Doğusandal (meaning "East sandalwood" named after Santalum album, a common tree) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 267 (2022). It is situated in the lower slopes of the Toros Mountains. Its distance to Erdemli is 25 kilometres (16 mi) and to Mersin is 30 kilometres (19 mi).
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Doğlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 564. Situated in the peneplane area at the south of Toros Mountains, its distance to Mersin is about 30 kilometres. The village may be an old village. But in 1800s the village was almost emptied because of an epidemic. The Ottoman government settled people from the eastern parts of the empire. The present name Doğlu may be a corrupt form of Doğulu. The main agricultural products of the village are olive and citrus.
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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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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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Cemilli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 242. It is situated on the road connecting Mersin to Fındıkpınarı and to the south of the Taurus Mountains. Its distance to Mersin is 22 kilometres. As of January 2017, the village did not have a hospital or school.
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Cemilli Castle is a medieval castle in the rural area of Mersin in southern Turkey.
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.