Middle East
Turkey
Mersin Province

Silifke

Silifke is a city in the of Turkey, though only 15 km from the Mediterranean coast. It has a few antiquities and a wetland bird reserve, but for most visitors it's simply a stop-over touring the coast or heading for the ferry to Northern Cyprus.
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  • Type: Town with 128,000 residents
  • Description: district and town of Mersin, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Selefkeh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Silifke and Silifke Museum.

Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silifke Castle is a medieval castle in .

Museum
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in Silifke district of , .

Church
Photo: Bocachete, Public domain.
Aya Tekla Church, also known as Aya Thecla or Aya Thekla, is a ruined historic church of the Byzantine period in Turkey. It was a popular pilgrimage site, and still attracts visitors today.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tosmurlu and Ulugöz.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, , . Its population is 1,203. It is situated to the north of Turkish state highway D.715 and to the west of Silifke.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, , . Its population is 1,165. It is situated on Turkish state highway D.400 which runs from west to east in south Turkey.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, , . Its population is 865. The village is situated on the state highway D.400, almost at the midpoint between Silifke and , the distance to both being about 5 kilometres. is situated 3½ km south of Silifke.

Silifke

Latitude
36.3778° or 36° 22′ 40″ north
Longitude
33.926° or 33° 55′ 34″ east
Population
128,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8G8M9WHG+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158685518
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
300808
Wiki­data ID
Q650630
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Silifke” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سلوقية”
  • Arabic: “سليقية”
  • Arabic: “سيليفكى”
  • Arabic: “قضاء سلوقية”
  • Arabic: “قضاء سليقية”
  • Armenian: “Սելևկիա”
  • Asturian: “Silifke (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Silifke”
  • Azerbaijani: “Silifke”
  • Catalan: “Salukiya”
  • Catalan: “Selefke”
  • Catalan: “Seleukeia”
  • Catalan: “Silifke”
  • Cebuano: “Silifke”
  • Chechen: “Силифке”
  • Chinese: “Silifke”
  • Chinese: “錫利夫凱”
  • Chinese: “锡利夫凯”
  • Czech: “Silifke”
  • Danish: “Silifke”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Sılıfka”
  • Dutch: “Silifke”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيليفكى”
  • Esperanto: “Silifke”
  • French: “Séleucie d’Isaurie”
  • French: “Silifke”
  • Gagauz: “Silifke”
  • Galician: “Silifke”
  • German: “Seleucia”
  • German: “Silifke”
  • Gilaki: “سيليفکه”
  • Greek: “Σελεύκεια Ισαυρίας”
  • Greek: “Σελεύκεια”
  • Greek: “Σιλιφκέ”
  • Hebrew: “סיליפקה”
  • Hungarian: “Silifke”
  • Irish: “Silifke”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Silifke”
  • Italian: “Seleucia ad Calycadnum”
  • Italian: “Seleucia di Isauria”
  • Italian: “Seleucia in Isauria”
  • Italian: “Seleucia sul Calicadno”
  • Italian: “Seleucia Tracheotis”
  • Italian: “Silifke”
  • Japanese: “シリフケ”
  • Kazakh: “Sïlïfke”
  • Kazakh: “Силифке”
  • Kazakh: “سىيلىيفكە”
  • Korean: “실리프케”
  • Kurdish: “Silifke”
  • Latin: “Seleucia ad Calycadnum”
  • Lithuanian: “Silifkė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Silifke”
  • Malay: “Silifke”
  • Mazanderani: “سیلیفکه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Silifke”
  • Minangkabau: “Silifke”
  • Moksha: “Силифкэ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Silifke”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Selevkia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silifke”
  • Norwegian: “Silifke”
  • Ossetian: “Силифке”
  • Persian: “سلوکیه”
  • Polish: “Silifke”
  • Portuguese: “Seleucia ad Calycadnum”
  • Portuguese: “Seleucia Isauria”
  • Portuguese: “Selêucia Isáuria”
  • Portuguese: “Selêucia Isáurica”
  • Portuguese: “Seleucia na Cilícia”
  • Portuguese: “Seleucia Trachea”
  • Portuguese: “Seleucia Tracheotis”
  • Portuguese: “Silifke”
  • Romanian: “Silifke”
  • Russian: “Силифке”
  • Serbian: “Силифке”
  • Silesian: “Silifke”
  • Slovenian: “Silifke”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیلیفکه”
  • Spanish: “Seleucia Traquea”
  • Spanish: “Silifke”
  • Swahili: “Silifke”
  • Swedish: “Silifke”
  • Tagalog: “Silifke”
  • Tatar: “Силифке”
  • Turkish: “Silifke”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіліфке”
  • Urdu: “سیلیفکے”
  • Vietnamese: “Silifke”
  • Western Mari: “Силифке”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع سلیفکے”

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