Eskiyürük

Eskiyürük is a village in Aydıncık district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Distance to Aydıncık is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) and to Mersin is 185 kilometres (115 mi) . The village is situated in the Taurus Mountains, not far from Mediterranean Sea (about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi)). The name of the village is a composite word; eski means "old" and Yürük refers to Turkmen people. The adjective old is used to distinguish these Turkmens who were settled in South Anatolia by the Abbasid Empire in the 9th century from other Turkmens who were settled during the Seljuk Empire and Ottoman Empire after the 11th century. (see Al-'Awasim). The population of the village was 344 as of 2012. The main agricultural products of the village are greenhouse vegetables.

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