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unusual facts about Tarsus, Mersin


İlker Çınar

He was a 'special sergeant' who went undercover with Christian missionaries in Turkey and worked as a priest in Tarsus.


1987–88 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Note: Names of the players were obtained through a search in Milliyet archives for "Mersin idmanyurdu" in "1987-88" season.

1988–89 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Note: Names of the players were obtained through a search in Milliyet archives for Mersin idmanyurdu in 1988-89 season.

Abanoz

Abanoz, Mersin, a summer resort in district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey

Adana Archaeology Museum

Material from the early ages of Çukurova which was discovered during the excavations carried out at Tarsus/Gözlükule (1934), Mersin/Yumuktepe (1936), Ceyhan/Sirkeli (1938) and Yüreğir/Misis(1958) in particular, was collected at the museum.

Akkuyu

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, a planned nuclear power plant in Mersin Province, Turkey

Ananias of Damascus

Jesus later spoke to Ananias in a vision, and told him to go to the "street which is called Straight", and ask "in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus".

Ardıçlı

Ardıçlı, Tarsus, a village in the district of Tarsus, Mersin Province

Ardıçlıtaş, a village in the district of Bozyazı, Mersin Province

Arslanlı

Arslanlı, Erdemli, a village in the district of Erdemli, Mersin Province

Bahçe

Bahçe, Silifke, a village in the district of Silifke, Mersin Province

Ballı

Ballı, Mut, a village in the district of Mut, Mersin Province

Ballıca

Ballıca, Tarsus, a village in the district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey

Çamlıbel

Çamlıbel, Silifke, a village in Silifke district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Çamlıdere

Çamlıdere, Mersin, a village in Toroslar district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Çiçekli

Çiçekli, Tarsus, a village in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Çukurbağ

Çukurbağ, Mut, a village in Mut district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Çukurbağ, Tarsus, a village in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Demirışık

Demirışık, Mezitli, a village in the district of Mezitli, Mersin Province

Esençay

Esençay, Mut, a village in the district of Mut, Mersin Province

Gergena Branzova

Also played for Reims, France, Asteras Exarhion, Greece, Fenerbahçe İstanbul, Migrosspor, Mersin Metropolitan Municipality B.K., Kosice, Slovakia and Beşiktaş Cola Turka in Turkey where she ended her active career in 2010.

Ilısu

Ilısu, Gülnar, a village in Gülnar district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Inscription of Abercius

The allusion to St. Paul the Apostle, which a gap in the text renders indecipherable, may originally have told how the traveller followed on his way back to his country the stages of St. Paul's third missionary journey, namely: Issus, Tarsus, Derbe, Iconium, Antioch in Pisidia and Apamea Cibotus, which would bring him into the heart of Phrygia.

Jacob I the Learned

The pontifical throne was vacant for a few months after the death of Constantine I until it was filled by Jacob I from the region of Tarsus or Sis.

Karahacılı

Karahacılı, Silifke, a village in Silifke district of Mersin Province

Karahacılı, Mersin, a village in Yenişehir district of Mersin Province

Kepez

Kepez, Silifke, a village in Silifke district of Mersin Province

Kesecik

Kesecik, Çamlıyayla, a village in Çamlıyayla district of Mersin Province

Kocapınar

Kocapınar, Silifke, a village in Silifke district of Mersin Province

Marsel Çaka

Çaka was part of of the Albania U19 team selected for the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.

Mavi Sakal

Mavi Sakal was a Turkish rock band, founded by Murat Tümer, Kaan Altan, and Tibet Ağırtan in 1980, who were students at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, Turkey.

Merkez

The central districts of the Provinces of Turkey, often (but not always) bearing the same name as the province (e.g. Mersin is the central district of Mersin Province)

Meydancık

Meydancık Castle, ruins of a castle in Gülnar district of Mersin Province

Narince

Narince, Bozyazı, a village in Bozyazı district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Principality of Antioch

Tancred expanded the borders of the Principality, seizing the cities of Tarsus and Latakia from the Byzantine Empire.

Rukiye Yıldırım

She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.

Sanja Jovanović

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey she won the gold medal in 50 meters backstroke (28:48)

Senir

Senir, Silifke a village in the district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey

Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.

Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.

Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.

Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.

Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.

TAI Martı

In 2004, TAI Martı successfully completed the testing in aerial image retrieval and shootings in Mersin that led to replacement of older retrieval system with balloons.

Taşkuyu

Taşkuyu, Tarsus, a village in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Topaklı

Topaklı, Tarsus, a village in the district of Tarsus, Mersin Province

Turkish Airlines Flight 278

Turkish Airlines Flight 278, operated by a Boeing 737-4Y0 registered TC-JES and named Mersin, was a domestic scheduled flight from Ankara Esenboğa Airport to Van Ferit Melen Airport in eastern Turkey that crashed on 29 December 1994 during its final approach to land in driving snow.

Turunçlu

Turunçlu, Mersin, a village in Yenişehir district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Üsküdar American Academy

Today the school, like the affiliated American schools in İzmir and Tarsus, as well as the American Hospital in Gaziantep, is under the governance of the Health and Education Foundation, which carries full responsibility and authority for operating the school.

Yazlık

Yazlık, Tarsus, a village in the district of Tarsus, Mersin Province

Yeğenli

Yeğenli, Silifke, a village in the district of Silifke, Mersin Province


see also

Yunusoğlu

Yunusoğlu, Tarsus, a village in the district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey