Mersin

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Mersin (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Mersin
Coordinates : 36 ° 49 '  N , 34 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 48 '36 "  N , 34 ° 37' 47"  E
Height : 100  m
Residents : 1,745,221 (2015)
Telephone code : (+90) 324
Postal code : 33000
License plate : 33
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor : Vahap Seçer ( CHP )
Website:
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Mersin (in antiquity Zephyrion ) is a city on the Turkish Mediterranean coast with 1,745,221 inhabitants (as of 2015) and the capital of the Mersin province of the same name , which was still called İçel until 2002 . It is an important port city on the Mediterranean. The city has been a Büyükşehir belediyesi (large city municipality) since 1993 and is therefore identical to the province in terms of area and population.

coat of arms

The city's coat of arms was determined by a competition in 1975, the winning design comes from Abdullah Taşçı . The round coat of arms shows the Mediterranean Sea with an M-shaped wave in the lower section, above there is an orange sun on the horizon, which at the same time symbolizes the well-known product of the area, the orange.

history

In the west of the city there are remains of a Hittite fortress from the 14th or 13th century BC. History connects Mersin with the name of St. Paul from Tarsus and with the fact that Marcus Antonius made the areas between Alanya and Mersin Cleopatra a wedding present.

Muğdat Mosque (completed in 1988)

Viranşehir (in ancient times Soloi and Pompeiopolis ) has been inhabited since the Neolithic period . The ancient city was destroyed in an earthquake in 525. The remains of the necropolis (burial ground), theater, bathhouse, arcades and temple have been preserved. The Roman Bath attracts a lot of visitors because of its interesting mosaics.

The Latin Catholic Church of St. Anthony (1853), the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Michael and Gabriel and the "Old Mosque" ( Eski Cami , 1870) are among the most important buildings from the Ottoman period. The church building of the Maronites was restored in different periods and converted into a mosque.

Mersins Halkevi opened in 1946 , before that the Ataturk Monument created in 1944

In December 1919, the city was occupied by French troops. After three years of occupation, in October 1922 the troops of the Ankara national movement marched in and the foreign occupation troops withdrew. In 1933 the province of Mersin (provincial capital Mersin) was merged with the neighboring province of İçel (provincial capital Silifke ). Mersin became the new provincial capital of the two united provinces and the province name İçel was adopted for the united province by Law No. 2197. Law No. 4764 changed the name of the province to "Mersin" in 2002. The city's modern port was opened after the construction period 1955–1961. In 1993 the city was declared a metropolitan municipality ( Büyükşehir belediyesi ). Mersin hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

Today neighborhoods such as Laskiye Mahallesi (Latakia quarter), Frenk Mahallesi (European quarter), Giritli Mahallesi (Cretan quarter) and Hıristiyan Köyü Mahallesi (quarter of the Christian village) are reminiscent of the former religious and cultural diversity in the city .

climate

Climate table

Mersin (7 m)
Climate diagram
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102
 
15th
7th
 
 
81
 
16
7th
 
 
51
 
18th
10
 
 
34
 
22nd
14th
 
 
25th
 
25th
18th
 
 
9.4
 
28
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7.5
 
31
25th
 
 
5.1
 
32
25th
 
 
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30th
22nd
 
 
39
 
27
18th
 
 
85
 
21st
12
 
 
139
 
17th
9
Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010 ,
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Mersin (7 m)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 15.1 15.6 18.3 21.7 25.0 28.2 30.9 31.7 30.3 27.1 21.3 16.7 O 23.5
Min. Temperature (° C) 7.1 7.4 10.1 13.9 17.8 21.8 25.0 25.3 22.1 17.7 12.3 8.6 O 15.8
Temperature (° C) 10.8 11.3 14.2 17.9 21.7 25.5 28.2 28.7 26.2 22.0 16.2 12.2 O 19.6
Precipitation ( mm ) 102.3 81.1 51.1 33.6 25.3 9.4 7.5 5.1 7.4 39.2 84.9 138.6 Σ 585.5
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.0 5.6 6.8 7.6 8.8 10.1 10.2 10.0 9.4 7.8 5.9 4.8 O 7.7
Rainy days ( d ) 9.0 9.3 7.3 7.4 5.7 2.4 1.1 0.9 1.8 5.7 7.6 10.0 Σ 68.2
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25.0
17.8
28.2
21.8
30.9
25.0
31.7
25.3
30.3
22.1
27.1
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39.2
84.9
138.6
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Economy and Infrastructure

The modern Mersins station was added to the old station in 1955.

It is a university town and also the seat of an oceanographic department of the Ankara Technical University . The port (for the Çukurova ), fishing and the oil, cement, food and textile industries are of economic importance . The “Mertim Tower” (MERsin TIcaret Merkezi = Mersin trading center) is currently the tallest building in Mersin at 177 m and one of the tallest in Turkey. It has 52 floors and was completed in 1987.

Batteryyu is located near Mersin. The Akkuyu nuclear power plant has been planned there for many years , although this location is near a meeting point of four tectonic plates ( Anatolian plate , Arabian plate , African plate and Eurasian plate ). The foundation stone was laid in 2015, and on April 3, 2018, Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdoğan gave the “go-ahead” for the construction of this first nuclear power plant in Turkey, which is being carried out under the auspices of Russian Rosatom . (See also nuclear energy in Turkey )

The city is the terminus of a branch line of the Baghdad Railway . It can be easily reached from Adana by S-Bahn ( Banliyö Trenleri ).

Others

The Mersins Olympic indoor swimming pool
  • To the northeast of the city is the enigmatic rock block called Direklitaş or Dikilitaş , a 10 m high and barely 4 m wide, partially worked monolith , probably an unfinished ancient monument.
  • With the aim of bringing the relationships between Mersin and Berlin that have existed for several years to a new quality, the Berlin-Mersin Association was founded on February 16, 2006. The friendship association, together with the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district office, organizes the partnership exchange between citizens of Berlin (Tempelhof-Schöneberg) and Mersin (Mezitli). The focus of the association's work is the idea of ​​international understanding. A town partnership between the two districts has existed since 2012. In addition, Mersin has had a town partnership with Oberhausen in the Ruhr area since 2004 .
  • Since the Universal Postal Union does not recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an independent state, letters can be delivered there by adding a postcode to Mersin.

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Web links

Commons : Mersin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yerelnet , accessed October 20, 2017
  2. ↑ History of the coat of arms on the city website ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mersin.bel.tr
  3. ↑ Metin Tuncels: “Mersin” in Islâm Ansiklopedisi, volume 29, year: 2004, pp. 213–215
  4. ↑ The Unwavering from the Bosporus spiegel.de, March 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ Putin in Ankara: Starting signal for the first Turkish nuclear power plant orf.at, April 3, 2018, accessed April 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ Travel information about the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .