Yumuktepe mound during excavations in the north of the city revealed several layers. The oldest of these BC 6300'lere the latest dates from the Seljuk period. Removed from the excavation works at the Museum of Adana and Mersin sergileniyor.Mersin Archaeological Museum of the 19th stage of history to the output will meet in the middle of the century. During this period, a village in the region yet to host an immigrant to the Turkmen tribes and the name is taken from this tribe.
Especially during the American civil war in the world in order to resolve the shortage of cotton in Çukurova region's emerging cotton production and Mersin in 1866 to connect the railway network is changing the fate of ... During this period, exports of agricultural products in the Mersin, Adana quickly port and commercial center has become.
In coming to the city's current situation at the moment, though a very small minority of the Christian Levantine undeniable importance. Levantine city currently has two churches belonging to, the Arab-Latin-Italian Church and the Orthodox Church.
Today, Mersin
The GAP project is implemented quickly and its vast hinterland with Ataş Refinery in Mersin on Turkey's Mediterranean port has the distinction of being the largest port. 8 of the 27 piers in the harbor of a rail system attached to each other. Since the 1991 Gulf War, approximately 85 million dollar renovation of the capacity of the port of Mersin in the last three years increased by 10% every year.
The importance of the city's business to be considered one of Turkey's four free trade zones were established here. Over 785 000 sqm of Mersin Free Zone established the first textile company to host approximately 250 companies are doing ...
Also on the Mersin-Adana highway fertilizer soda glass of fruit juice such as textile factory has several important business sectors. 
Taste
Mersin is one of the reason why the late arrival of the sea instead of the people being settled in the mountains by the city's food culture is reflected in the effects. Although today is a coastal city of Mersin in the consumption of seafood consumption is much less than. At this point the city will not avoid talking about specific food tantuni. Tantuni cut into cubes of meat boiled then roasted before After the wrap is a kind. Although it may seem like a simple meal tarifli importance in every corner of the city of tantuni restaurants can understand. If you take your soul at Antioch made desserts prepared with a different recipe may recommend künefe




