Taşucu
Taşucu is a town in the Cilician Mountains on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with a population of 17,000 in 2023. The main reason to come is to take the ferry to Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cobija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: MERMERCİ ÖZGÜR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 15,200 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Silifke, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Akiman”, “Balacale”, “Bolcalı”, “Bulacali”, and “Holmi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum and Taşucu Atatürk Museum.
Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum
Museum
Photo: Cobija, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum, also known as Taşucu Amphora Museum, is a maritime archaeology museum dedicated to amphora in Taşucu, Southern Turkey.
Taşucu Atatürk Museum
Taşucu Atatürk Museum is a house museum in Turkey. The museum is in Taşucu town of Silifke ilçe, Mersin Province at. Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey was fond of Taşucu and visited the town four times: 28 January 1925, 12 May 1926, 11 February 1931, and 20 February 1935.
Tasucu Ferry Port
Harbor
Photo: Trmehb, Public domain.
Taşucu Seka Harbor is a harbor in Turkey. Taşucu is a town in Silifke ilçe of Mersin Province. It is situated to the west of the Göksu River, and is the main port of the settlements in the Göksu River valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolacalıkoyuncu and Gülümpaşalı.
Bolacalıkoyuncu
Village
Bolacalıkoyuncu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 971. The village is situated on the state highway D.400.
Gülümpaşalı
Village
Gülümpaşalı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 395. The village is situated in the coastal plain of Silifke about 3 kilometres north of the Mediterranean Sea coast and to the south of Turkish state highway D.400 connecting Mersin to Antalya. Gülümpaşalı is situated 4 km northeast of Taşucu.
Taşucu
- Categories: town municipality of Turkey, mahalle, and locality
- Location: Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.3196° or 36° 19′ 11″ northLongitude
33.8813° or 33° 52′ 53″ eastPopulation
15,200Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
TR TASOpen location code
8G8M8V9J+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1167786424OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yoruba—“Taşucu” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Թաշուջա”
- Armenian: “Թաշուջու”
- Asturian: “Taşucu”
- Belarusian: “Ташуджу”
- Chechen: “Ташуджу”
- Chinese: “塔舒朱”
- Dutch: “Tasucu”
- Dutch: “Taşucu”
- French: “Taşucu”
- Gagauz: “Taşucu”
- German: “Taşucu”
- Gilaki: “تاشاۊجۊ”
- Hungarian: “Taşucu”
- Japanese: “タシュジュ”
- Mazanderani: “تاشاوجو”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taşucu”
- Persian: “تاشاوجو”
- Russian: “Ташуджу”
- Russian: “Ташуджю”
- Tatar: “Ташуҗу”
- Turkish: “Taşucu, Silifke”
- Turkish: “Taşucu”
- Uzbek: “Taşucu”
- Vietnamese: “Taşucu, Silifke”
- Vietnamese: “Taşucu”
- Yoruba: “Taşucu”
- “Taşucu”
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