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This article is about the city. For the province, see Mersin Province. Metropolitan municipality in Mediterranean, Turkey Mersin Metropolitan municipality Mersin Yenişehir shore to west Mersin Location of Mersin within Turkey Coordinates: 36°48′N 34°38′E  /  36.800°N 34.633°E  / 36.800; 34.633 Coordinates: 36°48′N 34°38′E  /  36.800°N 34.633°E  / 36.800; 34.633 Country   Turkey Region Mediterranean Province Mersin Government  • Mayor Burhanettin Kocamaz (MHP) Elevation 10 m (30 ft) Population (2014) [1]  • Total 915,703 Time zone FET (UTC+3) Postal code 33XXX Area code(s) (+90) 324 Licence plate 33 Website Mersin Mersin is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is part of an interurban agglomeration – the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area – and lies on the western part of Çukurova, a geographical, economical, and cultural region. The city was named after the aromatic plant Myrsine (Greek: Μυρσίνη ) in the family Primulaceae, a myrtle that grows ...

Not to be confused with Amasra. City in Amasya, Turkey Amasya City Amasya Coordinates: 40°39′00″N 35°49′59″E  /  40.65000°N 35.83306°E  / 40.65000; 35.83306 Coordinates: 40°39′00″N 35°49′59″E  /  40.65000°N 35.83306°E  / 40.65000; 35.83306 Country Turkey Province Amasya Government  • Mayor Cafer Özdemir (AKP) Area [1]  • District 1,729.69 km 2 (667.84 sq mi) Population (2012) [2]  • Urban 91,874  • District 133,133  • District density 77/km 2 (200/sq mi) Website www.amasya.gov.tr Amasya (Greek: Ἀμάσεια ) is a city in northern Turkey and is the capital of Amasya Province, in the Black Sea Region. Tokat from east, Tokat and Yozgat from south, Çorum from west, Samsun from north. The city of Amasya ( Turkish pronunciation:  [aˈmasja] ), the Amaseia or Amasia of antiquity, [3] stands in the mountains above the Black Sea coast, set apart from the rest of Anatolia in a narrow valley along the banks of the Yeşilırmak River. Although near the Black Sea, this area is high above the...