Üçtepe is a village in Erdemli

Erdemli

Erdemli is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, west of the city of Mersin.-Geography:The district extends from the Mediterranean coastal plain, the largest agricultural area in Mersin Province, to high in the Taurus Mountains where there is forest, and...

 district of 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...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. At 36°35′N 34°14′E it is situated to the north of Kocahasanlı

Kocahasanlı

- Geography :Kocahasanlı is a part of Erdemli district of Mersin Province. The distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is The population is 5808 as of 2010.- People and History :...

, a town in Erdemli district. Distance to Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 side is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi), to Erdemli is 8 kilometres (5 mi) and 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...

 is 44 kilometres (27.3 mi). The population of Üçtepe is 882 as of 2010. Up to 1987 the village was a remote quarter of Kocahasanlı and the population is composed of Yörük

Yörük

The Yorouks, also Yuruks or Yörüks are immigrants, ultimately of Thracian descent,some of whom are still nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia and partly Balkan peninsula...

s who are nomadic Turkmens just like the residents of Kocahasanlı. The main economic activity of the village is greenhouse agriculture.