Fındıkpınarı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey.Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. According to 2022 census its population is 991 people. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
Fındıkpınarı is a mountain town with an altitude of . It is from Mersin. Situated among pine forests it is a popular summer resort. (Mountain resort towns are usually called yayla) Traditionally, people from Mersin used to spend their summer vacations in Fındıkpınarı.
Above and east of the town is a small garrison fortress consisting of three towers and a single wall which block access to the summit of an outcrop. The masonry and plan of this site date from the 12th or 13th century during the period of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The fortification was surveyed in 1981.Photographs and a plan of the fortification at Fındıkpınarı Directly below the outcrop are the traces of a medieval settlement.
On 15 December 1954, Fındıkpınar was declared village Gündüz Artan: Mersin Tarih Kronolojisi, İçel sanat kulübü Yayınları, Mersin, 2003 and in 1993 the village was declared township .Mayor's page
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