Dorak
Dorak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 207. It is situated in the Taurus Mountains, 37 kilometres away from Tarsus and 65 kilometres away from Mersin.- Type: Village with 207 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tarsus, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Dorak, Tarsus” and “Durak”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Çandır Castle.
Çandır Castle
Castle
Çandır Castle the medieval Armenian site of Paperon, is a fortification in Mersin Province, Turkey. Çandır Castle is situated 3½ km west of Dorak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tepetaşpınar and Kaklıktaşı.
Tepetaşpınar
Village
Tepetaşpınar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Kaklıktaşı
Village
Kaklıktaşı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Dorak
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
37.02477° or 37° 1′ 29″ north
Longitude
34.65329° or 34° 39′ 12″ east
Population
207
Elevation
725 metres (2,379 feet)
Open location code
8G9P2MF3+W8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Dorak” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Дорак”
- Dimli (individual language): “Dorak, Tarsus”
- Dimli (individual language): “Dorak”
- Dutch: “Dorak”
- Irish: “Dorak”
- Malay: “Dorak, Tarsus”
- Malay: “Dorak”
- Tatar: “Дорак”
- Turkish: “Dorak, Tarsus”
- Turkish: “Dorak”
- Uzbek: “Dorak”
- Vietnamese: “Dorak, Tarsus”
- Vietnamese: “Dorak”
- “Dorak”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pirömerli and Çandır.
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Highlights: Dorak Camii and Belen Mahallesi Merkez Camii.
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