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Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It had obtained the status of belde after the local elections in Turkey, 1955.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
neighbourhood
Turkey place.province
Mersin
Turkey place.district
Silifke
Turkey place.name
Taşucu
Turkey place.population_total
15184
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022

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Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It had obtained the status of belde after the local elections in Turkey, 1955.

In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built south-west of the town. During the Syrian Civil War the pier was used to ship weapons to Syrian rebel groups as part of the U.S. Timber Sycamore program.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taşucu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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