Akkale
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It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Turkey, Archaeological sites in Mersin Province and Cisterns in Mersin Province.
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- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Erdemli district
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- Akkale spiral staircase Mersin Province.JPG
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- located in/on physical feature
- Mediterranean Region
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Akkale (literally "white castle") is the popular name given to ruins of a building complex in Kumkuyu town of Erdemli district, Mersin Province, Turkey
==Geography== Akkale (also called Tırtar Akkale where Tırtar is the former name of Kumkuyu) is situated to south west of Kumkuyu. Its distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is . The buildings are accessible by a short lane from the Turkish state highway D.400. The distance to Mediterranean Sea coast is about .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akkale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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