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Taşucu

Coordinates: 36°20′N 33°53′E / 36.333°N 33.883°E / 36.333; 33.883
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Taşucu
Taşucu is located in Turkey
Taşucu
Taşucu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 36°20′N 33°53′E / 36.333°N 33.883°E / 36.333; 33.883
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMersin
DistrictSilifke
Population
 (2022)
15,184
Time zoneUTC 3 (TRT)

Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 15,184 (2022).[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3][4] It had obtained the status of belde after the local elections in Turkey, 1955.

In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-west of the town.[5] During the Syrian Civil War the pier was used to ship weapons to Syrian rebel groups as part of the U.S. Timber Sycamore program.[6]

Transportation

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Taşucu is the main ferry terminal to Kyrenia (Girne), the main port of Northern Cyprus.

Culture

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The collections of amphoras donated by Arslan Eyce were gathered in Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum of Taşucu (Turkish: Taşucu Amfora Müzesi) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1997.[7]

International relations

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Before the regulation on the constitution of Turkey, the town used to be twinned with:

References

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  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Nato Mersin Tasucu Agalar Harbour Ammunition Pier". Erkotaş Construction. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. ^ Jeremy Binnie, Neil Gibson (8 April 2016). "US arms shipment to Syrian rebels detailed". Jane's Defence Weekly. IHS. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Mersin, Taşucu Arslan Eyce Amphora Müzesi". Archived from the original on 2018-09-07.
  8. ^ "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). Twins2010.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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