Toroslar is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,075 km2, and its population is 319,711 (2022). It covers the northern part of the city of Mersin and the adjacent countryside.
Geography The district of Akdeniz lies in the southeast. Müftü River and the district of Yenişehir lie in the southwest. Southern slopes of Toros mountains lie in the north. Mersin intrafaith cemetery is in Toroslar.
History Yumuktepe, the ruins of one of the earliest human settlements in Anatolia is in Toroslar. Excavations by John Garstang and Seton Lloyd both of which were directors of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, revealed 23 levels of occupation, the earliest dating from c. 6300 BC. The site however was abandoned during Byzantine Empire period. Modern settlement began in the 19th century.
Originally a part of Mersin municipality, the municipality of Toroslar was established in 1993. In 2008 the district Toroslar was created from part of the former central district of Mersin, along with the districts Mezitli, Akdeniz and Yenişehir. At the same time, the former municipalities Dorukkent, Arpaçsakarlar and Yalınayak were absorbed into the municipality of Toroslar.Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.
Population As of 2022, the population of Toroslar is 319,711, which makes it the second-most populous district of Mersin Province after Tarsus. Approximately 30% of Mersin citizens live in Toroslar. The majority of residents are blue-collar workers who work at factories or in the fields.
Composition There are 67 neighbourhoods in Toroslar District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Akbelen Aladağ Alanyalı Alsancak Arpaçsakarlar Arslanköy Atlılar Ayvagediği Bekiralanı Buluklu Çağdaşkent Çağlarca Çamlıdere Çandır Çavuşlu Çelebili Çopurlu Çukurova Dalakdere Darısekisi Değirmendere Değnek Demirtaş Doruklu Düğdüören Evrenli Gözne Güneykent Güzelyayla H. Okan Merzeci Halkkent Hamzabeyli Horozlu Işıktepe Karaisalı Kaşlı Kavaklıpınar Kayrakkeşli Kepirli Kerimler Kızılkaya Korucular Korukent Kurdali Kurudere Mevlana Mithat Toroğlu Musalı Mustafa Kemal Osmaniye Portakal Resulköy Sağlık Şahinpınarı Selçuklar Soğucak Tırtar Toroslar Tozkoparan Turgut Türkalp Turunçlu Yalınayak Yavca Yeniköy Yüksekoluk Yusuf Kılıç Zeki Ayan
Sport Sports venues in the district are the 325-seat multi-sport venue, Mersin District 7 Sports Hall, and new-built Toroslar Bocce Facility, both used during the 2013 Mediterranean Games.
International relations
Toroslar is twinned with: Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan
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