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Tarsus has a long history of commerce, and is still a commercial centre today, trading in the produce of the fertile Çukurova plain. Tarsus is also a thriving industrial centre for refining and processing for export. Industries include agricultural machinery, spare parts, textiles, fruit-processing, brick-making and ceramics.
Jul 18, 2019 · Tarsus was a city in ancient Cilicia located in the modern-day province of Mersin, Turkey. It is one of the oldest continually inhabited urban centers in the world, dating back to the Neolithic Period. It was built close by the Cydnus River (modern-day Berdan River) and was an important trade center for most of its history.
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Tarsus is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,029 km2, and its population is 350,732 (2022). It is a historic city, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin metropolitan area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey. Tarsus forms an administrative district in the eastern part of Mersin Province and lies at the heart of the ...
c. 2500 BCE. Tarsus most likely develops from a trade center of the Hatti . 2334 BCE - 2083 BCE. Tarsus known as Tarsisi in the time of the Akkadian Empire . 1700 BCE - 1200 BCE. Tarsus known as Tarsa under the Hittites . c. 1276 BCE - 1178 BCE. Tarsus sacked by the Sea Peoples . c. 700 BCE - 612 BCE.
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Tarsus, Mersin (Wikipedia). Encyclopedia entry on Tarsus. Tarsus pictures – Turkey (Dick Osseman). Gallery of photographs of Nemrut Dag. Cleopatra’s Gate in Tarsus (Turkish Archaeological News). Describes the city’s famous gate. The Roman City of Tarsus in Cilicia and its Terracotta Figurines (Les Carnets de l’ ACoSt). A more technical ...
Tarsus Museum is an archaeology and ethnography museum in Tarsus, Mersin Province, in southern Turkey. The present location of the museum is in the city's cultural complex known as "75th Anniversary Culture Complex". The complex is in a neighborhood, which is rich in historical buildings like the Tarsus Grand Mosque and St. Paul's Church .
