musician</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu%C4%9Fba_%C5%9Eeno%C4%9Flu" title="Tuğba Şenoğlu">Tuğba Şenoğlu</a> – volleyball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emre_Demir" title="Emre Demir">Emre Demir</a> – footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu%C5%9F_Baba" title="Manuş Baba">Manuş Baba</a> - <a href="/wiki/Pop_folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop folk">Pop folk</a> <a href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">musician</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mersin&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=citypopulation.de&rft.atitle=Mersin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypopulation.de%2Fen%2Fturkey%2Fmersin%2F_%2F2852__mersin%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMersin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSysAdmin" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">SysAdmin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.akgunlerdenizcilik.com/">"Akgünler Denizcilik | Kıbrıs Gemi Biletleri | Online Bilet Al"</a>. <i>Akgünler Denizcilik | Kıbrıs Feribot-Kıbrıs Gemi Bileti</i> (in Turkish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mersin.bel.tr/kardes-sehirlerimiz">the original</a> on 2020-02-29<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-01-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=mersin.bel.tr&rft.atitle=Karde%C5%9F+%C5%9Eehirlerimiz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mersin.bel.tr%2Fkardes-sehirlerimiz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMersin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <ul><li>Blue Guide, Turkey, The Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-30489-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-393-30489-3">978-0-393-30489-3</a>), pp. 556–557.</li> <li>Blood-Dark Track: A Family History (Granta Books) by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_O%27Neill_(born_1964)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph O'Neill (born 1964)">Joseph O'Neill</a>, contains a detailed and evocative history of the city, viewed from the perspective of a Christian Syrian family long resident in Mersin.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Talbert" title="Richard Talbert">Richard Talbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barrington_Atlas_of_the_Greek_and_Roman_World" title="Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World">Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World</a>, (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-03169-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-03169-9">978-0-691-03169-9</a>), p. 66</li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/40px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHerbermann1913" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Herbermann, Charles, ed. 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amasya_Province" title="Amasya Province">Amasya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C4%B1n_Province" title="Bartın Province">Bartın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karab%C3%BCk_Province" title="Karabük Province">Karabük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Province" title="Kastamonu Province">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat_Province" title="Tokat Province">Tokat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonguldak_Province" title="Zonguldak Province">Zonguldak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Black Sea Region (statistical)">East Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_Province" title="Rize Province">Rize</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Northeast Anatolia</a></th><td 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title="Adana Province">Adana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">İstanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province">Şanlıurfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="27pxMediterranean_Games66" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#BFD7FF;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Naples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Mediterranean_Games" title="1967 Mediterranean Games">1967 Tunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Mediterranean_Games" title="1971 Mediterranean Games">1971 İzmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Mediterranean_Games" title="1975 Mediterranean Games">1975 Algiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Mediterranean_Games" title="1979 Mediterranean Games">1979 Split</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Mediterranean_Games" title="1983 Mediterranean Games">1983 Casablanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Mediterranean_Games" title="1987 Mediterranean Games">1987 Latakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Mediterranean_Games" title="1991 Mediterranean Games">1991 Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Mediterranean_Games" title="1993 Mediterranean Games">1993 Languedoc-Roussillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Mediterranean_Games" title="1997 Mediterranean Games">1997 Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Mediterranean_Games" title="2001 Mediterranean Games">2001 Tunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Mediterranean_Games" title="2005 Mediterranean Games">2005 Almería</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Mediterranean_Games" title="2009 Mediterranean Games">2009 Pescara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Mediterranean_Games" title="2013 Mediterranean Games">2013 Mersin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Mediterranean_Games" title="2018 Mediterranean Games">2018 Tarragona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mediterranean_Games" title="2022 Mediterranean Games">2022 Oran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Mediterranean_Games" title="2026 Mediterranean Games">2026 Taranto</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2030_Mediterranean_Games" title="2030 Mediterranean Games">2030 Pristina</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div 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mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Settlements198" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Settlements</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Center city</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mersin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts <br />(İlçe)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akdeniz,_Mersin" title="Akdeniz, Mersin">Akdeniz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezitli" title="Mezitli">Mezitli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toroslar" title="Toroslar">Toroslar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeni%C5%9Fehir,_Mersin" title="Yenişehir, Mersin">Yenişehir</a></li></ul> <dl><dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anamur" title="Anamur">Anamur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k,_Mersin" title="Aydıncık, Mersin">Aydıncık</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozyaz%C4%B1" title="Bozyazı">Bozyazı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87aml%C4%B1yayla" title="Çamlıyayla">Çamlıyayla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdemli" title="Erdemli">Erdemli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BClnar" title="Gülnar">Gülnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut,_Mersin" title="Mut, Mersin">Mut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silifke" title="Silifke">Silifke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin" title="Tarsus, Mersin">Tarsus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_Mersin_Province" title="List of populated places in Mersin Province">List of populated places in Mersin Province </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Culture198" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Culture</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Universities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_University" title="Mersin University">Mersin University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87a%C4%9F_University" title="Çağ University">Çağ University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_University" title="Tarsus University">Tarsus University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toros_University" title="Toros University">Toros University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Technical_University_Institute_of_Marine_Sciences" title="Middle East Technical University Institute of Marine Sciences">Middle East Technical University Institute of Marine Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alata_Research_Institute_of_Horticulture" title="Alata Research Institute of Horticulture">Alata Research Institute of Horticulture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Museums etc.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anamur_Museum" title="Anamur Museum">Anamur Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arslan_Eyce_Private_Amphora_Museum" title="Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum">Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdemli_Y%C3%B6r%C3%BCk_Museum" title="Erdemli Yörük Museum">Erdemli Yörük Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirler_Archaeological_Site_and_City_Forest_Museum" title="Emirler Archaeological Site and City Forest Museum">Emirler Archaeological Site and City Forest Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6zl%C3%BCkule_Research_Center" title="Gözlükule Research Center">Gözlükule Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Archaeological_Museum" title="Mersin Archaeological Museum">Mersin Archaeological Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Atat%C3%BCrk_Museum" title="Mersin Atatürk Museum">Mersin Atatürk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Museum" title="Mersin Museum">Mersin Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Naval_Museum" title="Mersin Naval Museum">Mersin Naval Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_State_Art_and_Sculpture_Museum" title="Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum">Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Urban_History_Museum" title="Mersin Urban History Museum">Mersin Urban History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Water_Museum" title="Mersin Water Museum">Mersin Water Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narl%C4%B1kuyu_Museum" title="Narlıkuyu Museum">Narlıkuyu Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silifke_Museum" title="Silifke Museum">Silifke Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silifke_Atat%C3%BCrk_Museum" title="Silifke Atatürk Museum">Silifke Atatürk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_%C3%87anakkale_Park_Museum" title="Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum">Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_Museum" title="Tarsus Museum">Tarsus Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C5%9Fucu_Atat%C3%BCrk_Museum" title="Taşucu Atatürk Museum">Taşucu Atatürk Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Monument_(Mersin)" title="Atatürk Monument (Mersin)">Atatürk Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Martyrs%27_Memorial" title="Mersin Martyrs' Memorial">Mersin Martyrs' Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Barbarossa_Memorial_(Silifke)" title="Frederick Barbarossa Memorial (Silifke)">Frederick Barbarossa Memorial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Archaeological <br />wealth</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamkayalar" title="Adamkayalar">Adamkayalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkale" title="Akkale">Akkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ala_Bridge" title="Ala Bridge">Ala Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alahan_Monastery" title="Alahan Monastery">Alahan Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alt%C4%B1ndan_ge%C3%A7me" title="Altından geçme">Altından geçme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchiale" title="Anchiale">Anchiale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_road_in_Tarsus" title="Ancient road in Tarsus">Ancient road in Tarsus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anemurium" title="Anemurium">Anemurium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aphrodisias_(Cilicia)" title="Aphrodisias (Cilicia)">Aphrodisias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_relief_of_S%C3%B6mek" title="Athena relief of Sömek">Athena relief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aulae_(Cilicia)" title="Aulae (Cilicia)">Aulai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aya_Tekla_Church" title="Aya Tekla Church">Aya Tekla Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C3%A7_Bridge" title="Baç Bridge">Baç Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balabolu" title="Balabolu">Balabolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belenke%C5%9Flik_Castle" title="Belenkeşlik Castle">Belenkeşlik Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canbazl%C4%B1_ruins" class="mw-redirect" title="Canbazlı ruins">Canbazlı ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caracalla%27s_inscription" title="Caracalla's inscription">Caracalla's inscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casemates_of_%C4%B0brahim_Pasha" title="Casemates of İbrahim Pasha">Casemates of İbrahim Pasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_gate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleopatra's gate">Cleopatra's gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corycus" title="Corycus">Corycus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anak%C3%A7%C4%B1_rock_tombs" class="mw-redirect" title="Çanakçı rock tombs">Çanakçı rock tombs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87and%C4%B1r_Castle" title="Çandır Castle">Çandır Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87at%C4%B1%C3%B6ren" title="Çatıören">Çatıören</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Da%C4%9Fl%C4%B1_Castle" title="Dağlı Castle">Dağlı Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikilita%C5%9F,_Mersin" title="Dikilitaş, Mersin">Dikilitaş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donukta%C5%9F" title="Donuktaş">Donuktaş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6rtayak" title="Dörtayak">Dörtayak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E%C4%9Frib%C3%BCk" title="Eğribük">Eğribük (Palaiai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaiussa_Sebaste" title="Elaiussa Sebaste">Elaiussa Sebaste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirzeli" title="Emirzeli">Emirzeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evciler_Castle" title="Evciler Castle">Evciler Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_G%C3%B6me%C3%A7" title="Tower of Gömeç">Gömeç</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6zl%C3%BCkule" title="Gözlükule">Gözlükule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6zne_Castle" title="Gözne Castle">Gözne Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BClek_Castle" title="Gülek Castle">Gülek Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasanaliler_Church" title="Hasanaliler Church">Hasanaliler Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisarin_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hisarin Castle">Hisarin Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imbriogon" title="Imbriogon">Imbriogon (Demircili)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C5%9F%C4%B1kkale" title="Işıkkale">Işıkkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaba%C3%A7am" title="Kabaçam">Kabaçam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakabakl%C4%B1" title="Karakabaklı">Karakabaklı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelenderis_mosaic" class="mw-redirect" title="Kelenderis mosaic">Kelenderis mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1rkka%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Bedesten" title="Kırkkaşık Bedesten">Kırkkaşık Bedesten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1zlar_Kalesi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kızlar Kalesi">Kızlar Kalesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilise_Tepe" title="Kilise Tepe">Kilise Tepe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kravga_Bridge" title="Kravga Bridge">Kravga Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuzucubelen_Castle" title="Kuzucubelen Castle">Kuzucubelen Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamas_Aqueduct" title="Lamas Aqueduct">Lamas Aqueduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampron" title="Lampron">Lampron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamure_Castle" title="Mamure Castle">Mamure Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manc%C4%B1n%C4%B1k_Castle" title="Mancınık Castle">Mancınık Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Danyal" title="Mausoleum of Danyal">Mausoleum of Danyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lliman" title="Kızılliman">Melenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meydan_Castle" title="Meydan Castle">Meydan Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meydanc%C4%B1k_Castle" title="Meydancık Castle">Meydancık Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezgitkale" title="Mezgitkale">Mezgitkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut_Castle" title="Mut Castle">Mut Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagidos" title="Nagidos">Nagidos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olba_(ancient_city)" title="Olba (ancient city)">Olba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olba_Aqueduct" title="Olba Aqueduct">Olba Aqueduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96k%C3%BCzl%C3%BC_ruins" class="mw-redirect" title="Öküzlü ruins">Öküzlü ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasha%27s_Tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasha's Tomb">Pasha's Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_road_in_Cilicia" title="Roman road in Cilicia">Roman road in Cilicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Well" title="Saint Paul's Well">Saint Paul's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahmeran_Hamam" title="Shahmeran Hamam">Shahmeran Hamam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Bridge_(Silifke)" title="Stone Bridge (Silifke)">Silifke Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silifke_Castle" title="Silifke Castle">Silifke Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinap_Castle" title="Sinap Castle">Sinap Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinekkale" title="Sinekkale">Sinekkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Softa_Castle" title="Softa Castle">Softa Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soli,_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Soli, Cilicia">Soli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapureli_ruins" title="Tapureli ruins">Tapureli ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C5%9Fge%C3%A7it_Bridge" title="Taşgeçit Bridge">Taşgeçit Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C5%9Fhan,_Mut" title="Taşhan, Mut">Taşhan, Mut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tece_Castle" title="Tece Castle">Tece Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekir_ambar%C4%B1" class="mw-redirect" title="Tekir ambarı">Tekir ambarı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekkad%C4%B1n_ruins" title="Tekkadın ruins">Tekkadın ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Jupiter_(Silifke)" title="Temple of Jupiter (Silifke)">Temple of Jupiter (Silifke)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C4%B1rm%C4%B1l" title="Tırmıl">Tırmıl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokmar_Castle" title="Tokmar Castle">Tokmar Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzuncabur%C3%A7_(Diokaesareia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uzuncaburç (Diokaesareia)">Uzuncaburç (Diokaesareia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%A7ayakl%C4%B1_ruins" title="Üçayaklı ruins">Üçayaklı ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veyselli_rock_reliefs" title="Veyselli rock reliefs">Veyselli rock reliefs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrior_relief_of_Efrenk" title="Warrior relief of Efrenk">Warrior relief of Efrenk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan%C4%B1khan" title="Yanıkhan">Yanıkhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelbiz_Castle" title="Yelbiz Castle">Yelbiz Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yumuktepe" title="Yumuktepe">Yumuktepe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mezitli_Producer_Women%27s_Market" title="Mezitli Producer Women's Market">Mezitli Producer Women's Market</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Buildings_and_structures198" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Buildings and structures</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Halkevi" title="Mersin Halkevi">Mersin Halkevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Congress_and_Exhibition_Center" title="Mersin Congress and Exhibition Center">Mersin Congress and Exhibition Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Cultural_Center_in_Mersin" title="Atatürk Cultural Center in Mersin">Atatürk Cultural Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNR_Yeni%C5%9Fehir_Exhibition_Center" title="CNR Yenişehir Exhibition Center">CNR Yenişehir Exhibition Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mertim" title="Mertim">Mertim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Aquapark" title="Mersin Aquapark">Mersin Aquapark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Park" title="Atatürk Park">Atatürk Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Marina" title="Mersin Marina">Mersin Marina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_Zoo" title="Tarsus Zoo">Tarsus Zoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mosques<br />and<br />madrasas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fdat_Mosque" title="Muğdat Mosque">Muğdat Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Mosque_of_Mersin" title="Grand Mosque of Mersin">Grand Mosque of Mersin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Old_Mosque" title="Mersin Old Mosque">Mersin Old Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCft%C3%BC_Mosque" title="Müftü Mosque">Müftü Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_Old_Mosque" title="Tarsus Old Mosque">Tarsus Old Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Mosque_of_Tarsus" title="Grand Mosque of Tarsus">Grand Mosque of Tarsus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubat_Pasha_Medrese" class="mw-redirect" title="Kubat Pasha Medrese">Kubat Pasha Medrese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laal_Pasha_Mosque" title="Laal Pasha Mosque">Laal Pasha Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCzeloluk_Mosque" title="Güzeloluk Mosque">Güzeloluk Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Churches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Anthony,_Mersin" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of St. Anthony, Mersin">Mersin Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS._Michael_and_Gabriel_Greek_Orthodox_Church,_Mersin" class="mw-redirect" title="SS. Michael and Gabriel Greek Orthodox Church, Mersin">Mersin Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Church,_Tarsus" title="Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus">Saint Paul's Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cemeteries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Interfaith_Cemetery" title="Mersin Interfaith Cemetery">Mersin Interfaith Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Memorial_Forest_in_Silifke" title="Cyprus Memorial Forest in Silifke">Cyprus Memorial Forest in Silifke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alak%C3%B6pr%C3%BC_Dam" title="Alaköprü Dam">Alaköprü Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berdan_Dam" title="Berdan Dam">Berdan Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkap%C4%B1l%C4%B1_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Birkapılı Dam">Birkapılı Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gezende_Dam" title="Gezende Dam">Gezende Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kad%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k_1_hydroelectric_power_plant" title="Kadıncık 1 hydroelectric power plant">Kadıncık 1 HES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kad%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k_2_hydroelectric_power_plant" title="Kadıncık 2 hydroelectric power plant">Kadıncık 2 HES</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kayraktepe_Dam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kayraktepe Dam (page does not exist)">Kayraktepe Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otluca_HES" title="Otluca HES">Otluca HES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamukluk_Dam" title="Pamukluk Dam">Pamukluk Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silifke_HES" title="Silifke HES">Silifke HES</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry and trade</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ATA%C5%9E_(Refinery)" class="mw-redirect" title="ATAŞ (Refinery)">ATAŞ (Refinery)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACS_Mersin" title="ACS Mersin">ACS Mersin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sodakrom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodakrom">Sodakrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87imsata%C5%9F" title="Çimsataş">Çimsataş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Free_Zone" title="Mersin Free Zone">Mersin Free Zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Mersin_Province" title="Transport in Mersin Province">Transport in Mersin Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Harbor" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin Harbor">Mersin Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C5%9Fucu_Seka_Harbor" title="Taşucu Seka Harbor">Taşucu Seka Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye%C5%9Filovac%C4%B1k_Fishing_Port" title="Yeşilovacık Fishing Port">Yeşilovacık Fishing Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_railway_station" title="Mersin railway station">Mersin railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_railway_station" title="Tarsus railway station">Tarsus railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yenice_railway_station" title="Yenice railway station">Yenice railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C4%B1rm%C4%B1l_railway_station" title="Tırmıl railway station">Tırmıl railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karacailyas_railway_station" title="Karacailyas railway station">Karacailyas railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huzurkent_railway_station" title="Huzurkent railway station">Huzurkent railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C5%9Fkent_railway_station" title="Taşkent railway station">Taşkent railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Bus_Terminus" title="Mersin Bus Terminus">Mersin Bus Terminus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurova_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Çukurova Regional Airport">Çukurova Regional Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0smet_%C4%B0n%C3%B6n%C3%BC_Boulevard" title="İsmet İnönü Boulevard">İsmet İnönü Boulevard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adnan_Menderes_Boulevard" title="Adnan Menderes Boulevard">Adnan Menderes Boulevard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazi_Mustafa_Kemal_Boulevard" title="Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard">Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushimoto_Street" title="Kushimoto Street">Kushimoto Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C4%9Fsak_Tunnel" title="Boğsak Tunnel">Boğsak Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Lighthouse" title="Mersin Lighthouse">Mersin Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anamur_Lighthouse" title="Anamur Lighthouse">Anamur Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k_Lighthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Aydıncık Lighthouse">Aydıncık Lighthouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edip_Buran_Arena" title="Edip Buran Arena">Edip Buran Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macit_%C3%96zcan_Sports_Complex" title="Macit Özcan Sports Complex">Macit Özcan Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_District_7_Sports_Hall" title="Mersin District 7 Sports Hall">Mersin Seventh Region Sports Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Gymnastics_Hall" title="Mersin Gymnastics Hall">Mersin Gymnastics Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin Arena">Mersin Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Olympic_Swimming_Pool" title="Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool">Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Tennis_Complex" title="Mersin Tennis Complex">Mersin Tennis Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Volleyball_Hall" title="Mersin Volleyball Hall">Mersin Volleyball Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezitli_Sports_Hall" title="Mezitli Sports Hall">Mezitli Sports Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevin_Yan%C4%B1t_Athletics_Complex" title="Nevin Yanıt Athletics Complex">Nevin Yanıt Athletics Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servet_Tazeg%C3%BCl_Arena" title="Servet Tazegül Arena">Servet Tazegül Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tevfik_S%C4%B1rr%C4%B1_G%C3%BCr_Stadium" title="Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium">Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toroslar_Bocce_Facility" title="Toroslar Bocce Facility">Toroslar Bocce Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdemli_Shooting_Range" title="Erdemli Shooting Range">Erdemli Shooting Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdemli_Sports_Hall" title="Erdemli Sports Hall">Erdemli Sports Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_City_Stadium" title="Tarsus City Stadium">Tarsus City Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_Arena" title="Tarsus Arena">Tarsus Arena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geographical_features198" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Geographical features</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersin Gulf">Mersin Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradeniz" title="Paradeniz">Paradeniz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lba%C4%9F_Pond" title="Kızılbağ Pond">Kızılbağ Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arslank%C3%B6y_Pond" title="Arslanköy Pond">Arslanköy Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k_Islands" title="Aydıncık Islands">Aydıncık Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babad%C4%B1l_Islands" title="Babadıl Islands">Babadıl Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C4%9Fsak_Islet" title="Boğsak Islet">Boğsak Islet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozyaz%C4%B1_Island" title="Bozyazı Island">Bozyazı Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Island" title="Dana Island">Dana Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCvercin_Islet" title="Güvercin Islet">Güvercin Islet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapl%C4%B1_Islet" title="Saplı Islet">Saplı Islet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelkenli_Island" title="Yelkenli Island">Yelkenli Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1lanl%C4%B1_Island" title="Yılanlı Island">Yılanlı Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Anamur" title="Cape Anamur">Cape Anamur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Tisan" title="Cape Tisan">Cape Tisan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaledran_Creek" title="Kaledran Creek">Kaledran Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Creek_(Turkey)" title="Dragon Creek (Turkey)">Dragon Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sini_Creek" title="Sini Creek">Sini Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So%C4%9Fuksu_Creek" title="Soğuksu Creek">Soğuksu Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babad%C4%B1l_Creek" title="Babadıl Creek">Babadıl Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ksu_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Göksu River">Göksu River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamas_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamas River">Lamas River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alata_River" title="Alata River">Alata River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karacao%C4%9Flan_River" title="Karacaoğlan River">Karacaoğlan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tece_Creek" title="Tece Creek">Tece Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezitli_River" title="Mezitli River">Mezitli River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efrenk_River" title="Efrenk River">Efrenk River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berdan_River" title="Berdan River">Berdan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarsus_Waterfall" title="Tarsus Waterfall">Tarsus Waterfall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yerk%C3%B6pr%C3%BC_Waterfall_(Mersin)" title="Yerköprü Waterfall (Mersin)">Yerköprü Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sertavul_Pass" title="Sertavul Pass">Sertavul Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BClek_Pass" class="mw-redirect" title="Gülek Pass">Gülek Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Karboğazı">Karboğazı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karak%C4%B1z_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Karakız Lake">Karakız Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabucak_Forest" title="Karabucak Forest">Karabucak Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k_Nature_Park" title="Aydıncık Nature Park">Aydıncık Nature Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fkum_Nature_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Gümüşkum Nature Park">Gümüşkum Nature Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaek%C5%9Fi_Nature_Park" title="Karaekşi Nature Park">Karaekşi Nature Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullu_I_Nature_Park" title="Pullu I Nature Park">Pullu I Nature Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdemli_Pine_Groove" title="Erdemli Pine Groove">Erdemli Pine Groove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanl%C4%B1divane" title="Kanlıdivane">Kanlıdivane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cennet_and_Cehennem" title="Cennet and Cehennem">Cennet and Cehennem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhayat_sinkhole" title="Akhayat sinkhole">Akhayat sinkhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egma_Sinkhole" title="Egma Sinkhole">Egma Sinkhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurp%C4%B1nar_Cave" title="Çukurpınar Cave">Çukurpınar Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1nc%C4%B1k_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Aydıncık Cave">Aydıncık Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yedi_Uyurlar_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedi Uyurlar Cave">Yedi Uyurlar Cave</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of cities in Turkey by population">Pop.</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Turkey_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Turkey by population">Rank</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Turkey">Name</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Turkey_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Turkey by population">Pop.</a></th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_peninsula_and_modern_skyline_of_Istanbul.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Istanbul"><img alt="Istanbul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Historical_peninsula_and_modern_skyline_of_Istanbul.jpg/120px-Historical_peninsula_and_modern_skyline_of_Istanbul.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Historical_peninsula_and_modern_skyline_of_Istanbul.jpg/250px-Historical_peninsula_and_modern_skyline_of_Istanbul.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3301" data-file-height="1595" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ankara_from_bus_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ankara"><img alt="Ankara" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ankara_from_bus_station.jpg/120px-Ankara_from_bus_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ankara_from_bus_station.jpg/250px-Ankara_from_bus_station.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3883" data-file-height="2508" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,655,924</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mersin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,938,389 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="İzmir"><img alt="İzmir" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg/120px-Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg/250px-Skyscrapers_in_Izmir_-_Turkey.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4068" data-file-height="2019" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bursa_image.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bursa"><img alt="Bursa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bursa_image.jpg/120px-Bursa_image.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bursa_image.jpg/180px-Bursa_image.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bursa_image.jpg/240px-Bursa_image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="2905" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bursa" title="Bursa">Bursa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,803,482</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r" title="Diyarbakır">Diyarbakır</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,818,133 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,479,525</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hatay" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatay">Hatay</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,544,640 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bursa" title="Bursa">Bursa</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,214,571</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">14</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Manisa" title="Manisa">Manisa</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,475,716 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Antalya" title="Antalya">Antalya</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,696,249</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">15</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kayseri" title="Kayseri">Kayseri</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,445,683 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,320,241</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">16</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Samsun" title="Samsun">Samsun</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,377,546 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a></td> <td 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