Tourism centers of Mersin Province
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Tourism centers of Mersin Province, are eight officially determined locations where the touristic investments will be promoted through incentive scheme. in Mersin Province
Mersin Province
The Mersin Province is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital is the city of Mersin and the other major town is Tarsus, birthplace of St Paul...

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Turkey
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Six of the locations are known as Touristic centers and the last two in Tarsus are known as Culture and Tourism conservation and development areas.,Except for the last one (Karboğazı) which is in the mountains, all of these centers are seaside locations.
District Name of the center Area
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Distance to district center
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Distance to Mersin
Mersin
-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

 
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Anamur
Anamur
Anamur is a town and district of the province of Mersin, on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey, between Antalya and the city of Mersin.Anamur is Turkey's southernmost point, a coastal resort famous for its bananas and peanuts.-Etymology:...

Melleç 30 21 245
Gülnar
Gülnar
Gülnar is a district of Mersin Province of Turkey, south-west of the city of Mersin.-Geography:The town of Gülnar is inland on a plain high in the Taurus Mountains, attractive countryside known for its vineyards and its green meadows used for summer grazing. Gülnar is a small town providing high...

Ortaburun 91 35 151
Silifke
Silifke
-Antiquity:Located a few miles from the mouth of the Calycadnus River, Seleucia was founded by Seleucus I Nicator in the early 3rd century BCE, one of several cities he named after himself. It is probable that there were already towns called Olbia and Hyria and that Seleucus I merely united them...

Kargıcak 72 35 120
Silifke Narlıkuyu
Narlıkuyu
Narlıkuyu is a small coastal town in Mersin Province, Turkey. - Geography :Narlıkuyu at is situated on the Mediterranean coast, south west of Mersin. It is a part of Silifke district which is in turn a part of Mersin Province...

-Akyar
1046 16 75
Silifke Ovacık
Yeşilovacık
Yeşilovacık is a town in Mersin Province, Turkey.-Geography:Yeşilovacık is a Mediterranean coastal town at .It is a part of Silifke district which in turn is a part of Mersin Province. The town is...

95 43 128
Silifke Taşucu
Tasucu
Taşucu is a small town of Silifke, Mersin, Turkey. About 10-11,000 people live in Taşucu but this number increases to about 20,000 by the tourists in summer. Taşucu has got a nice blue sea and green forest...

-Boğsak
1159 16 96
Tarsus
Tarsus
Tarsus may refer to:*Tarsus , a cluster of articulating bones in each foot** Tarsometatarsus, a fusion of the tarsus and metatarsus mainly found in birds...

1712 15 40
Tarsus Karboğazı 3573 79 104
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