Mersin Province

sights.uz lists 91 historic and notable places in Mersin Province, Turkey. Among them are 68 monuments, 8 eco-tourism sites and 15 museums.

Soli

Soli (Ancient Greek: Σόλοι, Sóloi), often rendered Soli/Pompeiopolis (Ancient Greek: Πομπηϊούπολις), was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, 11 km west of Mersin in present-day…

Tarḫuntašša

Tarḫuntašša (Hittite: 𒀭𒅎𒋫𒀸𒊭 and Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔖖𔓢𔕙𔑯𔗦: lit. 'City of Tarhunt') was a Bronze Age city in south-central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) mentioned in…

Lampron

Lampron (Armenian: Լամբրոն; French: Les Embruns; Turkish: Namrun Kalesi) is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of…

Corycus

Corycus (Greek: Κώρυκος; also transliterated Corycos or Korykos; Armenian: Կոռիկոս, romanized: Koṙikos; Turkish: Kız Kalesi, lit. "maiden castle") was an ancient city in Cilicia…

Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus

Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. This church was built on the birthplace (of Saul of Tarsus), to commemorate him as a key figure in…

Mamure Castle

Mamure Castle (Turkish: Mamure Kalesi) is a medieval castle in the Bozdoğan village, Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey.

Elaiussa Sebaste

Elaiussa Sebaste or Elaeousa Sebaste (Greek: Ελαιούσα Σεβαστή) was an ancient Roman town located 55 km (34 mi) from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia on the southern…

Kızkalesi

Kızkalesi (from Turkish: "Maiden's Castle", also known as Deniz kalesi) is an island castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey.

Grand Mosque of Tarsus

Tarsus Grand Mosque (Turkish: Tarsus Ulu Cami) is a mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.

Muğdat Mosque

Muğdat Mosque (Turkish: Muğdat Camisi) is a mosque in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after Miqdad ibn Aswad, one of the early Muslims.

Olba

Olba or Olbe (Ancient Greek: Ὄλβη; Turkish: Oura) was an ancient city and bishopric in the Roman province of Isauria, in present-day southern Turkey. It is included in the…

Alahan Monastery

Alahan Monastery (Turkish: Koja Kalessi) is a complex of fifth-century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor (Mersin province in modern day…

Anemurium

Anemurium (Ancient Greek: Ἀνεμούριον, romanized: Anemourion), also called Animurium, is an ancient city whose ruins, now called Eski Anamur or Anemuryum, are close to the modern…

Mufti-Jami Mosque

Müftü Mosque (Turkish: Müftü Camisi) is a historic mosque in Mersin, Turkey.

Kanlıdivane

Kanlıdivane (ancient Canytelis, Greek: Κανυτελής) is an ancient city situated around a big sinkhole in Mersin Province, Turkey.

Cennet and Cehennem

Cennet and Cehennem (heaven and hell in Turkish) are the names of two large sinkholes in the Taurus Mountains, in Mersin Province, Turkey. The sinkholes are among the tourist…

Old Mosque, Tarsus

The Church Mosque (Turkish: Cami-i Kilise) or Old Mosque (Turkish: Eski camii) is a mosque converted from a historic church that was built in 1102. It is located in Tarsus ilçe…

Laal Pasha Mosque

Laal Pasha Mosque is a Medieval mosque in Mut in Mersin Province, Turkey. (Names such as Lal Pasha, Lael Pasha and Lala Agha are also used.)

Old Mosque, Mersin

Old Mosque (Turkish: Eski Cami) is mosque in Mersin, Turkey.

Aya Tekla Church

Ayia Thekla Church (Greek: Ἁγία Θέκλα, Hagia Thékla; Turkish: Aya Tekla Kilisesi), also known as Aya Thecla or Aya Thekla, is a ruined historic church of the Byzantine period in…

Anchiale

Anchiale (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχιάλη) or Anchialeia was a historic city of ancient Cilicia now a part of modern Mersin, Turkey. It was inhabited during the Hellenistic, Roman, and…

Nagidos

Nagidos (Ancient Greek: Νάγιδος; Latin: Nagidus) was an ancient city of Cilicia. In ancient times it was located between Anemurion to the west and Arsinoe to the east. Today its…

Kelenderis

Kelenderis (Greek: Κελενδερίς, Latin: Celenderis) is an ancient city located in the Rocky Cilicia region. The ancient site, now in the district of Aydıncık belonging to Mersin,…

Morca Cave

The Morca Cave is located on the Taşeli plateau of the Taurus Mountains in the south of Turkey. Discovered in 1996, it had reached an explored depth of 1,276 meters and a length…