Yumuktepe
Yumuktepe, also known as Yümüktepe, is a tell within the city borders of Mersin, Turkey. In 1936, the mound was on the outskirts of Mersin, but after a rapid increase of population, the mound was surrounded by the Toroslar municipality of Mersin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 32 metres
- Description: tell in Turkey
- Also known as: “Yumru Tepesi” and “Yümük Tepesi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Müftü Mosque and Mersin Interfaith Cemetery.
Müftü Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Müftü Mosque is a historic mosque in Mersin, Turkey. The mosque is to the east of Efrenk River, also known as Müftü River referring to the mosque. The mosque was commissioned by Müftü Emin in 1884.
Mersin Interfaith Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mersin Interfaith Cemetery, is a burial ground in Mersin, Turkey. It is notable for being a common cemetery of all religions and includes graves of Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mersin and Yenişehir.
Mersin
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mersin is a city on the Cilician Plains of Mediterranean Turkey, with a population of 1,100,000 in 2025. Another million live in the rest of Mersin Province, and it's almost merged into a single huge conurbation with Tarsus and Adana to the east.
Yenişehir
Town
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yenişehir is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 139 km2, and its population is 278,961. It covers the west-central part of the city of Mersin and the adjacent countryside.
Akdeniz
Town
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Akdeniz is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 265 km2, and its population is 255,946. It covers the central and eastern part of the city of Mersin and the adjacent countryside. Akdeniz is situated 2½ km east of Yumuktepe.
Yumuktepe
- Categories: archaeological site, tell, and landform
- Location: Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Yumuktepe” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Yümüktepe”
- Portuguese: “Yumuktepe”
- Turkish: “Mersin Yumuktepe”
- Turkish: “Yumuk Tepe Höyüğü” (historical)
- Turkish: “Yumuktepe”
- Turkish: “Yümüktepe”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yumuktepe”. Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.