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Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,430 km2, and its population is 66,846 (2022). It is the westernmost district of that province, bordering on Antalya Province. Anamur contains Anatolia's southernmost point, It is a coastal resort known for its bananas and peanuts.
The Yörüks, also Yuruks or Yorouks, are a Turkic ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia, and partly in the Balkan peninsula. On the Balkans Yörüks are distributed over a wide area from the eastern parts of North Macedonia, parts of Bulgaria, north to Larissa in Thessaly and southern Thrace. Their name derives from the Turkish verb yürü-, which means "to walk", with the word yörük or yürük designating "those who walk on the hindlegs, walkers". The Yörüks were under the Yörük Sanjak, which was not a territorial unit like the other sanjaks, but a separate organisational unit of the Ottoman Empire.
Mersin Province, formerly İçel Province, is a province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. Its area is 16,010 km2, and its population is 1,916,432 (2022). The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir. Next largest is Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. The province is considered to be a part of the geographical, economical and cultural region of Çukurova, which covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay.
Mut is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,718 km2, and its population is 62,874 (2022).
Abanoz is a Turkish name. It may mean the following:
Gözne is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,505 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
Fındıkpınarı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 991 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
Yayla is a Turkic name given to settlements or areas which are suitable for summer mountain resorts and summer highland transhumance. The term is also cognate with the related Turkic term yaylak. Since in Oghuz languages the last -k or -ı(g) sounds generally drop as in examples such as yazı(g), dizi(g), dolu(g), ölü(g), with the last letter dropped as yayla, it is only in use in Turkish and other closely related languages such as Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Balkan Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Karakız Lake is an artificial pond in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Soğucak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 712 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
Mamure Castle is a medieval castle in the Bozdogan village, Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Dağpazarı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mut, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 245 (2022). Situated in the Taurus Mountains, northeast of Mut, the road distance to Mut is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) and to Mersin is 195 kilometres (121 mi). Dağpazarı is also a yayla (resort) of Mut residents and in summers the population may increase.
Balandız (Gümüşlü) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 170 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus Mountains. It is 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Silifke and 105 kilometres (65 mi) from Mersin. Balandız is an agricultural village. But during summers it is also a yayla (resort). Now an unused building is under renovation to be put into service as a village museum and a library.
Akpınar is a neighbourhood and yayla in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 208 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus Mountains. Akpınar is located 44 kilometers away from Erdemli and 80 kilometers away from Mersin. Being a yayla, the population increases during the summer months and most of the buildings in the village are vacant during the winter months.
Çukurabanoz is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 138 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus Mountains. A remote neighbourhood of the village to the east of Çukurabanoz is known as Abanoz. Abanoz has no settled population and it is the yayla (resort) of Anamur residents. The distance from Çukurabanoz to Anamur is 49 kilometres (30 mi).
Toros or Küçüksorgun, as it is popularly called, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 322 (2022). Its distance to Erdemli is 55 kilometres (34 mi) and its distance to Mersin is 90 kilometres (56 mi). It is also connected to Ayrancı in the Karaman Province to the north over the mountains by a stabilized road through 300-year-old cedar forests. The village is situated in the Taurus Mountains and is one of the highest locations of the Mersin Province. In the summer it is used as a summer resort, a so-called yayla.
Tozlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 142 (2022). Its distance to Erdemli is 44 kilometres (27 mi) and 80 kilometres (50 mi) to Mersin. The village is situated in the Toros Mountains and in the summer it is used as a summer resort, a so called yayla. During summers the population may increase up to 1000. The economy of the permanent settlers depends on farming. Apple, plum and cherry are the main crops.
Ala Bridge is a historic bridge in Turkey. It is still in use.
Dragon Creek, also called Kocaçay or Anamur Creek, is a creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Çukurpınar Cave is a cave in Mersin Province, Turkey.
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