Taşucu

Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It had obtained the status of belde after the local elections in Turkey, 1955.

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Vinony's link graph records 98 inbound references to Taşucu, and connects out to Turkey, Germany and Turkish.

The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Fishing communities in Turkey, Neighbourhoods in Silifke and Populated coastal places in Turkey.

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Key facts

Turkey place.type: neighbourhood
Turkey place.province: Mersin
Turkey place.district: Silifke
Turkey place.name: Taşucu
Turkey place.population_total: 15184
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mahalle
Country: Turkey
Continent: Asia
Population: 13215
Shares border with: Gülnar
Image: Taşucu ve liman yukarıdan.jpg

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twinned administrative body: Bergkamen
Commons category: Taşucu
postal code: 33900
Turkey neighborhood ID: 182881
male population: 6901
female population: 6314

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Encyclopedic overview

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Transportation
Culture
International relations
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In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built south-west of the town. During the Syrian Civil War the pier was used to ship weapons to Syrian rebel groups as part of the U.S. Timber Sycamore program.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taşucu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.