Doğlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 564 (2022). Situated in the peneplane area at the south of Toros Mountains, its distance to Mersin is about 30 kilometres (19 mi). The village may be an old village. But in 1800s the village was almost emptied because of an epidemic.
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Doğusandal is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 267. It is situated in the lower slopes of the Toros Mountains. Its distance to Erdemli is 25 kilometres and to Mersin is 30 kilometres. There are ruins of Byzantine settlements around the village, however the village was founded about four centuries ago. The main agricultural crops grown in the village are citrus, olive and tomato.
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Pelitkoyağı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 117. The distance to Mersin is 18 kilometres.
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Çevlik is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 422. The distance to Mersin is about 15 kilometres.
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Takanlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 372. It is situated in the peneplain at the South of the Taurus Mountains 23 kilometres away from Mersin.
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Kuyuluk Nature Park is a nature park in Turkey.
The park is in the Mezitli second level municipality of Mersin at 36°46′25″N 34°28′51″E. It is situated on the road to Fındıkpınarı in the southern slopes of the Toros Mountains. Its distance to Mersin is only 25 kilometres. It was declared a picnic area in 1984 and a nature park in 2011.
The area of the nature park is 19.83 hectares. It is surrounded by Turkish pine and Mediterranean type scrub.
The Ottoman government settled people from the eastern parts of the empire. The present name Doğlu may be a corrupt form of Doğulu (“of east”). The main agricultural products of the village are olive and citrus.