Tarsus (/ˈtɑːrsəs/; Hittite: 𒋫𒅈𒊭 Tārša; Greek: Ταρσός Tarsós; Tarson; Arabic: طَرسُوس Ṭarsūs) is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey...
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province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir. Next largest is Tarsus, the...
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continues eastward, a larger metropolitan region combining Mersin with Tarsus and Adana (the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area) is in the making with more than 3...
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Paul the Apostle (redirect from Paul of tarsus)
Paul also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings...
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bird, also known as tarsometatarsus Tarsus, Mersin, ancient and modern city in Turkey (former region of Cilicia) Tarsus (West Syriac Diocese), a Syrian Orthodox...
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Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Tarsus, in the Cilicia of the antiquity, in what is now southern Turkey, was...
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Theodore of Tarsus (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ταρσοῦ; 602 – 19 September 690) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690. Theodore grew up in Tarsus, but fled to...
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Tarsus Grand Mosque (Turkish: Tarsus Ulu Cami) is a mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. The mosque is at the center of Tarsus in Camii Nur neighbourhood...
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district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 183 (2022). It lies in the Toros Mountains. It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) to Tarsus and 70 kilometres...
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district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 199 (2022). It is situated in Çukurova (Cilicia of the antiquity) to the east of Tarsus and to...
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Zeno of Tarsus (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ταρσεύς, Zenon ho Tarseus; fl. 200 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and the son of Dioscorides. Zeno was a pupil of...
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Chrysostom. In earlier life his brother had selected him for the bishopric of Tarsus, and had attributed his refusal to an ambitious design of becoming his successor...
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Diodore of Tarsus (Greek Διόδωρος ὁ Ταρσεύς; died c. 390) was a Christian bishop, a monastic reformer, and a theologian. A strong supporter of the orthodoxy...
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Eshab-ı Kehf Cave (category Tarsus, Mersin)
Uyurlar Mağarası) is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an ilçe (district) in Mersin Province, Turkey. The cave is named after the Persian word...
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Berdan River (category Tarsus, Mersin)
is a river in Mersin Province, south Turkey. The historical city of Tarsus is on the river and it is therefore sometimes called the Tarsus River. Originally...
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Mersin Province. The plant was in the Fahrettin Paşa neighborhood of Tarsus, in a place known as Bentbaşı, about 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) from Tarsus city...
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Çukurova International Airport (category Buildings and structures in Mersin Province)
ICAO: LTDB) is an airport in the Tarsus district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. It serves the provinces of Mersin, Adana and Osmaniye, as well as...
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Hermogenes of Tarsus (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἑρμογένης ὁ Ταρσεύς; fl. c. 170) was a Greek rhetorician, surnamed The Polisher (Ξυστήρ, xustḗr). He flourished in...
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Böğrüeğri is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 438 (2022). It is situated in the Taurus...
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İnköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 531 (2022). It is situated in the Toros...
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an 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) - open air museum in Tarsus ilçe (district) of Mersin Province at 36°54′26″N 34°53′04″E / 36.90722°N 34.88444°E...
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of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 211 (2022). It is situated in Çukurova (Cilicia of the antiquity) to the southeast of Tarsus and...
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Yalamık is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 249 (2022). It is situated in the Berdan...
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consulate moved from Tarsus to Mersin and with it went most of the Catholic population of Tarsus. With every passing day, Mersin became more important...
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Tarsus station (Turkish: Tarsus İstasyonu) is a railway station in the city of Tarsus. Tarsus is a city in Mersin Province, Turkey (population 350,000...
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Tepeköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 130 (2022). It is situated on the southern...
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Verimli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 116 (2022). It is situated in Çukurova...
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district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 506 (2022). It is situated in Çukurova (Cilicia of the antiquity) to the east of Tarsus between...
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(or Cinköy) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 594 (2022). It is situated to the...
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of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 290 (2022). It is situated in Çukurova (Cilicia of the antiquity) to the southeast of Tarsus and...
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