Mersin is a large city and a busy port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. The metropolitan area in the entire Mersin Province had a population of 982,429 (city center) as of 2010, making it Turkey’s sixth most populous city. Mersin is important for Turkey’s economy, and Turkey’s biggest port is located here.
This coast has been inhabited since the 9th millennium BC. Excavations by John Garstang of the hill of Yumuktepe have revealed 23 levels of occupation, the earliest dating from ca. 6300 BC. Fortifications were put up around 4500 BC, but the site appears to have been abandoned between 3200 BC and 1200 BC.The seaside of Mersin is the longest seaside in Turkey as well as in Eastern Mediterranean.
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