Akbelen
Akbelen is a suburb in Toroslar, Mersin Province and has about 15,900 residents. Akbelen is situated nearby to the suburb Yusuf Kılıç, as well as near Mithat Toroğlu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mersin Interfaith Cemetery and Yumuktepe.
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.
Yumuktepe
Archaeological site
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Yumuktepe is situated 2½ km south of Akbelen.
Mersin railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mersin station is the main railway terminal in the city of Mersin, Turkey. The station is located in the ilçe of Akdeniz. The station is in use since 1886. Mersin railway station is situated 4 km southeast of Akbelen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akdeniz and Mersin.
Akdeniz
Town
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 4 km southeast of Akbelen.
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.
Çopurlu
Suburb
Çopurlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 763. It is to the north of Çukurova Motorway which connects Mersin to Adana and Tarsus. The distance to Mersin is 25 kilometres. Çopurlu is situated 4½ km northwest of Akbelen.
Akbelen
- Type: Suburb with 15,900 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Toroslar, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.82582° or 36° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
34.60141° or 34° 36′ 5″ eastPopulation
15,900Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)Open location code
8G8PRJG2+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1960203205OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10631461Wikidata ID
Q109384850
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Akbelen” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Акбелен”
- Tatar: “Акбелен”
- Turkish: “Akbelen, Toroslar”
- Turkish: “Akbelen”
- Vietnamese: “Akbelen”
- “Akbelen”
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