Sayköy
Sayköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 421. It is situated in Çukurova. Çukurova Motorway is to the north and Turkish state highway D.400 is to the south of the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 421 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tarsus, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Say”, “Saykoey”, and “Sayköy, Tarsus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seven Sleepers Cave.
Seven Sleepers Cave
Cave
Photo: Avniyazici, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, also known as Ashab-ı Kehf Cave or Seven Sleepers' Cave, is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an ilçe in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taşkuyu and Kerimler.
Taşkuyu
Village
Taşkuyu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 392. It is close to Eshabıkehf, the cave of Seven Sleepers, which is considered a pilgrimage center by some.
Kerimler
Village
Kerimler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 183. It lies between Turkish state highway D.400 and Motorway O.51 both going from west to east in Çukurova.
Dedeler
Village
Dedeler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 633. It is close to Eshabıkehf, the cave of Seven Sleepers, which is considered as a pilgrimage center by some.
Sayköy
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.94199° or 36° 56′ 31″ northLongitude
34.78744° or 34° 47′ 15″ eastPopulation
421Elevation
161 metres (528 feet)Open location code
8G8PWQRP+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2642215779OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
301429Wikidata ID
Q10818740
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Sayköy” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Сайкоьй”
- Dimli (individual language): “Sayköy, Tarsus”
- Dimli (individual language): “Sayköy”
- Dutch: “Sayköy”
- German: “Sayköy”
- Irish: “Sayköy”
- Malay: “Sayköy, Tarsus”
- Malay: “Sayköy”
- Tatar: “Сайкөй”
- Turkish: “Sayköy, Tarsus”
- Turkish: “Sayköy”
- Uzbek: “Sayköy”
- Vietnamese: “Sayköy, Tarsus”
- Vietnamese: “Sayköy”
- “Sayköy”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Sayköy”. Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.