Country Turkey District Tarsus Postal code 33400 Elevation 875 m Area code 0324 | Province Mersin Province Time zone EET (UTC+2) Licence plate 33 Population 181 (2012) | |
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Emirler is a village in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is situated in the Toros Mountains and extreme east of the province. At 37°13′N 34°57′E it is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) to Tarsus and 85 kilometres (53 mi) to Mersin. The population of village was 181 as of 2012. According to oral tradition the village was founded by a tribe from Turkestan. The tribe was split into three and while two other parts founded the villages with the same name near Mersin and near Ulukışla (Niğde Province) the third part founded Emirler in Tarsus district.
Map of Emirler Mahallesi, 33400 Tarsus%2FMersin Province, Turkey
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Emirler, Tarsus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA