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Roman period pieces in Mersin Museum
Roman pieces in Mersin Museum
Roman pieces in Mersin Museum
Roman pieces in Mersin Museum
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Traditional Anatolian house,
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Money bag
Silifke Museum, Mersin
Kozan castle, Adana
Old town, Kozan, Adana
Old traditional houses of Kozan, Adana
Old traditional house, Kozan, Adana
Ramazanoglu mansion, Adana
Vendor of all kind..
street vendors
waterman
Adana Kebabi
Adana kebabı (colloquially known as Kıyma kebabı) is a long, hand-minced meat kebab mounted on a wide iron skewer and grilled on an open mangal filled with burning charcoal.
The culinary item is named after Adana.
Monument to earthquake victims. June.27.1998, Adana
Mersin
Mersin
The house where Atatürk stayed when he visited Silifke, Mersin
Martyries of Refah
Monument to the deaths of the sunken ship Refah during the World War II.
Atatürk Park, Mersin
Catholic church, Tarsus, Mersin
Silike, Mersin
Göksu River, Mersin
Kız Kalesi ( Maiden's Castle), Erdemli, Mersin
Kızkalesi (English: Maiden's castle) is a town in Mersin Province, Turkey. The town, known in Antiquity as Corycus or Korykos,
is named after the ancient castle built on a small island just facing the town.
Kız Kalesi ( Maiden's Castle), Erdemli, Mersin
Kız Kalesi ( Maiden's Castle), Erdemli, Mersin
Cistern known as Tekir Ambari, Silifke, Mersin
Silifke Castle
Silifke (ancient Seleucia) was an important town of the antiquity and a castle was built in 4th century BC during the Hellenistic age of Anatolia. Nevertheless, the present castle was built by the Byzantines in the medieval age as a bulwark against Arabs. Towards the end of the 12th century and during the Third Crusade, Armenians captured the castle (under Baron Leo, the future Leo I).
However in 1210, Armenians conceded the castle to their allies Knights Hospitaller to defend their west flank from Seljuk Turks. In 1236, the castle was enlarged.
In the castle there are ruins os a Seleucid residence. According to Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi of the 17th century, there were 23 bastions, 60 houses and a mosque in the castle.
Presently the number of bastions is 10.