Taşucu

Neighbourhood in Silifke, Mersin, Turkey

36°20′N 33°53′E / 36.333°N 33.883°E / 36.333; 33.883CountryTurkeyProvinceMersinDistrictSilifkePopulation

(2022)

15,184Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Taşucu (Greek: Ὅλμοι, Holmoi) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 15,184 (2022).^[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[3]^[4] It had obtained the status of belde after the local elections in Turkey, 1955.

In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-west of the town.^[5] 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.^[6]

Transportation

Taşucu is the main ferry terminal to Kyrenia (Girne), the main port of Northern Cyprus.

Culture

The collections of amphoras donated by Arslan Eyce were gathered in Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum of Taşucu (Turkish: Taşucu Amfora Müzesi) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1997.^[7]

International relations

Before the regulation on the constitution of Turkey, the town used to be twinned with:

Bergkamen, Germany ^[8]

References

^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
^ "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
^ "Nato Mersin Tasucu Agalar Harbour Ammunition Pier". Erkotaş Construction. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ Jeremy Binnie, Neil Gibson (8 April 2016). "US arms shipment to Syrian rebels detailed". Jane's Defence Weekly. IHS. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016.
^ "Mersin, Taşucu Arslan Eyce Amphora Müzesi". Archived from the original on 2018-09-07.
^ "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). Twins2010.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2009-10-28.