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 in abundance in the area (Turkish: mersin); the 17th-century traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote that there was also a clan named Mersinoğulları
Discover the best top things to do in Mersin (Icel), Turkey including Nusret Minelayer Museum, Silifke Museum, Ataturk House Museum, St.Paul's Church, Tarsus Museum, Mersin Devlet Resim Heykel Museum ve Galeria, Anamur Museum, Loco Rooms.
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